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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Timmy Boy on December 05, 2005, 06:39:51 pm
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Hi all
Looking at buying a turbo drier, does any one have a recommendation? Do they make a dramatic difference to drying times?
Any help would be appreciated
Regards
Tim
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Hi Tim
With the name like that you must be from the other side ;D
But your more than welcome im sure, Turbo dryers when cleaning are a must and reduce drying by over 50% in some situations, there all around the £200 mark but shop around as there bloody heavy and some come with wheels and telescopic handles wich are great check www.contico.co.uk (http://www.contico.co.uk)
hope this helps
James
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I bought my 2 from Alltec in Cambridgshire. From a nice chap called Robert....Cough ::)
To me they make a big difference, the only down side with the ones I have is they weigh a ton :(
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DriEaz do some smaller ones, still powerfull but a lot easier to carry.
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cheers guys!
I shall phone the names suggested.
Regards
Tim
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Hi guys
Thinking of buying one myself but I cannot decide as there are so many out there at so many different prices
Would you say these are reasonable price and product?
http://www.rgk.co.uk/acatalog/Carpet_Dryers.html
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Do you have a contact number for dri eaz..and do you know how much they cost john ? i'm quite interested in getting a couple of smaller dryers .
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Drieaz Ltd. 01908 - 611363
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price from £90 - £250
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It is said that turbo dryers improve drying times by 50 per cent but how many do you need and how long do you have tubo dry to achieve this.
In relation to room size etc. What is the fomula.
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Ian
Not sure how to quantify carpet drying without setting up an experiment, taking moisture readings etc. However I can say when we have used them on flood jobs, placed on a concrete floor slab the area in front of the fan is surface dry in about 15 minutes. Surface dry means the surface moisture has evaporated, obviously the concrete slab is still wet.
On carpets I would imagine the only area being dried was that which has direct airflow going over it with slight drying taking place on the rest due to increased air movement in the room.
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They are great fun this time of year for rearranging Xmas cards ;D
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John,
I think i agree with you.
I know a moderator on another Forum lmoves his along the room as he cleans.
I think a turbo drier impresses the customer an obviously helps drying but am still trying to figure out how long you need to leave it in one postion and then move it to another.etc etc
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Any kind of fan will increase drying to some degree as it disturbs the interface between the carpet and the air above. The first centimetre or so of air above the carpet reaches 100% humidity.
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I use turbo dryers - very handy for upholstry especially in the darker colder months of the year. As to the scientific equations for the lifting of moisture havent a clue - there are so many inputs which would be very hard and time consuming to measure. A number of years ago I worked for a temperature monitoring company located down the A1 corridor we used various loggers that could measure moisture / air flow / heat and other properties which i have now forgotten about. Some projects cost thousands of pounds to set up. For now at least I will touch with my fingers and hope not to get too many rashes in the process. ::) ::)
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John Kelly, did you mean to say increase? and 100% humidity is water, I am sure you didnt suggest that water is hovering above the carpet. 100% humidity is what we are trying to get out of the carpet as it leaves it gets less and less.
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100% Humidity is not water. It is a measure of the amount of water moisture the air can hold at a given temperature.
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John,
Your right, it's full term is Relaive Humidity which is the proportion of moisture in the air relative to its maximum .
Cheers
Doug
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ok, good comment.... so I ask now because I am not sure.......if 100% humidity is the most amount of moisture that can be held in air does it not then rain so to speak????? Cheers, Dave.
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101% would cause 'rain'.
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there isnt a thing as 101%, or is there? a 5 gallon bucket holds 5 gallons equals 100%...... the next teaspoon of water falls out, rain so to speak. therefore can 101% be achieved????? I appreciate this isnt relative to much of anything but would like to know....
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Liano,
The raltive humidity will change with temperature and pressure but cannot be more than 100%
Cheers
Doug
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there isnt a thing as 101%, or is there? a 5 gallon bucket holds 5 gallons equals 100%...... the next teasthingy of water falls out, rain so to speak. therefore can 101% be achieved????? I appreciate this isnt relative to much of anything but would like to know....
Max RH is 100%.
101% simply means anything over 100% RH cannot happen so additional water falls out of the air.
What causes rain is that as moisture-laden air ascends to cooler levels the RH increases as the temperature drops. When in excess of 100% the vapour cannot be held by the air so results in droplets, which we know as rain,snow or hail,
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thankyou. now we must find something else to talk about, Dave.
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so those who use dryers say i just done 3 peice, i set up dryer, what do you do? pack up then hang about?, how long till it dries? leave it at custys pick up later?
please help???
i too been thinking of getting one.
regards, craig
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I bought mine from http://www.broughtoneap.com/ I think they were about £150-£160 each but I bought 2 so that could be a special price.
Shaun
Just found the price I paid in September 2005
airmover each £134 plus vat x 2 + 12 each carriage = £338.90
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have you found you been using them shaun?
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I've been very pleased with them.
Shaun
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Only use on flood job’s ;D
Len
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I have 2 but hardly ever use them, they can be more trouble than what they are worth, for example make sure theres no orniments about, plates on the wall ect. In order to dry carpets properly you have to keep moving them, they are heavy to keep moving about. And the fact is that with modern machines
Portables & T M drying times should not be an ishue. I agree with Len they
are good if you have a flood job to deal with for drying the backing off ect
Take Care John
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i dont think anything can beat this one!
You can buy it from Am thttp://www.powrflite.com/istore/dryer-downdraft.asp?dept=10063ech