Carpet cleaning

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breatheslowly · 01/02/2011 23:02

We are moving into a new (to us, not brand new) house in a few weeks and the vendors are leaving the carpets . I want to clean them before we move in (will move in a few days after purchasing the house). We could get a cleaning company in or hire a machine ourselves and do it.

Should we do it ourselves?

If we hire a machine should we hire a rug doctor or a machine from HSS? Can you do stair carpet with one of these machines?

How long would each room take?

If we get professionals in, all of their websites say that their method is best, is there much of a difference?

Thank you!

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hobnob57 · 01/02/2011 23:09

Rug doctors are ace. They come with an attachment that lets you do stairs/nook and crannies/edges, etc.

I try to hire one once a year and do the whole house. If you have a hot day and an empty house and have already hoovered/moved furniture you can get it done in half a day (3 bed house).

The black sludge that you empty out of it is testament to how good it is. I once did our carpets before we went on holiday and didn't recognise the place when we got back.

Labradorlover · 02/02/2011 09:35

Hired HSS one last week, as I'd heard rug doctor not that good ( sorry hobnob! ). Carpets were filthy as I've got dogs and hadn't cleaned them for years.
Did a good job, and upholstry attachment does the stairs. Back breaking though.....don't think I'd want to do that and move house at the same time.
If I had the cash I'd get someone in to do it.

DreamTeamGirl · 02/02/2011 10:15

If you can afford it I would pay someone
They have industrial strength machines and can get really deep clean

We use done that left it almost dry as it blasted water in and sucked it out really hard and that was great. I also paid them to coat it so it stayed liek new and that was good.

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breatheslowly · 02/02/2011 19:30

Hmm, thanks for your comments. I think we will pay someone to do it as moving house and having a 5 month old is probably enough.

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hugebelly · 03/02/2011 16:26

Rug Doctor - got it from Homebase - Fabulous. Need to buy the detergent and get some of their generic spot spray. Go the extra wide one, much quicker. Takes around eight hours to dry, not the two that they suggest.

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