Carpet Cleaning

[stevelewis]

as a few of you know im expanding my round in the new year (taking on office and industrial cleans) but as im a greedy bugger i also am thinking about venturing into carpet cleaning aswell, know squeek does this, does anyone else do carpet cleaning? so squeek or anyone else thats in the know can i have a few tips and costings to get kitted out for this, cheers lads

 

[Smurf]

Van mount would be the way to go if money was no object.. /emoticons/wink.png

I think this one would do /emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[stevelewis]

dont think i,ll be getting a van mount to start with as would first need to get word about that i now provide this service, but yrah if it goes well then van mount would be considered, but for now just want a compact unit i could just put in back of va and transport into customers propertys

 

[stevelewis]

cant see anything im on a mobile mate, my pc is down at the min

 

[Squeak and Bubbles]

Personally I wouldn't get a van mounted system. A lot of customers don't like the pipe being dragged about all overt the house, specially if you have an Victorian property with 3 flights of stairs. Small compact carpet machine all in one. Works a treat with me and never had any complaints.

You just need to make sure you have the correct chemicals for the right stains, and not to ever, ever over wet the carpet.

I have a few landlords and letting agents in Leeds who contact me, and during the summer when the students go back home, I pickup a lot of work. I have to work weekends due to all the schools that I have through the summer.

I at least pickup 1 carpet job per week, which will bring in £100 for a max of 2hrs work. Some weeks, I can have 3 or four jobs which can bring in £3-400 per week if not a tad more. If I'm totally honest, if i was guaranteed more carpet jobs, and regular every week, I would do that rather than window cleaning. More lucrative and nice to be in doors through the winter and with our climate change getting more wetter .

 

[Smurf]

So what carpet cleaning machine do you use?

 

[stevelewis]

Personally I wouldn't get a van mounted system. A lot of customers don't like the pipe being dragged about all overt the house, specially if you have an Victorian property with 3 flights of stairs. Small compact carpet machine all in one. Works a treat with me and never had any complaints.

You just need to make sure you have the correct chemicals for the right stains, and not to ever, ever over wet the carpet.

I have a few landlords and letting agents in Leeds who contact me, and during the summer when the students go back home, I pickup a lot of work. I have to work weekends due to all the schools that I have through the summer.

I at least pickup 1 carpet job per week, which will bring in £100 for a max of 2hrs work. Some weeks, I can have 3 or four jobs which can bring in £3-400 per week if not a tad more. If I'm totally honest, if i was guaranteed more carpet jobs, and regular every week, I would do that rather than window cleaning. More lucrative and nice to be in doors through the winter and with our climate change getting more wetter .

cheers for that mate, think i might be able to get some work myself as on of my customers is a landlord but obviously want to practise on my own/friends carpets to get it spot on, any idea how much a decent starter machine would cost bud?

 

[Squeak and Bubbles]

I have two, I have a wide track Rug doctor, which does most of my work, and earlier this year I purchased Ashbys ninja carpet cleaner, which is a beast and use it for large commercial jobs.

The rug doctor is great, if you know what your doing. Its a bigger version than that you can hire from homebase. All compact and does a great job. I use http://www.candorservices.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=246&gclid=CKDYwon_wrQCFSHHtAodRE8AHQ for all my carpet cleaning chemicals.

 

[Smurf]

Funny enough my first carpet cleaning machine was an ashby also had a smaller stimvac both could use me stimvac power head on as well as the usual floor wands and stairs & upholstery tools. Also been known to use rug doctors on smaller jobs too as like you say are a good compact machine for smaller jobs.

Sold all me carpet cleaning kit a few years back but wished I had kept hold of them now as the weather defo plays havoc trying to work outside /emoticons/sad.png

 

[Squeak and Bubbles]

Funny enough my first carpet cleaning machine was an ashby also had a smaller stimvac both could use me stimvac power head on as well as the usual floor wands and stairs & upholstery tools. Also been known to use rug doctors on smaller jobs too as like you say are a good compact machine for smaller jobs.
Sold all me carpet cleaning kit a few years back but wished I had kept hold of them now as the weather defo plays havoc trying to work outside /emoticons/sad.png

That's true. You always get regular work, and customers recommend you to there friends. A bit heavy work, but pays well.

 

[CNS-southwest]

What about those very powerful steam cleaners.... Heard they are great

 

[harunh]

Its expensive kit if u get the proper equipment i heard n its good money , i was gna do this in thee future but rather stick to just windows /emoticons/smile.png

 

[Squeak and Bubbles]

What about those very powerful steam cleaners.... Heard they are great

Not sure about steam, never tried it. Like to have a bit of shampoo cleaning personally.

 

[CNS-southwest]

I use the steam cleaner in my carpet at home and its amazing, makes it really fluffy and soft again. But it's only a small one so takes me bloody ages.

Basically I hover, then on bad patches I use a stain remover, and then steam clean, followed by a final hover. And I have purple and black carpet which really shows up marks lol

 

[socalsteam]

Excellent result and did not rush with the job. Not an east coast outfit for local owner operator.

 

[TobySampson]

I do loads of carpet cleaning for a local letting agent and its mostly spot cleans (although they often turn into full cleans) and I just use a gorge hoover and a pump sprayer with a little fairy liquid in it. Never had a problem with over wetting/shrinking or stains not coming out. As long as you take your time and know what your doing you'll do well at it...