Stairwell carpet stinks after being shampoo'd with machine.

twopenny

Sounds as though you've soaked right down to the glue, adhesive on the carpet unless it's a wool one 
Or drenched the underlay that can't dry out.

dekaspace1

BlueonBlue said:

Is it also possible you dog rests lays on the carpet  in the doorway area alot ?

Animals can also be a cause of bad smells after carpet cleaning but the fact you dumped boiling water into the carpet means that with excessive saturation it was always going to end badly in one of the most tracked areas of the house 

The carpet because its very damp/wet  for days now will pick up further excessive dirt from feet shoes and paws .
Just imagine walking continually on a wet white shirt for three days.....its going to take dirt and mark .

The area of carpet is small, literally the front door opens onto it and door has a few inches between that and the bottom step, it gets walked on maybe 5 times a day (x2)

It's also the same carpet throughout the flat, it worked great in other rooms this is only area it hasn't but as the flooring is ground level it may be different,

When I used the rugdoctor it seemed to soak up a huge amount i.e I had to empty the container afterwards as it was near full and the flooring was damp not soaked afterwards (not saying it didn't soak right through)

I did check today and the carpet is still a little damp so yeah it seems ventilation seems to be the main issue here, when I soaked other rooms before they were dry by morning but they had windows in.

KxMx

Shut your dog in a room with a good chewy toy, maybe a bone from the butcher, something she doesn't often have to keep her occupied. 

Not sure why the location of your neighbour's door is an issue, I live in similarly close proximity to my own neighbours. Doesn't stop me from sitting out in front of my own door.

If your layout doesn't suit sitting in front of the door on the outside, you can still sit behind your open front door on the inside. 

dekaspace1

KxMx said:

Shut your dog in a room with a good chewy toy, maybe a bone from the butcher, something she doesn't often have to keep her occupied. 

Not sure why the location of your neighbour's door is an issue, I live in similarly close proximity to my own neighbours. Doesn't stop me from sitting out in front of my own door.

If your layout doesn't suit sitting in front of the door on the outside, you can still sit behind your open front door on the inside. 

Sitting behind the front door is the area that I cleaned.

Well I more meant that by having a door that is about 2 foot from my neighbour there is't much privacy for either of us if they leave and come back, the neighbour on other side has in past sat outside (they have an actual garden at front) and it's quite uncomfortable to be that close to someone as feels like you are being watched (and in their case they were watching me)

But yeah right now I have gone with the put a barrier at front door so dog can't get out and should someone attempt to get in they will make a sound at the door.

KxMx

Some loss of privacy is expected when you live so close together and with communal areas. 
Yes I see the comings and goings of my neighbours, but not something I track or take much notice of really now after 3 years here. 

Carry on regardless is my advice 😊

BlueonBlue

When you rotary shampoo carpets the hot shampoo water mix is instantly converted to white foam on top of the carpet by the 450mm diameter brush spinning at speed about 150rpm or 300rpm high speed.
Then the foam dirt and soil is machine vac extracted using another machine and a long stainless steel wand that provides lots of leverage .

At no point is free flowing water or shampoo mix put down to soak through the carpet  and into the backing/underlay as it will take days to dry and smell real bad .

The twin engined extraction vac uses two engines so has twice the engine suction power of a rug doctor and a 5ft long semi heavy stainless steel wand provides serious leverage on the carpet so large areas can be sucked clean
The rug doctor is a slow toy..... its for cleaning or freshing up clean carpets I certainly wouldnt pay much if anything or want to use it .

Heavily soiled areas are where diy rug doctors ....can over do the process and over wet the carpet and then the underlay .
Any basement or none ventilated area will stink real bad for days if over wetted .

Any areas walked on with shoes while wet for days will pick up dirt off the shoe soles ....and it will show .

Steam cleaning has no mechanical scrubbing of the carpet from a spinning brush it relies on the shampoo product to clean .
The operator and his machine must superheat the mix ..often thats half done or not at all .

Momogeew

I have a Rug Doctor too, the underlay takes a long to dry out and the unpleasant smell lingers until it's dry.
Be prepared for your items in the cupboards and wardrobes to develop mildew, you might not notice it for a ling time but it'll be developing 😕

BlueonBlue

You should never ever be saturating the carpet let alone the underlay in the first place .
You are effectivily flooding the rooms, halls, entrance or stair carpet then attempting to fix the flood .

If you must use the Rug Doctor go easy dont over saturate.... less shampoo mix is more.... you could complement the Rug Doctor with a dehumidifier and or carpet air dryer/blower to help your work recreation scheme though .

dekaspace1

BlueonBlue said:

You should never ever be saturating the carpet let alone the underlay in the first place .
You are effectivily flooding the rooms, halls, entrance or stair carpet then attempting to fix the flood .

If you must use the Rug Doctor go easy dont over saturate.... less shampoo mix is more.... you could complement the Rug Doctor with a dehumidifier and or carpet air dryer/blower to help your work recreation scheme though .

Normally if I use it if it's just a routine clean I use as usual, only if it's something like dog mess or a sauce spill that has soaked into carpet I soak and normally it's for far less time and a small area.

Back when I had a VAX machine at previous flat I used a fan heater near the area but I have a dog now so don't want to risk it.

This Time I was worried about the drips of oil and a few drips of petrol in the carpet too.

BlueonBlue

Its easy said when saying what to do but most people dont have the right equipment to diy .Where the Rug Doctor is in supermarkets so people assume its a good option .
Its sold as a one stop, all singing dancing, cost effective option yet that is outright marketing rubbish... its a toy .

You can spot treat and over wet smaller areas etc but not without repeditive powerful extraction to suck out all water product mix and everything else then repeating ....going over and over and over so the carpet is left damp not sopping wet..
After all carpet cleaners deal with flooded property jobs so extraction must be maxed out to aid drying.
The rug doctor is very limited in this hence the stink.

Once exrtracted you then must consider the ventilated drying time ....which will be much longer in the above case..

A heater is not the answer at all .
You need air movement .
The stronger the better such as fans ,carpet air blowers etc and the windows must be open so the moisture in the air can get out if you dont have a dehumidyfier.
 Otherwise the moisture just sticks to the inside of closed windows .

A good option is find a very fit one man and van carpet cleaner with a reputation to keep and get a on site quote or a ball park figure over the phone ..

All the companys with multiple vans will do is tell you what you want to hear to get a booking and take a large cut .
Hence many of the operators are under severe pressure and will cut corners but not all are like that ....also those guys can be got privately .