Most rooms in your house don't need this. A guest bedroom that gets used twice a year, a formal dining room, the upstairs office: a good cleaning is plenty for those, and we'll tell you so.
A few rooms are different. The nursery where the baby crawls and chews on whatever is in reach. The game room where a dozen kids from the neighborhood spent the weekend after a stomach bug went around school. The corner of the living room where an older dog sleeps. A bedroom where somebody with allergies or asthma spends eight hours a night with their face a few feet off the carpet. Those are the spots where our antibacterial sanitizer earns its place.
It's an add-on, applied after we clean. It kills germs in carpet and upholstery and neutralizes the odor-causing bacteria hiding in the fiber. Regular vacuuming pulls up dirt. It doesn't do anything about microbes, and in a warm, damp climate like Katy's, those multiply in carpet faster than most people would guess.
Why it goes on last
The sanitizer works best on a clean fiber. Spray it onto carpet that's still coated in soil and body oil and a lot of it ends up treating the dirt. So the order is fixed, and it has six steps.
First comes an inspection: traffic lanes and pet zones, plus anything you're specifically worried about. Then a thorough vacuum and dry soil pickup, so loose dust and pet hair aren't sitting between the fiber and everything that follows. Your technician pre-treats the dirty areas, then runs our standard carbonated cleaning, which pulls soil and dust mite debris out of the carpet without soaking it.
Only then does the sanitizer go down, worked into the fiber so it gets full contact. A light grooming spreads it evenly, and the carpet dries quickly. Most families have the room back the same afternoon.
The solution is non-toxic and has no perfume. Kids and pets can be back on it once it's dry.
What it targets
The sanitizer works on three groups: bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Bacteria are behind most of the stale, sour smells in carpet and upholstery. Fungi are what you're smelling when a closet or a room near the garage goes musty after a wet stretch of summer storms. Viruses are why people ask for it after a flu or a stomach bug has made the rounds.
Katy families with kids in school know how that goes. One child brings something home in October, and by November it has worked through everyone, with the game room carpet and the family room sectional serving as the main hangouts the whole time. That's a good moment to clean those rooms and sanitize them before the holidays bring company over.
Pet areas are the other big one. The laundry room where the litter box lives, the corner by the back door where the dog's crate sits, the end of the sofa your cat has claimed: those spots build up bacteria and smell faster than anywhere else in the house, and they're exactly where the sanitizer does the most good. It goes on upholstery and area rugs the same way it goes on carpet, so the dog bed corner and the sofa next to it can both be treated on one visit.
Moving furniture isn't a big deal. Your technician can help with lighter pieces, and the larger ones can be treated around.
What it's good for, and what it isn't
We'll be specific, because sanitizer gets oversold in this industry.
It is a good fit after an illness has gone through the house, in a nursery before a new baby comes home, for allergy sufferers who want the bedroom carpet as clean as it can get, and on pet bedding areas and the upholstery where a dog naps. It also helps keep carpet fresher between professional cleanings, since it slows down the bacteria that cause that stale smell.
It will not fix a urine problem. When a pet has soaked through to the pad, the source of the smell is down there, and a surface sanitizer can't reach it. That job needs our pet urine treatment, which uses a live enzyme meant to get into the pad. Sanitizer can follow it, but it can't replace it.
It also isn't a forcefield. Once people and pets start walking on the carpet again, new bacteria come in on shoes and paws. Treated carpet stays fresher longer. It does not stay sterile, and nobody honest will tell you otherwise.
Pairing it with a cleaning
There's no separate coupon for the sanitizer, since it's always applied as part of a cleaning visit. The easy way to do it is to book a carpet cleaning (three rooms for $88 is on the coupons page) and ask for the sanitizer on the rooms that need it. Your technician will price it on the walkthrough, before any work starts.
You can also add it to upholstery cleaning for a sofa or a mattress, or to an area rug.
For most Katy homes, once or twice a year is plenty. Houses with several pets, young kids, or someone with serious allergies tend to do it every three to six months, usually lined up with their regular carpet cleaning.
We're open 24/7 at 281-789-8998, and you can schedule online any time. We serve Katy, Brookshire, Fulshear, and Sealy, and the work is backed by our 100% satisfaction guarantee.