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Looking for info on rugs safavieh, home dynamix rugs, oriental area rug, gabbeh persian rugs and more?

We just bought a vintage house with original hardwood floors. Unfortunately the previous owners carpeting the master bedroom. We tore up the carpet to find an old heating vent in the floor, which is no longer functional, and was carpeted over. The carpet glue was applied directly to the metal vent and now there is glue and carpet padding remnants stuck to it. What’s the best way to get all that junk off? I’m thinking paint thinner or something. Any suggestions? Thanks!!

I have researched and researched and bought 3 vacuum cleansers over the past 6 months. From Kenmore canister vac to Dirt Devil Cyclonic Upright. I have all hardwood floors in my home w/ one room being linoleum and only 2 large area rugs. All the vacuums I bought just threw the dirt out the back. Well, I stopped at my parents home tonight, and low and behold there was a Kirby salesman there. After a complete demonstration of what all it could do…I bought it (ouch it was ,000!) I think I am nuts. It has the hardwood floor attachment and the shampooer attachment and has a lifetime warranty. Ok, now my question is this: Do any of you guys own a Kirby Sentria, and if so, do you like how it works and have any reviews you can give me? Thanks!!

We have new furniture (leather) and new rugs (wool) in the two rooms by the front door. My dog goes ballistic when anyone comes to the door, jumped on the furniture to look out and acts all ferocious… We haven’t put down the rugs yet… we have hardwood floors… but I do know that when she has an accident, which is rare, but when she does… she goes straight for the throw rugs to do it on. I’m afraid she will do this again. Does anyone have any suggestions to help us keep the dog out of the front two rooms altogether? We bought something called Pet Zones… which delivers a small shock when you come close to it, but she has decided that the small shock is worth it and goes in there anyway. We don’t want to have to crate her when we’re gone, but maybe we’ll have to do that again. It’s just that she’s 5, and hasn’t been crated for years. Any ideas?
Also, if we lock her in the bathroom, she chews up the doors trying to get out…
Great ideas… all. Thank you so much.
Atlantagal – no thanks on exchanging the rugs. I’ll figure out a way not to allow my dog to design my house for me, or by using cheap rugs which do NOT look the same as nice ones.
Thanks again everyone.

I need a Roomba for my hardwood floors and area rugs. Mainly for my 2 Pugs’ shedding. I want to get one with the pet brush, but I don’t know which model to buy. Any help would be appreciated.

We recently bought a new house and had a wonderful, plush carpet put in. It’s on the longer side and my oreck just can’t handle it. It starts smelling and stretching a brand new belt almost immediately. I’d like something that can handle my long carpet, but also work on my hardwood floors. Any recommendations?

How can I polish/buff hardwood floors without getting a professional? There are knicks and marks. I don’t want to buy carpet because hardwood floors look really good when they are polished.

I’m extremely busy and trying to maintain a clean home for sanity…what’s the minimum frequency in which I would need to do each item below for hygiene and good immunity?
Again- I only need a ballpark, you dont need to be super exact and if you are slim on time, u dont need to answer every single one, thanks for your time!

How often do I wash:
underwear/bras/socks
t-shirts/tank tops/shirts
sweaters/coats
pants
towels (body and hand)
sheets/bed covers/pillow cases?

How often:
do I vacuum rugs and general dust?
do I wash floor rugs?
do I clean the toilet?
clean jewelry?
clean toothbrushes?
replace toothbrushes?
clean/replace kitchen/cleaning rags?
clean the refrigerator/microwave/oven?
mop kitchen floors?
clean hardwood floors?
dust house?
replace razor?
use wipes on windows, doorknobs, light switches, phones?
clean computer monitor, keyboard, mouse?

Looking to buy a new vacuum, and well since its going to be picking up cat hair, figure I would ask in the cat section (duh). So, recommendations? Cats are medium-long haired, hardwood floors with sectional rugs. Thanks!!!
I read your mind PK

`I live in the state of indiana.

