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Zerorez Carpet Cleaning Dallas Awarded Platinum SOA

Zerorez is excited to annonce that their technology continues to lead the carpet cleaning industry. On February 11, The Carpet and Rug Institute in Dalton, GA, the science-based source on carpet, announced that their seal of approval program has been expanded and listed select carpet cleaning systems that are classified as platinum. Zerorez made the list for platinum with our test results that are over 2 years old.

What is the SOA?

The seal of approval (SOA) program tests and evaluates cleaning systems in 7 specific areas: soil removal, water removal, texture retention, rate of resoiling, pH, optical brighteners, and colorfastness.  Those that pass these tests can be awarded bronze, silver, gold, and now platinum.  Platinum demonstrates the highest level of cleaning efficiency, verifying that at least 90% of the soil was removed during the cleaning process. In other words, if a carpet cleaning company hasn’t gained the Platinum seal of approval, they are leaving at least 10% of the soil in the carpet. That is why it is so significant to be tested and have proven results.

Room for Carpet Cleaner Error.

Of course, it is also important to note that the testing procedures followed very specific steps. You can read how each system gained their score on the CRI’s website.  Some must dry vacuum with their system a couple of times prior to any cleaning, and then use a series of chemicals with difficult dilution ratios and applications, and then specific numbers of cleaning and dry passes – giving the cleaning professional quite a bit of room for error.  The Zerorez system avoids these problems by having a very simple system that virtually can’t be messed up by the cleaning professional.

Easier to find a Carpet Cleaner in Dallas.

Choosing a carpet cleaning company is getting simpler.  With science backing up carpet cleaner’s claims, you can be sure that you get what you are paying for. With a simple google maps search that shows over 3,500 results for carpet cleaners in Dallas, it looks like you have a more than enough options. But now look up IICRC certified firms (IICRC trains and certifies cleaners) and you are left with less than 100 companies.  A final look up with the CRI shows less than 10 SOA firms. Now it is just a matter of seeing if they use the highest rated Platinum cleaning systems and if they are using trained professionals to do the job. Zerorez uses both because we are committed to cleaning your carpet the right way.

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Carpet Cleaning in Dallas by Certified Professionals

Last week I did an experiment.  I was curious to know how many carpet cleaning companies in the Dallas and Fort Worth area are certified for carpet cleaning by the IICRC, The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification.  The IICRC is the leading body of certification and training for the carpet cleaning industry in the world.  It is a non-profit organization that establishes programs and standards that they monitor to help consumers find trusted and trained cleaning professionals.

There are a few requirements for a business to be IICRC Certified:

• Provide proof of insurance
• Maintain a customer complaint policy and document follow-up
• Provide ongoing education and certification for all technicians
• Abide by the IICRC Code of Ethics

Well the results were that within a 100 mile radius of our Zerorez Office, we only have 55 certified firms.  Only 55!  Guess how many carpet cleaners I have in my most recent Greater Fort Worth Yellow Pages - 189.  That means if every one of the certified firms in the Metroplex were listed in my phone book - which I know that they aren't - then only 29% are actually certified to clean carpet by the IICRC. Scary thought.  To make matters worse, I know that there are more carpet cleaners in Dallas than in Fort Worth and that will make the percentage even less.

If you want to check it out yourself, you can visit the IICRC's website and find all the certified firms.  Just make sure that you do a large enough radius, because companies like us are only listed in our home zip code even though we serve the entire DFW Metroplex.