Apparently no other product can kill fleas in some state of their development cycle, but steam can burst their shell. I am taking a heavy class load and have no time for this. I need something FAST, EASY, that gets steam to temps greater than 140 degrees (needed to kill fleas). I have hardwood floors so I want one that does not drench the floor. Since I have animals I would like the cleaning aspect as well…like if I am going to spend the money and have an appliance cluttering up, I would want it to be able to clean grout too. I am not expecting it to clean everything in my house, just floors. Carpets are a don’t care…I have throw rugs and throw them in the wash. I do not want to pre-mop or vacuum. I want one product to do it all. I am not very picky but it has to be hot to kill fleas and it has to do at least a fair job of cleaning so I don’t have to do it twice. I don’t want to spend over 0. And it should be light weight (or it won’t be easy). I don’t think I ‘d mind refilling it partway in order to keep the unit light. The right product might turn me from an indifferent housekeeper into a clean freak. Thanks for any help!
I bombed, it did no good. Only steam can kill fleas in all stages of growth. I guess I will premise spray to kill the adults, then steam to kill everything else.
When my carpets are cleaned at first, they are perfectly clean and I have a friend who owns a carpet company who doesn’t just steam clean the carpets. After a few months, the same stains seem to re-emerge from where they were before as if they were cleaned on the surface but re-surfaced.
I have 2 cats where I have cleaned hairballs, and a lot of throwing up, and I think that’s what the stains are from. I use the MIracle stuff for cat stains/odors and it seems to work at first, but again they come up especially in the hallway upstairs.
The rest of my my carpets are not bad, even after a year. I take good care of them and keep them as clean as possible but these round stains in various places make it look really bad! How can I make them go away permanently. I’m tired of hiring expensive carpet cleaners where they look great for a month or so; then these same spots seem to come back plus additional hairballs which I try to catch as soon as I can.
We’re debating getting a new vacuum (hubby wants outrageously expensive Dyson) and maybe a steam cleaner like the Hoover All Terrain.
I don’t know if it wouldn’t just be better to hire Stanley Steamer a few times a year to do the job. I’m asking in Parenting because the whole reason we are needing all this for our carpets is our kids. I want to know how other parents with young children keep their floors clean.
Zorro, lol.
He’s got allergies and the pets and all are adding to it. He’s not one to complain so when he does I try to do something about it if i can. I just don’t know if spending 00 on carpet cleaning is the best way to use our money.
Alright, so again you have probably seen my story a million times on here. Our cat peed in my room, but I don’t have to worry about that anymore because the cat has been moved. I didn’t know where the smell has been coming from for about 5 months, so I couldn’t treat it. Then I found a HUGE cat pee stain in my closet. I had to eventually cut out the carpet in my closet because nothing worked. Natures Miracle, Resolve, professional cleaners, baking soda, vinegar, nothing worked. It can’t get into the padding because it has a plastic cover on it, or something like that to protect it. I also treated another area that had cat pee, which was under my TV on the wall. It was in a straight line under my TV almost like getting under the wall. I treated that the same, for months, and finally the smell started to fade. Then all I smelt was those cleaning products. All the time. So I got so sick of it that I pulled up that part of the carpet to look at it, and there are huge stains on the carpet, some of them even BROWN. It’s so nasty. And then I found even more cat pee spots on the right of my bed, and I don’t even want to try anything, because nothing works. But today my stepdad got the carpets steam cleaned, all of them. I thought it would be okay now, but no. It’s still there. And it’s never going to go away now unless I get a new carpet. I have asked and asked and it looks like I am never going to get a new carpet. I think there are really some health problems that that could cause, being around it all the time, breathing it in. Also, I have a pet bird, and he has to breath it in all the time too. So I don’t know what to do.
