My house has two parts - the original 1960 house and an addition.
The original part has wall to wall carpeting over the downstairs, but the building inspector I hired when I bought the house told me that it was covering hardwood floors like the rooms without carpet have.
I got a few stains on the carpet and seem to be able to clean them with some 409 spray cleaner that I spray and then blot with paper towels. I did a few of the stains and it seems to have worked.
My mother has a Hoover steam cleaner that she wants to bring over and have me use to clean the rug. I don't think this is a good idea because I am worried that the water it puts into the rug will damage the hardwood floor underneath.
Is this a reasonable fear?
I previously cleaned the carpet with and Electrolux B-8 carpet cleaning machine. This uses a tank of water with some cleaning fluid in it, but it comes out more like a foam that saturates the top of the carpet rather than as a deep down thing like I imagine the steam cleaner does.
For all I know the Electrolux may also have affected the hardword floor or the floor may have had problems before the carpet was put down.
In any case, I am avoiding the steam cleaner for now, but am wondering if I am right about my worries.
Thanks.
The original part has wall to wall carpeting over the downstairs, but the building inspector I hired when I bought the house told me that it was covering hardwood floors like the rooms without carpet have.
I got a few stains on the carpet and seem to be able to clean them with some 409 spray cleaner that I spray and then blot with paper towels. I did a few of the stains and it seems to have worked.
My mother has a Hoover steam cleaner that she wants to bring over and have me use to clean the rug. I don't think this is a good idea because I am worried that the water it puts into the rug will damage the hardwood floor underneath.
Is this a reasonable fear?
I previously cleaned the carpet with and Electrolux B-8 carpet cleaning machine. This uses a tank of water with some cleaning fluid in it, but it comes out more like a foam that saturates the top of the carpet rather than as a deep down thing like I imagine the steam cleaner does.
For all I know the Electrolux may also have affected the hardword floor or the floor may have had problems before the carpet was put down.
In any case, I am avoiding the steam cleaner for now, but am wondering if I am right about my worries.
Thanks.