Carpets, like dogs, often hide under the dining-room table and let out audible whimpers when threatened with bath time. Make your carpets howl like the beasts they are with today's Groupon: for $39, you get carpet cleaning for two rooms and one hallway from AmSteam Carpet & Furnace Cleaning Services (a $94.95 value).

AmSteam Carpet & Furnace Cleaning Services’ skilled walkway washers beautify carpets while banishing offending grit, debris, and pet dander from interior environments. Unlike chemical-laden foam cleaning or experimental cold-fusion methods, the professional-grade truck-mounted steam-cleaning equipment refreshes floorscapes without leaving behind crunchy, stale fabric that attracts clouds of dust or dark matter. The extensively certified technicians attack their tasks with top-level professionalism, courteously clearing away a hallway and two whole rooms of allergens and grime during each 60- to 90-minute session. AmSteam’s cleansing steam-and-rinse method is safe and effective enough to be favoured by 95 per cent of carpet manufacturers, although a vocal 5 per cent minority continues to advocate setting controlled indoor fires.