My husband and I signed the lease in aug of last year and its been ok.
Well around march of this year the creek in our back yard flooded and caused a back up in the septic tank causing everything to run and drain slow and it needed to be pumped. Well when he did it, it was disgusting.. we came home to human fecese on our wall as if they had it on thier hand and grabbed the wall to stand up. I had to deep clean my whole bathroom, there was water all over the place from the toilet. Well a few days later, he texted my husband and said it cost 550 to do all the work to the pipes. We owe him 446 out of that because they found a "tampon", Now I dont use tampons. Im pregnant. And we dont have quests over. So we disputed that with him. He gave it up. Well another thing, we have a dog, and we did not pay the pet deposit because he never replaced the rug like we asked him too. It is disgusting. If we could do it ourselves we would. Everything else is older scuffed up hardwood floors and tile. No problems there. She is two, so we have disputed that with the real estate company he goes through and even they are not making us pay it. Heres the next problem. Sorry this is all over the place. Our back door does not lock! We have asked him to fix it since we moved it… then the screen door handle wont lock so he took that off and never put it back on!! Last time he was by our house, my husband went out there and asked when he is going to fix it, and he said ‘It wont be fixed for a while’. Then the following week, we have a sink between our washer and dryer with cabinets, we found mold in there, black mold. We were cautious and took pictures this time. We called him on a Sunday and left a voicemail, and never got a call in return. We told him to give us a call and well go from there. he never called us.. instead he ended up coming in our home without notifying us and us being there.. we were at work. Well we found out he has been in our house more than once without us being there. Our neighbors told us. So today, our friend was at our house before we got home from work waiting for us, and she was sitting in the living room when all of a sudden then back downstairs door slammed shut, she though one of us was home. When she got up, he left and never came back… WHAT do we do about this!!?!? If these are the time we DO know about, how many times has he been there without us knowing, and is this why he wont fix our lockk!?? What do we do??????

I am moving in with a couple friends and my bedroom has some ugly hardwood floors. I’m not going to put in new ones or cover them with carpet. (I’ll probably use an area rug, but I want to do what I can for the wood)

I have hardwood floors in my apartment, but I also have an area rug that I need to vacuum, so I need one that can do both. I have a stick vacuum right now that’s great on the hardwood, but horrible on the carpet. I tend to shed and the vacuum won’t pick up my long hairs. They just get pushed around the carpet by the brushes. I don’t have too much storage space for it, so smaller is better, and I don’t feel like spending a fortune on some fancy vacuum. Does anybody have a vacuum that works great on hardwood and carpet? (the carpet has a short pile)

