12-07-2015, 02:01 PM
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Re: Steam Cleaners
Originally Posted by wishbone
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But surely by having carpet in certain rooms, but not in others that would be defeating the whole object.
Originally Posted by Patsy
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I would never want tiles - but wooden flooring gives no echo .........
12-07-2015, 03:46 PM
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Re: Steam Cleaners
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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Not at all. You have to live under someone with hard flooring to understand I guess.Hellishly loud if you live under it though
I agree - although we're not loud people - but where we lived before, a house, there was no one below us
Here there is and non existent sound proofing is bad enough, so wouldn't want to add to that with a wooden floor ........
13-07-2015, 06:52 AM
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Re: Steam Cleaners
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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We used to use a steam cleaner thought it was the bees knees until we got a Bissell carpet cleaner then we realised how it hadn't really done the job very well at all 
I can recommend the Bissells and mine is no heavier than a dyson vacuum but moves along the floor much easier.
I'm thinking of getting a carpet cleaner, so information on the Bissell is useful. What is the model number of yours Julie?
We use office grade carpet with a high-density underlay in the lounge and bedrooms. Apart from it being hard-wearing, it has no deep pile for the wheelchair wheels to leave tyre tracks in. The underlay is glued to the floor and the carpet glued to the underlay. Therefore no shifting around as it is wheeled over. Also, no squeaky sound from the tyres that can occur with solid or laminate floors. Tyre tracks can be visible on solid floors too. These things can be annoying over a time. Just thought this opinion about floor coverings might be useful if a wheelchair ever becomes part of anyone's life.
Anyhow, we have been paying for the carpets to be cleaned occasionally but they probably would get cleaned more often if we had a carpet cleaner. Better than just using the 'Vanish' spray on dirty areas and the odd spillage.
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