lee_gundry

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What our industry needs
« on: February 20, 2004, 08:31:12 pm »
What are your ideas on ,What new products/machinery would be of great benefit to our industry.

Lee G
cumbria

ALEXDH

Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2004, 09:40:43 pm »
baby truckmounts that you could transfer into different small vans.

Oh i have just described a portable ::)

Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2004, 09:43:36 pm »
Alex...............you just descibed a Recoil3 ::)

Shaun_Ashmore

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Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2004, 09:51:15 pm »
the recoil3 looks very impressive but it has no heat and no vast water tanks ( I know that auxillary tanks can be added ) but I don't think they will fit in the back of a ford escort van and how many electric cables will be needed if you add a heatermate to the 2 cables needed to run the recoil?

Shaun

Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2004, 09:57:08 pm »
I understand you can have Butane heater and the waste tanks are not massive but they will carry enough to clean a house. Surely if you are cleaning large commercial premises then a larger TM was made for the job. I am talking about what would make my job simpler as a cleaner of domestic carpets.
We need a retailer for GLIDES to place under furniture for ease of moving...........not a QVC shopper ::)

Mark Betts

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Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2004, 10:44:07 pm »
You have a retailer for Glides ...........  at alltec !!
A Dog Isnt Just For Christmas.........  Save a Bit For Boxing Day  !!!!!

Shaun_Ashmore

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Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2004, 11:19:17 pm »
and hydramaster

Len Gribble

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Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2004, 11:20:22 pm »
Lee Sorry to be facetious a magic wand,


Chris / Mark but I’m interested in Glides looked at Alltec are they called Carpet Skidders?

Len
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Ian Gourlay

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Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2004, 12:17:35 am »
How do these skidders work

As I tried using rollers in the kitchen for washing machine years ago and found they dug into floor covering and ruined it.

Shaun_Ashmore

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Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2004, 12:26:44 am »
Place under said item and just push dead easy you can't spoil the carpet, unless the skidders are dirt!

Shaun

clive

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Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2004, 12:38:49 am »
Chris straker,

were you at the amtech day today?

I have just noticed that you live in Cheam.
I lived in Wrayfield Road, Cheam for 22 years!

Clive

Tony_Browning

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Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2004, 02:00:31 pm »
A Mechanical device for agitating close to skirting boards to enable quicker and easier removal of draught marks.

:-/
Rgds
Tony
Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire.
"A Local Company with a Passion for Exceeding Expectations"

Derek

Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2004, 02:05:02 pm »
Hi Tony

I am sure that I have seen an extraction crevice tool on Derek Ashby's stand at the various trade shows... perhaps that would do the job.

Cheers
Derek

Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2004, 02:29:54 pm »
Clive,
Yes i was at Amtech, sat nearest to entrance with skinhead. (me .......not the person iwas sat next too :o)
I am in Abbotts Road at Cheam, just off A217, only been here 14 months. Bit of a change to Battersea ::)

Jim_Lynch

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Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2004, 02:57:13 pm »
Only thing I know about Cheam is that Tony Hanco*k lived there  ;D
I guess that dates me   :'(

Jim

I tried to put his real name in but was censored..."Hanthingy"  LOL
Jim Lynch
ChemDry Supreme
Brisbane,Queensland
AUSTRALIA

Derek

Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2004, 06:20:42 pm »
Chris/Clive

I hate to be the one to say it but ...you guys were sitting within touching distance of each other yesterday  ;D  (that's even closer than 'spitting distance')

Cheers
Derek


Ian Hare

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Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #16 on: February 21, 2004, 07:41:34 pm »
Paintballing distance even!
Regards Ian.

Dave_Lee

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Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #17 on: February 21, 2004, 08:55:01 pm »
An edging wand (3" Wide) so dont have to squat down as much.
A client told me of a Japanese unit he had seen demonstrated whilst in South Africa. As he wasnt in the business he couldnt describe any technical details but basicaly, it was a portable hwe unit. What was different, was that a tube ran from the vacuum exhaust to a special grooming brush, thereby passing hot air over the pile whilst resetting the pile - apparently drying the carpet very quickly. I wonder if this tube could be run to another down pipe integrated into a wand pushing hot air over the carpet via an opening, such as a raised front slot like the first slot on the Chemspec DD wand?
Dave.
Dave Lee, Owner of Deepclean Services
Chorley Lancs. Est 1980.
"Pay Cheap -You get Cheap - Pay a little more and get something Better."

Dynafoam

Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2004, 01:10:15 am »
Dave,

Nice idea, but if the machine is 50 ft from the work area, this would mean that the 50ft of exhaust hose would impose double load on the vac motors and reduce cleaning efficience.

This said, when I used to use the Ultimate dry cleaning machine I did sometimes use the 20 ft exhaust hose on that for speed-drying small areas. this machine however was a single vac unit which was in the room whilst working.

John.

Dave_Lee

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Re: What our industry needs
« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2004, 02:11:30 am »
Not to mention the extra unwieldiness of opereating the wand with two hoses.
Dave.
Dave Lee, Owner of Deepclean Services
Chorley Lancs. Est 1980.
"Pay Cheap -You get Cheap - Pay a little more and get something Better."