People think im rich is that true? am I’m rich? I”ll list below my lifestyle,house,and stuff my family has. I’m a 14 year old male btw.
-Ok so we live in a middle class area but thats by choise we could live in a really rich area if we wanted
-So we had a house built up on a mountain where there is no neighbors or anything and that was not cheap my parents spent a ton of money
-When you enter my house you go through a mile long forest that is pretty nice it has waterfalls,lakes,ponds ect. That I own and it says private property so no one can enter the forest
-Then you go up a long stone drive way and there is my house
-my house is like 7k square feet which is made out of lime stone,glass,and brick
-It has 4 floors including the basement,5 bathrooms,and like 14 bedrooms,2offices,a gym,a living room,a kitchen,a game room,and most of the bedrooms have walk in closets
-So when u enter there r 2 really big doors,when u go inside there is a pretty long hall way with hard wood floors,high walls,to the left is a small closet for coats and stuff and there is an antique chair,and an antique table
-To the right of the hallway is the family office,Inside is hardwood sloors,an antique table,a pretty nice desk with our family computer which is a year old sony touch screen computer then there is a closet with another desk inside there with my moms 2011 imac and macbook pro
-When you go back to the hall way and keep going straight there is another door to the right,That is my parents bedroom
-In there is more hardwood floors,a really fancy expensive king bed,a medium large brick fireplace,antiques on the shelf of the fireplace,a 27 inch flat screen tv,a glass wall that has a really nice view of the mountains,a walk in closet,a bathroom with a water fountain sink,hot tub,and nice shower
-when u go back 2 the hall way and keep going foward you see two big doors if u open them then theres the living room
-The living room is really big the walls are like 20 feet high,it has really expensive leather couches that were thousands of dollars,a persian rug,a huge brick fire places,really huge paintings,a granite bar with stools,an armoir with big doors that are usually closed cuz my mom doesnt like the look of modern day electronics but if you do open the dorrs there is a 52 inch flat screen with speackers,a wii,and a blue ray player,behind the armoire is a huge glass wall with a view of the mountains and another glass wall that views my porche
-Then there is a door to another hallway,its pretty long,has stairs to the left and a door to the basement,but if u keep going down it you see to kitchen
-The kitchen is pretty big as well,ahas another huge stone fireplace,a glass wall,antique furniture,a mahagony long table,granite counters, a sub zero stainless steel refrigerator,a space maker microwave,a bosche dish washer,a viking stove,and hard wood floors
-There is a littledoors intergrated into the stone wall that goes to a little bathroom,and the loungary room which has two lg washer and dryers and some high tech towel warmer
-the porche has a stainless steel barbeque,a high stone table,and lime stone floors
-If you go back to the hallway and go to the door to the basement there is a door to the garage and then long stairs to the basement,the base ment has 4 rooms,first is some random work out room,then a glass door to the gym which has three treadmills,and much other workout stuff,and a regular tv,then there is a glass door to my dads office
-his office has a pretty nice desk,hardwood floors,a 73 inch flat screen tv,a 4 month old sony computer,his ipad 2g,and his sony laptop which is a month old,he usually upgrades his computer and laptop every 5 months but that only because what he does is all on computers so he needs to use a new one
-Then if you go back up the stairs theres a door to my garage,that has all our cars which is a 2007 lexu rx350 which we are upgrading soon and thats our family car,my dads car which is an infiniti fx50 and a 2008 forde van which we use to store quads and dirtbikes in, a white refrigerator and a regular big screen tv,my dad usually upgrades his cars every 2 years because he commutes 2 hours every day so he needs a new car and he usually gets nice cars which he owns,like in 2000 he had a lexus es,in 2002 he had a mercedes benz amg,in 2004 he had an audi a4,in 2006 he had a saab,in 2008 he had another mercedes benz
-So anyway when you go up the stairs there is another flight of stairs,the first floor is a game room with air hockey,flat screen,fuz ball table,and other games
-then if you go to the 4th floor you see my floor,my floor has a guest room for when my causins sleep over they stay there which has a pretty nice bed and walk in closet,then there is a few other random rooms and the theres my room,my room has a pretty expensive queen bed that was like k,an acer touch screen computer that is like 3 months old,a month old macbook air,a 32 inch flat screen tv,an a
view over the mountains
-We also do vacation every month and stay at expensive hotels
-We also go to very expensive restaurants
-I usually wear clothes from ralph lauren,nautica,michael kors,calvin klien,and other designers
-My parents also have very nice clothes
-We also do have nice electronics too
-My dad and I both have ipad 2gs
-My dad use to have the older ipad but we donated it to Charity
-My dad has the blackberry torch,my mom has the samsung smartphone,and I have the Iphone 4
-My dad makes pretty good money cuz he owns a huge building in a city I will not mtell you
-His office is pretty cool its on the top of the building,over looks the city,he has two brand new imacs on his desk,has a 62 flat screen,and a pool table
-He has owned other business’s before as well like ,real estate,dealer ship,stock,office supplies ect
-when he owned a dealer ship he sold Lamborghini’s,corvettes,mercedes,audis,F… vipers
-Also we have had two limos in the past
-And I do go to a private school

