Carpet Cleaning

It may depend on the fibres of the carpet. I have a large cream rug regularly cleaned, which is 100% wool and the only smell is damp wool for a couple of hours. The rug always comes up beautifully

Oh! It would be really hard to clean a carpet without the help of a vacuum cleaner. I'd rather have a vacuum cleaner than a nanny.. A vacuum that cleans on its own

Anyone had upholstery cleaned? I have two cream sofas...

I hired a cleaner and didn't find it had an after smell. I'm very sensitive to fumes and it didn't affect me.

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Yes, I've had my carpets professionally cleaned (some time ago now and I see the sitting room one is looking a bit grubby again ), but I don't remember there being any smell afterwards at all. I have an allergic reaction to most 'manufactured' perfumes, so I'm sure I would have remembered.

And who could forget that advert?

I'm glad this thread's been started because I've been meaning to clean our dining room carpet for a while, now the GC have grown out of spilling things so much - the carpet's a sort of wine colour but there are odd darker spots and patches where my DIY cleaning hasn't worked very well!

Glad you said that because I hate strong smells of any kind. I do have access to a Vax and may try that instead [it's the stairs that are a problem; I put off even vacuuming them because it hurts my back]. I also have a steamer but, again I wanted someone else to do the work. I have an Oreck vacuum and they sell an upright steam cleaner; it might be a better idea to put the money towards buying one of those perhaps. Or i could just have the hall and stairs done; at least I can shut the door on the smell if it bothers me. I think my mind is going back to the awful Shake'n'vac smell from years back [now that did make me sneeze].

Yes, it does leave a strong perfumed scent afterwards, which made my dog sneeze continuously for a few hours. I haven't had my stairs shampooed since, but do the sitting room using a hired shampooer with Vax shampoo myself, and that doesn't leave any smell at all. You could always ask them to use a non-perfumed shampoo or provide the botte of Vax, which they sell at B and Q?