has anyone here rented a steam cleaner From Zehrs or Home depot ?

[Keelenorth]

If So what was the general cost ? and what are the time lines ?

Thank -You

[blueeyetea]

I'm not sure about the cost, but it's usually by the day. A couple of years ago, it was around $30/day in my area. What you have to look for is the solutions you have to buy and put in the machine. Those are usually $20/bottle.

With all the work and time involved, i.e. picking up the machine, doing the cleaning, bringing the machine back, I find it's worth paying a little bit extra to hire professionnals come to my house because they're done in an hour.

[mulock]

The janitor in our office building recommends the ones at Home Depot. Apparently they even offer free classes on how to effectively clean carpets, stairs, etc. When I mentioned I was going to have the carpets cleaned, a coworker offered to lend me her's no charge

[DianneS]

We rent the Rug Doctor from Home Depot. It is about $30 a day. My DH insists that he can get the carpets cleaner because he takes tbe extra time on problem areas. I find that the carpet cleaning companies that are inexpensive have many add-on charges. i.e. Every stair/step, landin costs extra. Pre-treating spots is an additional charge.

If you are cleaning a small apartment or bungalow it may be just as easy to have a company come in. If you are cleaning a whole house DIY is the way to go.

[bargain_hunter_lola]

We just looked into carpet cleaning rentals in our area (Home Depot was $48 for 4 hours, $60 for the day. Other small/local stores were $50 for the day) so we decided to invest in our own.

Canadian Tire had the Bissell deep clean pet one on sale for $179 (down from $299) so we got it.

I'm very pleased with the results! DH took 2 hours last night to do our living room and it looks fantastic! All the stains came out! Well worth the invest if you plan on cleaning more than 2-3 times. Especially if you have a lot of carpet.