People think im rich is that true? am I’m rich? I”ll list below my lifestyle,house,and stuff my family has. I’m a 14 year old male btw.
-Ok so we live in a middle class area but thats by choise we could live in a really rich area if we wanted
-So we had a house built up on a mountain where there is no neighbors or anything and that was not cheap my parents spent a ton of money
-When you enter my house you go through a mile long forest that is pretty nice it has waterfalls,lakes,ponds ect. That I own and it says private property so no one can enter the forest
-Then you go up a long stone drive way and there is my house
-my house is like 7k square feet which is made out of lime stone,glass,and brick
-It has 4 floors including the basement,5 bathrooms,and like 14 bedrooms,2offices,a gym,a living room,a kitchen,a game room,and most of the bedrooms have walk in closets
-So when u enter there r 2 really big doors,when u go inside there is a pretty long hall way with hard wood floors,high walls,to the left is a small closet for coats and stuff and there is an antique chair,and an antique table
-To the right of the hallway is the family office,Inside is hardwood sloors,an antique table,a pretty nice desk with our family computer which is a year old sony touch screen computer then there is a closet with another desk inside there with my moms 2011 imac and macbook pro
-When you go back to the hall way and keep going straight there is another door to the right,That is my parents bedroom
-In there is more hardwood floors,a really fancy expensive king bed,a medium large brick fireplace,antiques on the shelf of the fireplace,a 27 inch flat screen tv,a glass wall that has a really nice view of the mountains,a walk in closet,a bathroom with a water fountain sink,hot tub,and nice shower
-when u go back 2 the hall way and keep going foward you see two big doors if u open them then theres the living room
-The living room is really big the walls are like 20 feet high,it has really expensive leather couches that were thousands of dollars,a persian rug,a huge brick fire places,really huge paintings,a granite bar with stools,an armoir with big doors that are usually closed cuz my mom doesnt like the look of modern day electronics but if you do open the dorrs there is a 52 inch flat screen with speackers,a wii,and a blue ray player,behind the armoire is a huge glass wall with a view of the mountains and another glass wall that views my porche
-Then there is a door to another hallway,its pretty long,has stairs to the left and a door to the basement,but if u keep going down it you see to kitchen
-The kitchen is pretty big as well,ahas another huge stone fireplace,a glass wall,antique furniture,a mahagony long table,granite counters, a sub zero stainless steel refrigerator,a space maker microwave,a bosche dish washer,a viking stove,and hard wood floors
-There is a littledoors intergrated into the stone wall that goes to a little bathroom,and the loungary room which has two lg washer and dryers and some high tech towel warmer
-the porche has a stainless steel barbeque,a high stone table,and lime stone floors
-If you go back to the hallway and go to the door to the basement there is a door to the garage and then long stairs to the basement,the base ment has 4 rooms,first is some random work out room,then a glass door to the gym which has three treadmills,and much other workout stuff,and a regular tv,then there is a glass door to my dads office
-his office has a pretty nice desk,hardwood floors,a 73 inch flat screen tv,a 4 month old sony computer,his ipad 2g,and his sony laptop which is a month old,he usually upgrades his computer and laptop every 5 months but that only because what he does is all on computers so he needs to use a new one
-Then if you go back up the stairs theres a door to my garage,that has all our cars which is a 2007 lexu rx350 which we are upgrading soon and thats our family car,my dads car which is an infiniti fx50 and a 2008 forde van which we use to store quads and dirtbikes in, a white refrigerator and a regular big screen tv,my dad usually upgrades his cars every 2 years because he commutes 2 hours every day so he needs a new car and he usually gets nice cars which he owns,like in 2000 he had a lexus es,in 2002 he had a mercedes benz amg,in 2004 he had an audi a4,in 2006 he had a saab,in 2008 he had another mercedes benz
-So anyway when you go up the stairs there is another flight of stairs,the first floor is a game room with air hockey,flat screen,fuz ball table,and other games
-then if you go to the 4th floor you see my floor,my floor has a guest room for when my causins sleep over they stay there which has a pretty nice bed and walk in closet,then there is a few other random rooms and the theres my room,my room has a pretty expensive queen bed that was like k,an acer touch screen computer that is like 3 months old,a month old macbook air,a 32 inch flat screen tv,an a
view over the mountains
-We also do vacation every month and stay at expensive hotels
-We also go to very expensive restaurants
-I usually wear clothes from ralph lauren,nautica,michael kors,calvin klien,and other designers
-My parents also have very nice clothes
-We also do have nice electronics too
-My dad and I both have ipad 2gs
-My dad use to have the older ipad but we donated it to Charity
-My dad has the blackberry torch,my mom has the samsung smartphone,and I have the Iphone 4
-My dad makes pretty good money cuz he owns a huge building in a city I will not mtell you
-His office is pretty cool its on the top of the building,over looks the city,he has two brand new imacs on his desk,has a 62 flat screen,and a pool table
-He has owned other business’s before as well like ,real estate,dealer ship,stock,office supplies ect
-when he owned a dealer ship he sold Lamborghini’s,corvettes,mercedes,audis,Ferrari’s,jaguars,and vipers
-Also we have had two limos in the past
-And I do go to a

My dad and I moved into a new house with nice hardwood floors.His friend bought him a nice rug for the living room.My cat keep scratching at the rug.We yell and clap our hands to get her to stop,but we’re not home 24/7.I don’t want to declaw her,but i’m hoping there is some other way to deter her from doing it.
Any ideas?