Cleaning The Carpeting On Your Stairs
Having carpeted stairs in your home may give you a more comfortable walking experience, but they also require more work to clean. Dragging a vacuum cleaner up and down each individual step is tiring and very tedious. To help ease your burden, here are some carpeted stairs cleaning suggestions.
- To help remove the top layer of dust and dirt, use a broom to sweep the stairs. Keep moving the pile down each step, until it reaches the bottom of the staircase. There you can vacuum it up. This methods does not clean down deep into the carpeting, it just gets some of the stuff floating on top.
- If your vacuum has a hose attachment, be ready to use it. If your vacuum did not come with a hose attachment, see if you can purchase one for your vacuum model. Reaching the stairs and other hard to reach places is made easier by a vacuum hose attachment.
- To make better use of the hose attachment, use a brush attachment. The bristles of the brush will aid in digging into the carpeting and loosening the embedded dirt and dander.
If you plan to steam clean your carpeted stairs, be sure to rent a carpet cleaner with a hose attachment. The same applies if you are looking to buy a carpet cleaner. Naturally, if you decide to shampoo your carpet with a cleaner that does not have a hose, you will have to clean it by hand.