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Tackling dust mites

aodh_rua · 2010-06-02 09:41:32

I use a box room in my house to store various junk. The room is barely used - and my OH wants to turn it into a dressing room. She started to hoover yesterday and discovered that there are lots of creepy crawlies in the carpet - I'm guessing they are some kind of dust mite. I was planning to put in new carpets\curtains…

02-06-2010 10:41am

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I use a box room in my house to store various junk. The room is barely used - and my OH wants to turn it into a dressing room. She started to hoover yesterday and discovered that there are lots of creepy crawlies in the carpet - I'm guessing they are some kind of dust mite.

I was planning to put in new carpets\curtains anyway - but now I'm wondering if I need some kind of pest control. Will getting rid of the carpet\underlay\curtains suffice? I have a cleaner who goes over the rest of the house once a week.

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#2 02-06-2010 10:47am

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They may be carpet beetles

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#3 02-06-2010 2:16pm

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Give Aggie a shout
Post a pic?
A good steam clean will sort em.
I think you can hire carpet cleaner machines from B&Q etc.
Might save you buying and laying a new carpet!
Good luck

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