Where to hire carpet cleaner?

richardc1983

Check out the video yourself in that link.

Also many videos on youtube!!!

The industrial machines men use in the vans are powered by petrol engines and the suction is incrdible!

bossymommy

Ooops. I hired rug doctor from b&q in the end. £20.00 for 24 hours. I must say that i am not impressed at all! It does certainly clean, but as you can only go backwards and forwards (no turns), i have missed out some sections. Can only see now that its dried and the cleaner has gone back. Looks like a lawn with the stripes running down. Have spent all morning trying to scrub away the lines. So i wouldnt bother with rug doctor at all, and would advise as the others have, to get a professional to do it.

underlay_guru

Locate your nearest RUG DOCTOR machine:

http://www.rugdoctor.co.uk/rent/rd_rent_store_locator.htm

richardc1983

bossymommy wrote: »

Ooops. I hired rug doctor from b&q in the end. £20.00 for 24 hours. I must say that i am not impressed at all! It does certainly clean, but as you can only go backwards and forwards (no turns), i have missed out some sections. Can only see now that its dried and the cleaner has gone back. Looks like a lawn with the stripes running down. Have spent all morning trying to scrub away the lines. So i wouldnt bother with rug doctor at all, and would advise as the others have, to get a professional to do it.

We did tell you, did you not watch the video?? They will be even worse in 3 months time and this is what you will be left with...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qtahy785ZM

All that foam is whats left over in your carpets after using rug doctor!!! This will attract dirt much more than would have happened before.

Kiran

Nothing wrong with the decent DIY machines. Bissell make some very good cleaners for example. With regards the carpet cleaners not getting all the sampoo out if it is a problem the carpet can be rinsed with clean water in the machine. I would say the more important issue is to make sure all the fluid. be it water or shampoo is sucked of the carpet, this is where the truck mount units come in to play with superior suction. It is however completely possible to do it with a DIY machine providing you are prepared to take the time.

richardc1983

underlay_guru wrote: »

...And that particular video has been posted by 'Total Carpet Services' ...a rival company to Rug Doctor, sticking the knife in, perhaps? Your quote should really say "All that foam is whats left over in your carpets after ignoring the rug doctor's instructions". Do you honestly think that big retailers such as JOHNSONS, HOMEBASE, FOCUS DIY, MORRISONS, B&Q and CO-OP would continue to endorse this product if it was a load of rubbish? Do you work for Truck Mount Cleaning Services by chance, richardc1983? .....After all, you have mentioned the company in at least 3 of your posts!!

"A bad workman always blames his tools."

Professional carpet cleaning businesses are very protective of the services they offer, and are constantly insistent that carpet cleaning is a specialist job best left to the pro's. Check out their grovelly adverts in the Yellow Pages if you don't believe me. In my personal opinion (and trade experience), it is not a specialist job at all. Pro carpet cleaning takes a very short amount of time to complete, yet yields a very high profit margin, thus making it such an attractive business to go into.

- WRONG! the rug doctor does not leave the soap behind, it is the impatient user who leaves it. Powerful petrol-driven cleaning machines simply suck up the mositure quicker...they don't necessarily do a better job!

There is no 'industry secret' to carpet cleaning, but the biggest mistake the DIY'er makes is FAILING TO RINSE THE CARPET THOROUGHLY! Even if the carpet looks like there is no soap left, there usually is, so keep rinsing again and again.

I get sick of carpet cleaning business trying to steer the consumer away from DIY cleaning, insisting is very bad for the carpets, when, in all honesty, is quite an easy job which creates satifactory results if you follow the simple instructions.

My advice? Two tips:
1. Always follow the direction of the pile with the machine;
2. Rinse the carpet over and over again to remove the soap. If the rinsed water looks even remotely soapy - rinse again!


(I have no affiliation with Rug Doctor!)

What a load of tosh... rinse and rinse again, so you are actually suggesting that people get their carpets wetter and wetter.

The soap... yes soap that is left behind is because of the detergents these machines use.

yes they are not rinsed properly and the soap is left deep inside the carpet. Overweetting of carpets means they will be wet for weeks... I know because I have tried many different machines, rug doctor, Karcher, and the vax and bissel machines and non have been very good.

Yes they are ok for spot stains such as spills of tea or coffee or where a pet has messed on the floor but but not for doing large areas.

That video is just one of many on youtube.

Truck mount carpet cleaning is not a company... its just a method... so get down of your high horse with me when you know nothing about it.

I actually work in the cleaning industry and we do actually hire the karcher/rug doctor type machiens out for clients who dont actually wish to use the proffesionals. Knowing what I know I would never use one again.

You say its the lazy user that cant be bothered to wait for the soap to be removed.

Well again partly that could be true but myself I rinsed my carpets with clean water afterwards but because the vacuum is not very strong again the carpets were soaking and when I had them done proffesionally a year later there was still lots of soap that was deep down in the pile.

Many people who have had proffesionals and also in one of the links I posted to another forum before will also say they preffered the proffesionals.

Someone else has just said they were not impressed with the rug doctor.

This is an open forum, I am giving my opinion, you cannot deep clean with the portable hire machines. Even the newer upright carpet washers, the suction is not enough to dry your carpets its the suction action that lifts the dirt out of the carpets along with the water and any detergents.

If it wasnt about the suction you would get down on your hands and knees and scrub with the same detergent!!! Why dont u do this... because you need suction to dry them.

The proffesionals do not use detergents they use an alkaline wash for the main wash and then do an acid rinse which neutralises it. There is no soap or bubbles of any sort.

underlay_guru

Hi richardc1983

I am in the this trade like yourself, but it appears you have had more hands-on experience in carpet cleaning than me. Your comments should hold more weight to them than mine, so....

...My posts deleted

richardc1983

underlay_guru wrote: »

Hi richardc1983

I am in the this trade like yourself, but it appears you have had more hands-on experience in carpet cleaning than me. Your comments should hold more weight to them than mine, so....

...My posts deleted

I used to think great I can pay £30 and hire a machine and do it myself but then wondered why they got dirty so quick and why the carpets took ages to dry and reasons above as to why.

Regards

Richard.

ormus

we have used one from HSS hire shops. 30 quid for the weekend. but we do more than one house with it.
the DD and the MIL use it too. so it works out at 10 quid each.

also if you know anyone who works there, they get a 50% staff discount.