Fraudulent Representation

For way too long I have been seeing other way too many other carpet cleaning companies displaying the “GREEN SEAL™” Fraudulently representing themselves as members in good standingas Certified Firms. I know this because I did some research and the cost for getting a company certified by “GREEN SEAL” is $3000 for the first year and $1200.00 every year there after for the smallest of firms doing under $200,000.00 in green services. Further, there are only a hand full of cleaners, other than several larger franchises, that area certified and those are jantorial companies that provide government services.

Several Years ago, My Carpet Cleaning Service, www.MCC-Service.com, started looking into Green Cleaning, I wasn’t too impressed, though it was green, it wasn’t that clean. However, I still carried Green Label products as well as my Hypo-Allergenic line of products. I would use the green when possible, but conventional cleaning products whenever the outcome of the cleaning was questionable

On a side note, let’s not fool ourselves most premium carpet cleaning products used by true professionals are
1. Low V.O.C.
2. Non Toxic
3. Child Safe
4. Pet Safe
5. Phosphate Free

Most important of all, I practiced Green procedures;
1. Buying products in bulk; less use of resources and waist
2. Recycling beverage and product containers at the shop instead of throwing away at the customer’s home r jobsite
3. Pre-vacuuming; resulting in using less pre-sprays,
4. Mechanical brushing; resulting in using less Water and Rinsing agent and Gas/ Electricity running the extraction equipment
5. Finally, we have Been Rinsing with Free Rinsing Green Products for quite a while Whenever Possible!

But now, they have put the Clean in Green Cleaning and I am starting to become a true believer! More and more cleaners, such as me are going greener and greener. I have been trying out a product and I am about to start the use of the all Green “GREEN SEAL™” product in my new multi-location accounts because of the health concerns of the elderly tenets in the buildings.

And soon, I will be able to post a “GREEN SEAL” LOGO, but not the fraudulent one that these other carpet cleaners have been displaying for years. Green Seal has just started a new program for companies like mine that are registered with GREEN SEAL that use Certified GREEN SEAL Products to show their Professionalism and shared concern for the environment.

If you have any questions about My Carpet Cleaning Serviceplease do not hesitate to contact me by either calling me at, 301-445-7440 or E-mail at MyCarpetCleaning@aol.com or visit the My Services Page of the web site

My Carpet Cleaning Services Proudly Serves; Ashton, Bethesda, Brookville, Burtonsville, Chevy Chase, Damascus, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Glen Echo, Rockville, Potomac, Olney, Takoma Park, as well as the rest of Montgomery County Maryland, parts of Southern Howard County and parts of Northern Prince George’s County. Commercial Cleaning Services are provided throughout all of the suburban Maryland, in the District of Columbia as well as Northern Virginia.

Frozen Pipes

This picture tells a terrible story!

Once every couple of years, I get a call from a Home Owner, Realtor, or Property Manager or Engineer with pipe that had burst as a result of Frigid Cold Temperatures!

The previous owner and relator's had left the water on as well as the heat turned off and the new home owner knew no better.

The water ran for days, all the way from the second floor to the basement, as well as out the brick and siding on the main floor. The walls in the back of the house, under the master bath, were damaged.

The vinyl flooring in the kitchen had to be removed. But the wood floor that wassoaked, was salvaged by the use of rescue mats and circulating air underneath the floor in the flutes on he underside and venting hot dry air from a dehumidifier underneath the ceiling and later was sanded and refinished.







With the advancements in drying technology, the drying would have taken a week less and required only a screening prior to refinishing instead of a full sanding. This would have saved years in the life of the floor by saving it from an additional sanding



















The house was so cold that during the demolition of some of the walls in basement, that the water had frozen on the inside of the wall between the exterior wall and insulation! What a way to get settled into a new house.

The pictures below are from another instance when the house was vacant and the homeowners wife went by the house and before leaving, turned off the

heat to save a few dollars while the house sat vacant.

The supply to the toilet in the master bath burst and flooded the kitchen below and the entire basement. Fortunately, the homeowner went by in the morning saw what had happened and turned off the water to the house before even more damage had occurred!

















So please learn from the mistakes of others and remember to turn off the water in any vacant property, even if the heat is left on! You never know when there is going to be a power outage resulting in in a house getting so cold that the water in the pipes to expand and burst the pipes.




Imagine the agony of knowing the power is off and not being able to get to the house/ property due to the weather. Don't let it happen to you!