I inherited a very messy German Shepherd from my son who sheds quite a bit and tracks in everything outside to inside. Now, if your house is fairly clean, you might only need to use the steamer, but because I have a messy dog, I still vacuum my floor and mop And then just use a steam cleaner when I’m done it just feels like everything is sanitized like I said it’s icing on the cake if your house is fairly clean, it could probably be the cake.