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How do you keep your carpets CLEAN?

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morningpaper · 02/03/2006 20:34

Mine are very cheap carpets and are filthy. I got them professionally cleaned last year but it cost £70 which seems a lot. How do you keep your carpets clean?

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MaloryTowers · 02/03/2006 20:39

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morningpaper · 02/03/2006 20:40

I hoover twice a day

they are still shite

we have a lot of parties actually, that's what really messes them up

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expatinscotland · 02/03/2006 20:43

I own a Karcher steam cleaner. I steam clean them every other month and they're always filthy. I'd LOVE to get rid of them but this is a rental flat so no can do.

I hate carpets w/a purple passion.

PiccadillyCircus · 02/03/2006 20:44

We don't have too much carpet...but what we do have is not clean Blush.

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charliegirl25 · 02/03/2006 20:47

We hire a steam carpet cleaner from Focus when we need to. My friend introduced me to it. Its £15 to hire but you get it for 24 hours ,i think, so could share with a couple of mates and it works out quite cheap.

expatinscotland · 02/03/2006 20:47

I'm tellin' you, carpets are just beyond minging. I found out some people have them in their kitchens and bathrooms and just about died of disgust. YUK!

Go for the best steam cleaner you can afford. I use it to clean out couch, chair and mattresses as well. It's brill and doesn't use chemicals.

octavia · 02/03/2006 20:47

before we had wood flooring put down through out the downstairs,I used to hire a carpet cleaner (rug doctor) and clean them myself a couple of times a year. Including the cleaning solution it costs about £25 but it takes ages as you have to keep emptying it. You could probably hire an industrial one though.If I still had carpets downstairs I would probably save and pay someone to do it for me.

charliegirl25 · 02/03/2006 20:49

Cross posts Octavia, thats the one we hire. It is a pain in the arse to keep emptying isnt it.

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morningpaper · 02/03/2006 20:51

It doesn't sound satisfactory does it?

Damn carpets.

So perhaps I should ask: Has anyone put down wooden flooring lately that didn't cost too much?

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expatinscotland · 02/03/2006 20:52

MP,
My BIL bought some wood flooring off Ebay dead cheap!

octavia · 02/03/2006 20:53

Yes a total pain ! its ok the couple of times then you get really fed up and wished you'd never started. The carpets do come up really clean though and dry quickly.

octavia · 02/03/2006 20:56

wooden flooring costs the same as a good quality carpet and is worth every single penny!

chicagomum · 02/03/2006 20:57

Would def. second wood floors downstairs and shoes off at the front door. Mind you I have 2 cats so what carpet we do have (mainly the staiars) has been destroyed by them).

expatinscotland · 02/03/2006 20:58

I agree 100%, octavia! My dream home has NO carpet. Hate, hate, hate the stuff.

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