Carpet cleaning?

[Catty1]

If you have the time, it's not that hard to do yourself. Whatever you do - pick a green cleaner that is chemical free and biodegradable. Bissell makes a couple - and if you check your Yellow Pages, you'll likely find "green" cleaners. I'd go with the steam, as Chem-Dry has, well, chemicals. And if Ty is still crawling around, or playing on the floor, those can get into his system easily.

Unless you have really impossible stains, look into renting a steam cleaner. The instructions are pretty straightforward.

[JenBKR]

If you have the time, it's not that hard to do yourself. Whatever you do - pick a green cleaner that is chemical free and biodegradable. Bissell makes a couple - and if you check your Yellow Pages, you'll likely find "green" cleaners. I'd go with the steam, as Chem-Dry has, well, chemicals. And if Ty is still crawling around, or playing on the floor, those can get into his system easily.

Unless you have really impossible stains, look into renting a steam cleaner. The instructions are pretty straightforward.

We have a Hoover steam vac - it does clean well, but the stains start to reappear after about a week or so. I'd really like to have it professionally done, since they use the heavy duty, truck mounted equipment.

[Catty1]

The deep cleaning makes sense. I just hope they can use "safer soap".

[JenBKR]

The deep cleaning makes sense. I just hope they can use "safer soap".

I know what you mean - I have a few ads I am looking at from both a chem-dry company and a steam cleaning one, and they all claim to be safe for kids and animals. That is certainly the most important thing I am looking for

[catnapper]

We have a Hoover steam vac - it does clean well, but the stains start to reappear after about a week or so. I'd really like to have it professionally done, since they use the heavy duty, truck mounted equipment.

Oops, just noticed this reply..... chances are your stain reappear because it wasn't rinsed enough.

[JenBKR]

Oops, just noticed this reply..... chances are your stain reappear because it wasn't rinsed enough.

I bet you are right.....I doubt that I rinsed well enough when I was finished. I didn't realize that the soap residue attracted dirt.