Carpet Cleaning Options

GotSomeTime on 19/07/2022 - 10:40
Last edited 19/07/2022 - 10:41

Hi all,

We currently rent in an oldish apartment with carpet floors.

Partner and I have been here 3+ years and we've never done a carpet clean during our stay. It's our first rental with carpet so all we know is the mandatory carpet clean at the end of our contract period.

Obviously the carpet will be very dirtly by now (oddly that the carpet doesn't really 'show' its lack of clean..?) so we want to get it cleaned while we continue to live here.

Question is, how do we go about doing this ourselves without moving all the furniture out? What tools do you recommend to this and how much time should we brace ourselves for (including any time to dry the areas)

Thanks in advance.

Home & Garden Carpet Cleaner

Comments

  • Drakesy on 19/07/2022 - 10:42

    Bissell pro heat or equivaent off gumtree.

    a few hours of elbow grease for the stains

    sell bissell next weekend.

    Profit

  • John Kimble on 19/07/2022 - 10:47
    +3

    You can rent a Britex for ~$100 for 24 hours from Woolies, Coles, Bunnings etc. A good carpet cleaner should suck up most of the water, so drying time shouldn't be more than a day, if you can I would hold off until a hot day/summer so it dries quicker, otherwise it will take much longer and you'll need fans etc.

    • AndyC1 on 19/07/2022 - 10:57

      Agree with hot day and get all of your fan(s) and turn them on to blow at the carpet in the one direction of air flow so the air flows in one opening (say the balcony door) and out another opening (say a bedroom window).

      If you want mould or smelly carpets then do it when the carpet takes a day or two to dry.

    • Shekster on 19/07/2022 - 12:12

      Significantly cheaper at bunnings then

      24hrs was $38 last time I checked, and 48hrs was ~$46

      • John Kimble on 19/07/2022 - 12:18

        I think same price every where…that's just machine hire cost. If you add the upholstery wand and cleaning chemicals/bottles it is closer to $100 from memory.

  • pharkurnell on 19/07/2022 - 10:56
    +3

    how do we go about doing this ourselves without moving all the furniture out?

    Just get someone to come in and do it, they move everything while your out sitting in the sun.

    • Hybroid on 19/07/2022 - 11:03

      Actually agree with this. Having rented equipment from Bunnings twice to do it myself and then later getting it done by a professional, it's a massive cleaning quality difference. Just get someone to do it for you. Most cleaning service companies have a carpet steam clean add-on.

      • GotSomeTime on 19/07/2022 - 11:04

        Okay, that makes sense. Do you think its a large difference between DIY and professional service? As a measurement, our place is 2 bed with a fairly large living room (around 90 sqm in total)*

        *fairly large is very subjective and based on our experience with Syd apartments.

        • Hybroid on 19/07/2022 - 11:09

          2 bed carpet steam clean on Whizz is $120. Issue is it's an add-on to a home clean. There's bound to be others that can do carpet clean only service.

        • John Kimble on 19/07/2022 - 11:14
          +3

          A professional will cost a probably twice as much (or more) as DIY, but they should do a much better job in less time because of their experience and equipment. Also you don't spend a whole day or two doing it yourself, so it just depends how you value time vs money.

          Eg I had to spend ~$300 or so for an end of lease clean for a 1 bedroom many years ago. This however was the whole unit, not just steam clean of carpets.

  • oscargamer on 19/07/2022 - 22:46

    Just wait until you leave.

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