Stop Damage To Carpeted Stairs
By Greg Vanden Berge
About the only way you're going to stop damage to carpeted stairs, will
be to tell everyone that you know, never to walk up and down your
stairs, ever again. Now that we got that out of the way, let's try to
figure out a couple of ways to reduce the amount of damage, to your
stairway flooring.
I already mention the easiest way possible, but the second way to avoid
excessive wear to your staircase, will be to maintain the carpeting.
This will require you to clean it at the least once a year, in order to
remove all of the debris, stains and other undesirables.
The second and the most effective way to reduce staircase flooring
damage, would be to remove your shoes at the entryway or before you
enter the home. It's hard to imagine how much crap is usually stuck to
the bottom of your shoes, especially if you were just involved in any
type of outdoor activities.
The moment you climb any carpeted stairs with dirty shoes, there's a
good chance that it won't be long, before the bottom of your shoes are
clean and the filthy grime has been transferred to your staircase
flooring. If you're really interested in stopping or reducing any type
of stairway carpeting damage, you need to reduce the amount of dirt or
debris that's entering your home.
What About Moisture?
If having dirty shoes wasn't enough, let's add a little moisture to the bottom of your shoes and then walked up and down the stairway. Now we can grind the moist dirt into the stair flooring, but don't let mom know about it.
To make a long story short, if you really want to take care of your staircase flooring and stop damage to carpeted stairs, you'll need to be more cautious. Just think about what you just read and then try to apply some of this information to your daily activities and it won't be long before you start to see positive results.
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