Well I Know that my landlord has had some problems before paying people there security deposite well only one person because they came to the house asking for him and we got talking. Any way there’s someone differen’t taking care of the house and security deposite but they sound like there charging a lot of things. First off they chraged me 65 dollars each additional day I was there which is what rick the owner told them to do. Now I stayed for two additional days past what I was supposed to. how ever I was there for a third day but I was out by like 7 in the morning can they charge me for that day and if they do should I say something? Now they wanted to steam clean the carpets I wanted to just do it myself with a rug doctor but the guy rick who owns the house didn’t want me to because water can get stuck under the carpet or something so I said fine figureing that would really be the only expense they would be charging me for. the cleaners were supposed to come the day I got out
but they called and told them not to come for what ever reason. but they are charging me for that I used to have a dog and rick the owner mentioned hireing someone to come in to get rid of any fleas or bugs or something like that how ever I haven’t had a dog for atleast 6 months and my dog didn’t have fleas or anything. Plus I know the people moving in after me and they have two dogs so one way or the other there’s going to be a dog living there. Now it sounds like they are doing repairs that I’m not sure what’s the problem. One wall in the master bedroom had a stain from my sheets on it I always use red sheets and they kind of left a mark on the wall. which probably could of just been washed off but they may have charged me for painting it and can they charge me for the whole room or just that wall? then on another wall there was two spot were the wall was scrapped a little like maybe 2 inches one spot and 2 inches another spot
then in the 2nd bathroom there was a stain on this cheap little counter not sure how it got there noticed it when I was moving everything out but can they charge me to replace the hole counter. one of the shades wouldn’t go up and down because I couldn’t find a place for it to go so I just had it hanging there but it had been like that since the first time I pulled the curtain down. it just wasn’t a problem with me. what can they legally charge me for I’m supposed to get my deposite back today but I don’t know what they are charging me for and I want to know what they can charge me for. Like there were termites in the house I blieve they were there when I moved in but don’t know for sure but is that my problem? any help? I live in california if that matters? sorry for so much any help
my deposite was for 1850 and they are making it sound like I might get 500 of it back
About a month ago my husband was eating papa johns in his office. He said he spilled the garlic sauce on the carpet and that he cleaned it up.
Well.. I go into his office today to steam clean the carpets. I lift the area rug up .. and what do I find.. the stain never got cleaned up. He just did a typical male move and moved the area rug a couple inches to cover it ha-ha.
I have tried all of the carpet cleaners we have here but its just not lifting the stain.
I know oil based spills take a different chemical to lift it but I’ve never had to deal with one before so im
just not sure which type of carpet cleaner to use.
Can anyone please give me the name of a good cleaner that will get this baby out of my carpet?
Thank you in advance for your answers!
Lol Rev, trust me if my husband were here, we would be fixing it :p
Hes just so luckily deployed right now so he doesnt have to endure my wrath ha-ha-ha.
www.deluxsteammop.com Cleaning the carpet and the house has never been easier when using a Shark Steam Cleaner, like any steam cleaner, the Shark model uses hot steam to remove dirt and grime not only from carpets but almost any other surface in your home, car or office. Steam cleaners can also effectively sanitize any surface that it goes over since hot steam can kill bacteria, germs and even mites and fleas and their eggs and larvae.
I am looking to buy a steam cleaner for my hard floors at home,not carpets.
I have looked at Hoover, Bissell, Shark and a few more, they all appear to be made from cheap flimsy plastic….I have read reviews online about the Hoover Steam cleaner and am really glad i didnt buy one, they dont work !
Can anyone help me in finding a steam cleaner under 0 that does actually steam and clean.
Awaiting any replies whilst i scrub my rather large kitchen floor by hand !!!!! Yay.
I have been an ideal tenent using direct deposit and paying a week early every month for a year. I am about to move and my landlord dosent want me to go so he offered to lower my rent, but I found a place that will save me 475.00 a month. I feel he is going to keep my deposit out of bitterness. When I first moved in he refused to to a walkthrough with me because he was really busy. The back door doesnt lock on the slider, the carpets were filthy, the oven and dishwasher didnt work(which he asked me to buy and install and take off rent). So I requested in writing to use the security deposit towards last months rent and agree to an immeadete walkthrough as well as a final and he refused. I think he is gong to use the security towards all the things I mentioned (carpet and broken slider door). So Should I just keep last months rent and tell him to keep my deposit? I am leaving house sparkling and hiring steam cleaners.
what would you do?
i wanna thank etta and everyones comments, this is my first time renting i was a home owner then relocated for work. My deposit is same as rent and I want to use it for last 1 month rent not 2. I also just talked to him and requested a walkthrough then i would pay him last month rent not due for another week. He refused and said he will only do a final walk through, I am just uneasy and I need this money. I am scarred he is trying to use the previous problems and charge me for them. So i have pictures and recipts and everything. If he were to take me to court for last month rent what would I be out?
Even though I’ve only been at my house for a year and a half, our carpets are NASTY (6 animals who get "scared" during thunder storms plus Georgia red clay plus some spilled paint, none of which has totally come out even with steam cleaners)
I’m thinking about moving in the summer of 08. Would it be a better investment to
A) Leave the carpets in all their glory and just offer the owners extra money to do what they want with them?
B) put down hardwood floors?
C) get the hardwood-eque flooring that you can get cheap at Ikea?
Also, what do you do about paint? Repaint to a neutral boring color, or just offer a giftcard? My house is colorful in a good way (like cottage greens, blues, and yellows)