The Carpet and Rug Institute

What is the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) and how does it affect you?

While the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning, and Restoration Certification (IICRC) sets the professional standards for cleaning and ethics, the CRI tests and approves carpet cleaning solutions and equipment.

The following is from their website:

To put it simply, the job of the CRI is to go well beneath the surface and prove how our environment for living, working, learning and healing is better — thanks to carpet and rugs. Through science-based research, customer advocacy, environmental stewardship and consensus building, we serve our members and their customers. Our initiatives help protect carpet’s life and beauty and demonstrate its air quality benefit.

Proper carpet cleaning is critical to extending the life of carpet, keeping it looking beautiful and maintaining a healthy indoor air environment within your home or facility.

To maintain the peak performance and beauty of carpet, the Carpet and Rug Institute recommends periodic professional cleaning. The Carpet and Rug Institute also recommends the use of Seal of Approval products, and is proud to recognize those service providers who utilize Seal of Approval products.

Carpet cleaning professionals who use Seal of Approval solutions in conjunction with Seal of Approval equipment are eligible to be recognized as Seal of Approval service providers.

Hiring Seal of Approval Service Providers is the best way to ensure that your carpet is being cleaned with quality products. Not all carpet cleaning products clean equally well and some may even damage carpet fibers. Using Seal of approval Service Providers also is the best way to make sure your residential or commercial carpet warranties are being met since many major carpet manufacturers are now tying their warranties to the use of Seal of Approval products.

Those cleaning companies listed as Certified Seal of Approval Service Providers have met the qualifications which assure you their cleaning equipment and products are among the very best in the market.

Get Fresh Carpet Cleaning is proud to be the first and only CRI Approved Service Provider in Calgary. You can rest assured that the cleaning solutions used are not only effective but also will not harm your carpeting and it’s stain resist properties.