10-07-2015, 08:40 PM
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I've had a go with a steam cleaner (daughter has one). I prefer a minit mop with one of those absorbent fibre clothes on the end of it. To be honest I am a bit wary of the steam damaging wooden floors.What I have found useful is the Vax carpet shampooer. Better than hiring a Rug Doctor - not as heavy, which reminds me I had better have a go at our lounge carpet again.
10-07-2015, 09:32 PM
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Ditch the carpets imo. They are unhealthy, you can never really clean them properly. A steam cleaner can kill germs but in the end all the carpet fibres will gradually get clogged with all manner of dirt and bacteria which will multiply faster than you can keep killing them off with a steamer.Replace with laminate flooring throughout the house or real wooden flooring if you can afford it. There won't be any carpet smells or tiny fibres floating in the air. Easy to hoover, you can see exactly where any dirt is, you can wet clean and steam clean too with most modern floors.
Each to their own of course !
10-07-2015, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Realist
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Ditch the carpets imo. They are unhealthy, you can never really clean them properly. A steam cleaner can kill germs but in the end all the carpet fibres will gradually get clogged with all manner of dirt and bacteria which will multiply faster than you can keep killing them off with a steamer.Replace with laminate flooring throughout the house or real wooden flooring if you can afford it. There won't be any carpet smells or tiny fibres floating in the air. Easy to hoover, you can see exactly where any dirt is, you can wet clean and steam clean too with most modern floors.
Each to their own of course !
11-07-2015, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Realist
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Ditch the carpets imo. They are unhealthy, you can never really clean them properly. A steam cleaner can kill germs but in the end all the carpet fibres will gradually get clogged with all manner of dirt and bacteria which will multiply faster than you can keep killing them off with a steamer.Replace with laminate flooring throughout the house or real wooden flooring if you can afford it. There won't be any carpet smells or tiny fibres floating in the air. Easy to hoover, you can see exactly where any dirt is, you can wet clean and steam clean too with most modern floors.
Each to their own of course !
11-07-2015, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Realist
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Ditch the carpets imo. They are unhealthy, you can never really clean them properly. A steam cleaner can kill germs but in the end all the carpet fibres will gradually get clogged with all manner of dirt and bacteria which will multiply faster than you can keep killing them off with a steamer.Replace with laminate flooring throughout the house or real wooden flooring if you can afford it. There won't be any carpet smells or tiny fibres floating in the air. Easy to hoover, you can see exactly where any dirt is, you can wet clean and steam clean too with most modern floors.
Each to their own of course !
11-07-2015, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962
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Also each to what won't annoy their neighbours - your ideas in a flat are major cause of arguments about noise !
12-07-2015, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Realist
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Well that depends whether people take the cheap option of laying a thin roll of useless insulation material beneath the laminate or whether they do it properly and lay whisper boards down first. Whisper boards iron out any uneven areas of the floor and provide a higher level of soundproofing. If you were in a flat and conscious of making noise below, you could go for 2 layers of whisper boards. Really easy.
12-07-2015, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Realist
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Well that depends whether people take the cheap option of laying a thin roll of useless insulation material beneath the laminate or whether they do it properly and lay whisper boards down first. Whisper boards iron out any uneven areas of the floor and provide a higher level of soundproofing. If you were in a flat and conscious of making noise below, you could go for 2 layers of whisper boards. Really easy.
12-07-2015, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962
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Well we will never know the council banned hard flooring in flats here years ago and everyone has to have carpets in all rooms but the bathroom and kitchen.
12-07-2015, 12:11 PM
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I stayed in a large open plan house while on holiday last week, the floors were all of white tiles and the bifold glass doors had blinds.The result was I had difficulty hearing anything anyone said because there was an echo
. This was something I had never considered before about a carpetless home.It was a beautiful place in the summer but even with underfloor heating would 'feel' cold and uninviting for me in the winter .
I love carpets and have had some new ones this year.
If I want to clean my carpets I hire a cleaner and the fluid from a DIY shop , they leave the carpet clean and reasonably dry the only drawback is they quite heavy to lift around.
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