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WINTER NEWSLETTER
Carpets and Fine Furniture Take a Beating in Winter, but Expert Deep Cleaning Minimizes the Toll
The long winter season of indoor living and the usual house-full of family and friends over the holidays take a toll on a home’s carpeting and upholstery. The problem is, of course, gritty dirt that settles deep into the piles of carpets and upholstery and then gets ground in with foot traffic and general use. The grit acts as an abrasive, rubbing raw the fibers in the carpets, rugs and furniture, and at best vacuuming is only meant as a maintenance step between a regular schedule of deeper cleaning.
The good news is the life and value of these expensive amenities can be extended for years to come with proper care.
REMOVE OUTDOOR SHOES ON ENTERING YOUR HOME.
While winter salt protects you from slips and falls on ice and snow, it can also be a cold weather annoyance when it comes to cleaning carpet. The salt easily sticks to your shoes and quickly accumulates in carpeting. The salt leaves messy white stains, which, when mixed with the sloppy wet snow, will deteriorate the appearance of the carpet.
WINTER JOKE
Winter in New York
As a trucker stops for a red light, a blonde catches up, jumps out of her car, runs up to the truck and says “ Hi my name is Heather and you are losing some of your load” The trucker ignores her and proceeds down the street stopping at the next red light, the girl catches up jumps out of her car, the trucker lowers his window and as if they have never spoken the blonde says “ Hi my names heather and you are losing some of your load”
Shaking his head the trucker ignores her and drives down the street and stops at the next set of red lights and again the blonde gets out of her car and taps on the trucker’s window saying he was losing some of his load.
When the traffic light turns green the trucker revs up and races away to the next light. When he stops this time, he hurriedly gets out of the truck and runs back to the blonde.
He knocks on her window, and as she lowers it, he says
“Hi my name is Kevin, its winter in New York, and I’m driving the SALT TRUCK.”
SNOW
Snow consists of crystals of ice formed directly from water vapor—ten inches [25 cm] of snow is equal to about an inch [2.5 cm] of water. Snow, therefore, contains a lot of air, which is captured between the crystals. This amazing design makes snow a good insulator against extreme cold, protecting seeds and plants until the spring thaw. Then, like a huge reservoir of congealed water molded to the terrain, the snow melts, watering the soil and feeding the streams. Snow consists of crystals of ice formed directly from water vapor—ten inches [25 cm] of snow is equal to about an inch [2.5 cm] of water. Snow, therefore, contains a lot of air, which is captured between the crystals. This amazing design makes snow a good insulator against extreme cold, protecting seeds and plants until the spring thaw. Then, like a huge reservoir of congealed water molded to the terrain, the snow melts, watering the soil and feeding the streams.
Have you ever wondered why birds, many of which walk about in snow or on ice bare-legged, do not suffer harm or, at the least, extreme discomfort? They possess a superbly engineered heat exchanger in their legs. This amazing design causes warm arterial blood from the heart to travel down the legs and to heat the cool blood returning from the feet.