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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mike Halliday on November 18, 2015, 12:26:55 pm

Title: Handy items to have on the van.....
Post by: Mike Halliday on November 18, 2015, 12:26:55 pm: Did a job yesterday that reminded me how useful it is to have some sort of light on the van, they were decorating and had removed all the light switches :-\. so I could 'nt put any lights on

Luckily £10 spent at B&Q saved the day :) anyone else got any handy items on the van?(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1447849599_image.jpg)

EDIT..... not too clear but it's a halogen light!
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Post by: Doctor Carpet (Ret'd) on November 18, 2015, 04:22:41 pm: Adaptor plugs for when cleaning in communal cleaning areas of big blocks of flats. These are for the sockets which aren't a traditional 3 pin plug socket but the ones with an adapted top pin shape. (To stop the residents "nicking " the electricity from the general building electricity bill.)

Before satnav made finding addresses so much easier I carried a powerful torch in the cab so I could try and find housenumbers in the dark from the cab rather than getting out and wandering up drives to see if there was a number or not.

Similar to you I carried some light bulbs. Oh and a mini kettle and tea bags and long life milk!

Rog
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Post by: Steve Chapman on November 18, 2015, 05:28:38 pm: Some white gloss paint for ....well you know ....... little accidents ......☺
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Post by: Mike Halliday on November 18, 2015, 05:40:18 pm: Quote from: Steve Chapman on November 18, 2015, 05:28:38 pm
Some white gloss paint for ....well you know ....... little accidents ......☺

I hear Tipex is quicker drying than gloss paint ;)
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Post by: scott johns on November 18, 2015, 06:20:36 pm: coat hangers for curtains clients love you for not folding them up and putting creases in them also have
a toilet roll just in case
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Post by: Simon Gerrard on November 18, 2015, 06:31:26 pm: An AK47 for those that think not paying is a good idea. ;D
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Post by: Carpet Dawg on November 19, 2015, 12:50:32 am: door stops/wedges.
deodorant in the summer months.
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Post by: John Kelly on November 19, 2015, 09:33:22 am: Tippex, small pot white emulsion, super glue, spare quick connects, fuses, sillicon grease, duct tape.
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Post by: Dennis on November 19, 2015, 12:07:37 pm: Wallpaper paste - don't ask! ;D
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Post by: John Kelly on November 19, 2015, 01:49:25 pm: ;D Side exhausting extractors can strip paper quite quickly.
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Post by: Dennis on November 19, 2015, 02:29:55 pm: This was a few years ago.
Newly re-papered bedroom with just a bed in. Headboard removed but didn't notice bolts left in and sticking out, moved bed just too close to wall, 3 inch rip. Lucky customer still had paste and I managed a virtually invisible mend which would be behind the bed anyway. Lucky he had been a customer a long time and still is thankfully. ;D
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Post by: tim handley on November 19, 2015, 06:16:02 pm: a radio......................
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Post by: heritagecleaning on November 19, 2015, 06:28:54 pm: Condoms ;D
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Post by: Chris R on November 20, 2015, 07:46:27 pm: Carpet stretcher
Hammer
Masonary nails
Staple gun,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Belgium Wilton's, ;) ;) ;) Not going to shrink with a nail hammered through :)
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Post by: Matt Steele on November 22, 2015, 08:31:43 am: Tipex, superglue, wood glue, screws, nails, full tool kit, drill and a machete, not that I'm a blunderer :0)
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Post by: derek west on November 22, 2015, 10:19:58 am: A Hammer for the carbon monoxide meters i set off. ;D
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Post by: Carpet Dawg on November 22, 2015, 12:59:52 pm: Sounds like you guys are joiners lol. Tipex is a good one though