I know this is a cleaning request than a home improvement one, but I would appreciate some advice.
Some months back I moved into a place where the only carpet is located on a staircase. The carpet is thick and maybe considered to be medium to high pile??
The entire time I’ve lived here, I’ve struggled to figure out how to clean the damn stairs. The carpeting seems to be a magnet for every particle of dirt and strand of hair.
I have a full size vacuum with a hose. The hose doesn’t actually seem to vacuum up anything from the stairs and the main part of the vacuum is too large to use. So the vacuum does fuck all for it.
I’m thinking I maybe need to use something like a wire bristle brush and a lint roller to actually remove dirt and hair??? Is there a best methodology for something like this?
Also of note…I was gifted a Bissell Crosswave recently. It doesn’t seem like it would work well on thick carpeting, but I’m wondering if there’s a technique where I could maybe use it for that???
I appreciate any advice! Thanks!
Your vacuum might have an attachment you can buy that is like a little handheld vacuum with bristles.
Something like this
These (don’t) suck. Anything fabric causes too much drag on the brush and they don’t spin. I have an older Dyson that I tried to use it with maybe a shop vac would work better?
We have an original Shark handheld vacuum that worked great on the stairs but it started overheating.
Now I just use the plain brush attachment on the dyson’s hose and rub it around in different patterns. It does seem to work.
It just depends. I had an Electrolux and the one for it was excellent! I’m blanking on the brand of vacuum I have now, the one for it is nearly as effective as my old Electrolux.
Miele checking in, mine works fine.
I don’t have the original one for my vacuum, just a “hart” one. Basically Walmart store brand.
Probably the reason it doesn’t work.
There’s plenty of attachments these days that are powered if you have a vacuum that supports it.
Dyson for instance makes small little motorheads for cleaning small carpeted spaces that attach to their stick vacuums.
It’s a DC07, it does not support powered attachments at all.
Sebo one works great, it’s honestly so overbuilt I’m more concerned about it wearing holes in upholstery than stalling. Sounds like a jet spooling up.
Yep this is exactly what I use to clean my stairs.