Carpet cleaning.

[Chris Bacon]

What's a good machine to hire to clean my 80:20 downstairs carpet with? C. 90 sq.m.

[david lang]

Probably the best bet for DIY use is the Rug Doctor. Homebase hire them out.

It has a built in powered brush to make the cleaning more effective. You pull the machine along rather than using a wand & hose.

They are however an 'open country tank', great for big open areas, difficult in small congested ones. Should be ideal for 90 sqm.

Dave

[Chris Bacon]

I'll look. I hasten to add that my 90 sq. m. is not one expanse!

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Cheaper to get a 'carpet cleaner' in to do the job. Its bloody hard graft cleaning a carpet and back breaking stuff. :-(

-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

[MM]

I'm gonna git me a Bissell QuickWash. Current selling at Argos for around 80 quid.

MM

[Chris Bacon]

You don't rate a George, then?

[meow2222]

[Richard Conway]

Well at least you won't have a closet full of vacuums any more!

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Then you can lend it to CB. :-)

-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

[s--p--o--n--i--x]

Nah, don't do that.

Buy a Numatic Hot Water Extraction machine as it's the closest you'll get to a pro machine.

sponix

[david lang]

Not with a self contained extractor like the Rug Doctor. You simply move the machine along.

Dave

[david lang]

They don't have enough pump pressure or flow to deep clean a carpet. OK for maintenance cleans & car upholstery.

Dave

[Huge]

No it isn't. It *is* bloody hard work, and I'd recommend getting someone else to do it.

[MM]

Whaddya mean! I've only got two so far!

MM

[MM]

I never lend my tools to anyone on principle. Lending always destroys relationships, breaks friendships and upsets people generally. The last time I lent out something it came back buggered. And sheepish looks on faces don't pay the repair bill.

MM

[MM]

Price?

MM

[meow2222]

The machine you used must be very different to the one I used. It was only a bit harder work than hoovering, simply because the machine was twice as heavy.

NT

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

How about...if you don't kick up a sweat and find it hard graft the machine is not up to it. :-)

-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

[david lang]

Do we need a Carpet Cleaning FAQ?

30 years in the trade, including running my own carpet cleaning business and running training courses would seem to qualify me?

Dave

[John Cartmell]

Only if there is a section on cleaning stair carpets. After many years of struggling to get carpets properly clean we have mostly given up and now have non-carpeted areas everywhere else! ;-)