How to get rid of bad smells in carpets

Weeks and months of day-to-day use can turn your lovely, plush carpet into a nasal battleground. If you’re reading this, it’s likely that the ominous smell of an un-fresh floor is starting to rear its ugly head, so here is a quick and easy guide on how to get rid of bad smells in your carpets.

What causes bad smells in carpets?

Compared to the likes of tiles, hard wood or laminate flooring, it isn’t difficult to see where some of these nasty odours are coming from when it comes to your carpets. Where on other surfaces spillages can simply be swept or mopped up, carpets can quickly absorb liquids and hold the scent in their fibres. 

As time goes by, the smells from these spillages – however small they may be – build up in your carpets, and it is only a matter of time before that kicks up a bit of a pong.  

How to get rid of bad smells in carpets?

Perhaps the easiest way of stopping the cause of bad smelling carpets is to ban all food, drinks, pets, people or objects from the room – but it’s hardly the most practical thing in the world. There is a way of keeping your carpets in tip-top shape though, to stop those smells in their tracks:

Regular vacuuming helps remove loose debris, dust and allergens from carpets keeping it looking and smelling fresh. One step beyond this is a dry/wet vacuum cleaner, that is equally at home sucking up crumbs and the like as it is with liquids.

For a deep clean though, look no further than a carpet and upholstery cleaning machine. Using warm water, shampoo or consumable treatment and high suction vacuuming it penetrates deep into the carpet ensuring the best very best cleaning results and removal of odours.

You can get back to using your carpet after cleaning in no time with good ventilation, and the process can be further speeded up using a carpet dryer. However, if you do get any damp smells in the days and weeks after using a carpet cleaner, this is likely down to an issue with your underlay or flooring under the carpet and it may require some further investigation.

Hire carpet cleaning equipment

Good quality carpet cleaning equipment can be expensive to buy and cumbersome to store, making hiring carpet cleaners when you need them a great solution. Browse our extensive range of floor and carpet cleaning equipment available for hire across the UK.