Steam carpet cleaners use a number of different pieces of equipment. If you are having your carpet cleaned by a steam cleaning professional you might be interested to learn about the equipment they use. Keep reading to learn more.
The most common piece of carpet cleaning equipment these days is the truck mounted steam cleaning unit. This piece of equipment is powered either by the vans engine or a separate gas engine. This engine powers a powerful vacuum and water pump. It also typically uses the engines exhaust to super heat the water. This piece of equipment is capable of very high water temperatures and vacuum which results in carpets that dry very quickly. The next most common piece of steam cleaning equipment is the portable carpet cleaning extractor. This unit must be brought into the home by the carpet cleaner and uses electric vacuums and an electric water pump. This machine is capable of cleaning your carpet well in the hands of a quality carpet cleaner but you should expect longer drying times than the truck mounted cleaning machines because of the limited vacuum and heat. The last machine I will talk about is the power wand which can be used with either machine. It enables the carpet cleaner to make hundreds of cleaning passes per minute and out clean any carpet cleaner with a wand. This machine is used by a small percentage of carpet cleaners currently but they are becoming much more popular.
These are the basic cleaning machines used by carpet cleaners. I hope the information provided will help you to understand a little more about how the carpet cleaner will be cleaning your home. If you have further questions just contact your local carpet cleaning company.