Is Carpet a Dust Trap or Source?
The short answer is both. Proponents of carpet often say carpet is a dust sink or trap, and only creates indoor air quality (IAQ) problems when the sink overflows, i.e., if you remove the dust from carpet through effective vacuuming [...]
How to Buy a Cordless Vacuum
The Wall Street Journal, Buy Side, interviewed Indoor Health Council on "How to Buy a Cordless Vacuum" and in-house expert, George Jackson of Advance Cleaning Equipment, Boise, ID, provided answers. Q: What factors should people consider when purchasing a cordless [...]
The High Cost of Wearing Street Shoes Indoors
Wearing street shoes indoors comes at a price: you may be tracking heavy metal dust from roadways, pesticide residues, and other unwanted substances. The Japanese custom of leaving street shoes in a rack by the door and donning alternate [...]
Stick Vacuums and Vacs for tile
In general, all dry vacuums work on a simple premise: particles in vs. particles out. The more particles brought in and the fewest released back to the environment, the better. A vacuum, stick or otherwise, is a system in which [...]
Effective Vacuuming and Carpet Spotting
Proper regular vacuuming addresses two issues: 1. Removes fine dust from carpet so it does not get stirred up by walking on it. Most people produce an invisible cloud of dust when they walk on carpet. 2. An effective vacuum [...]