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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: gwrightson on June 04, 2015, 08:06:33 am

Title: What percentage?
Post by: gwrightson on June 04, 2015, 08:06:33 am

I have tried to get an approximate figure by searching , to no avail.

What would you suggest ? as an approximate figure is the percentage of t/m users with regards to portable users in the uk.

This question is not aimed at a tm v portable debate, merely a curiosity which if I am honest may be used in some marketing material.

Geoff

Title: Re: What percentage?
Post by: Mike Halliday on June 04, 2015, 08:19:29 am

If you mean dedicated carpet cleaners and not car valeters, General home cleaner & commercial cleaning companies who might offer carpet cleaning as a sideline. Then I would guess at a 80-20%  split in favour of portables

Title: Re: What percentage?
Post by: Tony Stewart on June 04, 2015, 08:22:57 am

My gut feeling is 5% use a truckmount. In the Birmingham area I reckon there are only about 5 truckmount operators.

Title: Re: What percentage?
Post by: derek west on June 04, 2015, 05:48:48 pm

i'd say at a guess 1 in 10 so 10%.

you could do your own survey on facebook. simple question, what do you use, portable or truckmount, tick truckmount if you have both. sorted.

Title: Re: What percentage?
Post by: gwrightson on June 04, 2015, 07:14:34 pm

Like the idea  Derik,
I think a lot of f/b users would be better off been asked do you use a rug doctor or call a professional, mentioning t/m  would confuse most.   
Talking of f/b  somebody posted a question the other day regarding cleaning a suite, some of the answers where amusing, one said the best thing for cleaning any suite is baby wipes ::)roll . I couldn't resist replying" baby wipes, seems like I have 20k worth of equipment for the sake of it"   her reply " I will send you some to try " lol  " I will take you up on the offer when I have another baby, which I doubt very much now" .
The good news is the lady asking the original question booked me in to clean her suite.
Geoff

Title: Re: What percentage?
Post by: derek west on June 04, 2015, 08:05:45 pm

mums net is the one, they love telling us how to clean properly.  ;D

Title: Re: What percentage?
Post by: DB on June 05, 2015, 05:58:17 pm

So when did you become a Mum Derek  ;).    ..CONGRATULATIONS by the way

Title: Re: What percentage?
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on June 05, 2015, 10:09:04 pm

I won't go anywhere near mums.net it's annoying and self righteous I think its a waste of human resources I'd much rather waste my time on here or that other great institution of facebook at least you can have a laugh.

Shaun

Title: Re: What percentage?
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on June 05, 2015, 10:09:54 pm

Oops I'm a moderator I'm not supposed to have a laugh.

Shaun

Title: Re: What percentage?
Post by: derek west on June 12, 2015, 10:53:17 pm

porty 36
truckmount 23

not scientific by a long shot but interesting  result so far.