Steam Cleaning our Carpets

shockin', aint it? i'm always horrified when i clean mine these days. used to do such once a month, but've been most lax the past few years. with a hubs who'll not take off his boots't the door, the pup 'n a cat - a carpet cleaner's a necessity :D

Well they are handed over to dry cleaners. But we have floor tiling here so we don't have carpets in our house anymore.

@BelleStarr We get the carpets cleaned by cleaners. Hope your carpet dries quickly.

That's my plan for this afternoon, too. Our carpets are beige, and they're constantly a disaster thanks to the kids and their spills. I'm so glad I bought a steam cleaner a few years ago... while I like the results hiring professionals give, doing it myself saves us a lot of money. I've started using the LA's Totally Awesome cleaner instead of the normal carpet cleaning stuff. Love the results with that stuff!

We do our own.

We own a commercial size steam cleaner which we bought years ago when we used to clean the Fashion Bug stores in Michigan. Since then, we've used that same one in the homes of customers and our own house, but even though we own the darn thing we didn't clean the carpets as often as we could have. Now a part is broken, so it continue to sit in the garage awaiting the day when we'll have extra funds to hopefully get it fixed. Since we've done carpets through the years, we've just gone ahead a rented the machines and then used that when doing our own or that of customers. It costs a tad more, but it's so much easier for me to manage.

We do our own cleaning of carpets. I used to rent the rug doctor several times a year. I saw that Sam's Club had a rug doctor last month and bought one, so now I can clean my carpets when ever I feel like it, without the hassle of having to go to the store and rent it and lug it back home and then lug it back to the store when done. Now I have no rush, if I only want to do 1 room I can and not have to worry about the expense of renting for just 1 room. It works great, glad I took the leap and bought it. Hope yours it still working out for you.

We bought a steamer also at Target ~ and just steamed last month.. the carpet looks a lot nicer.

We are on our second carpet shampooer - but now we only have two area rugs, mostly hardwoods so it's not getting much use. One thing we found out when we had a house with a lot of wall to wall carpet - the more you clean them the faster they get dirty. I don't know why, but it does happen.

We have had no luck doing it ourselves. we pick up the phone. The carpet is in the family room and the dogs (grand-dogs) have made a mess of it. When they are better trained we ill pick up the phone....

I'm pleased for you! Cute photo, too. We have tiles in FL and an area rug in the living room. At home, we have wood floors, area rugs, and carpeting. We get it done. How long before you can walk on the carpets?

I need to clean mine. I usually rent the steam cleaner.

When we built this place we decided against carpets as we felt we'd bring quite a bit of dirt inside and I'd rather sweep it up than have it disappear into the carpet. And it was difficult to know where to 'stop' the carpet and start putting tiles where the kitchen and lounge blended. I'm glad you're pleased with the results.

I have hard wood floors through out our house. Sometimes I just want carpet. But I don't want to cover these floors as they are very old. I have a few smaller area rugs on the floors

I clean my own carpets, because I have the feeling they look much cleaner when I do this myself.

Having two dogs in our household, a steam cleaner is a must for us.

We once got a carpet cleaner for our son. I'd love to have one for ourselves. They do a deeper clean.

We just hoover them not steam clean them.

fortunatley we do not have many carpets in our flat here in spain.... but we do our own ... we bought a second hand carpet ... and got it professionally cleaned before we put it in the flat ... and now we do it when we think it needs doing.... I should imagine its hard to dry a carpet in florida with all that humidity.....

I have all hardwood floors throughout my house so no carpet cleaning for me