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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Adam Fearnley on June 09, 2012, 09:12:16 pm

Title: Sisal Job
Post by: Adam Fearnley on June 09, 2012, 09:12:16 pm
Anyone fancy a Sisal, possibly seagrass pub clean of around 60-70 m2.  Not in too bad condition but worn right through in places.  Job is in Church Crookham, near Fleet, Hampshire.  I only do HWE so not willing to touch it.  let me know.
Title: Re: Sisal Job
Post by: Adam Fearnley on June 09, 2012, 09:18:20 pm
(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1339273096_Photo253a.jpg)
Title: Re: Sisal Job
Post by: Kinver_Clean on June 09, 2012, 09:54:27 pm
Time for a big skip- I wouldn't touch it with a very long bargepole.
Title: Re: Sisal Job
Post by: derek west on June 09, 2012, 10:15:13 pm
i could get that looking brand spanking new.














































for about £70 a sq meter. ;D
Title: Re: Sisal Job
Post by: Adam Fearnley on June 09, 2012, 10:37:01 pm
Ha, are you telling me noone is likely to touch it, due to limited results?
Title: Re: Sisal Job
Post by: Craigp on June 09, 2012, 10:54:05 pm
It would need to be cleaned with dry compound.

It involves sprinking that expensive stuff down ( it's solvent soaked little sponges ) agitate, then vacuum up, vacuuming it all up is a long hard task and it won't have done much. Really IMO it's not worth bothering. Once dirty this type of carpet needs replacing.

I can't see the pic but would imagine it has lots of black stains from beer? Can't see it doing much.
Title: Re: Sisal Job
Post by: Craigp on June 09, 2012, 10:56:10 pm
An having it installed in a pub is madness but obviously the owner were not to have known that, poor buggers not been advised right.
Title: Re: Sisal Job
Post by: Adam Fearnley on June 09, 2012, 11:04:17 pm
I told him I thought it was a silly choice (it wasn't him that chose it) he said it's only been down 2 years. 

Could you give an average figure you'd expect someone to charge for it?  It didn't really look too stained but someone had spilt a bucket of water in one corner and sure enough it had come away from the edge a few cm.
Title: Re: Sisal Job
Post by: pncleaning on June 09, 2012, 11:07:39 pm
i could get that looking brand spanking new.














































for about £70 a sq meter. ;D
I did not know you was a carpet fitter Derek  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Sisal Job
Post by: Craigp on June 09, 2012, 11:17:36 pm
 Hmm, depends who is doing it, mostly the type of c/cer who is willing to take this on would be the type to charge high, ie a well experienced one, and as such £350 maybe.

Also them bags of compound are not cheap, about £30 a bag and it would need 2 or 3 bags, or maybe 5 bags, perhaps some who does it can offer more accurate estimation..
Title: Re: Sisal Job
Post by: Craigp on June 09, 2012, 11:21:58 pm
Update, Ok for larger amounts you can get tubs;

http://www.och.co.uk/carpet_shampoo_dry_cleaning/prochem_fiberdri_carpet_compound_10kg_tub

Your want 4 tubs 4x £40  =£160

So yeah at least £350 probably more.
Title: Re: Sisal Job
Post by: Steve Chapman on June 09, 2012, 11:39:47 pm
I have hwe this in the past but only with the express permission from the owner and a written disclaimer and I wouldn't recommend it, but just to say it can be done but you need to be quite daring and own t/m.

The results are actually quite pleasing  :)

Have tried sponges & l/m and largely found it a waste of time

Steve
Title: Re: Sisal Job
Post by: Paul Moss on June 10, 2012, 09:30:58 am
It looks like a coir Boucle or a Coir with a Sisal weft. In either case a pain to clean at the best of times and very difficult. In this condition i would leave it as there is too much damage. The dry sponge route is a no no as you will never get the sponges out of coir, especially when its this worn.
Best advice you can give them is replacement.
Title: Re: Sisal Job
Post by: Simon Gerrard on June 10, 2012, 09:40:13 am
I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole, not in that condition.

Simon
Title: Re: Sisal Job
Post by: Neil Williams on June 10, 2012, 10:23:23 am
Just up the road from me so
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No thanks, there are some things in life that are better to just turn down and this is one of them.
Title: Re: Sisal Job
Post by: AshWhite on June 10, 2012, 10:47:05 am
What's wrong with you all? Just get in there and blast it with powerburst, scrub it with a crb, and extract at 500psi.











You'll get yourself a lovely doormat.
Title: Re: Sisal Job
Post by: benny d on June 10, 2012, 01:21:58 pm
What's wrong with you all? Just get in there and blast it with powerburst, scrub it with a crb, and extract at 500psi.

It will end up the size of a table mat  ;)











You'll get yourself a lovely doormat.