Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Len Gribble on April 21, 2004, 11:18:22 pm
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Do any of you clean rugs insitu or do you recommend they be taken away to be cleaned.
Feed back welcomed.
Len
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depends upon what is required but I will clean in the home but anything risky or tedious send away I recommend a company and don't get involved its far too time consuming.
Shaun
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Wetake them away to our unit if its just a rug clean there after if its part of a bigger job carpets, suite etc then we do it there its far easier to take it away for a few days then we can fit it in when we have a bit more time spare
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I usually do them in situ. Far easier, and I dont have a garage to store and clean them in. Also dont need a second visit. Occasionally if nessessary I will take them away, but try not to.
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Generally if there is more than just the rug I do them in situ.
If just rug I take away clean dry & return , as i find you can justify charging a higher price.
But rugs can be more troble than there worth.
Dave
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If you charge say £30 to clean a room carpet, maybe takes 30mins.If you then clean a rug takes say 10 mins what price can you justify?If however you take the rug away....... If the rug cost the customer £300-£400 what would they pay?
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Brucie,
I agree that if you take the rug away you can justify a much higher price, and I used to do just that. These days I prefer to do it on site only, albeit for less money, but a lot less hassle and double journeys.
If it only takes 10 minutes to clean the rug, it must be mighty small and not worth taking home anyway!
Bryan
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Some cleaners make a lot of money out of Rug cleaning. I know a lady cleaner who cleaned three wool patterned rugs, each one approx 7ft X 4ft and charged £360.
I try to aviod taking them away and almost always clean on site. If its just an add on to a bigger job, I only charge around a fiver or sometimes do it for free. If its only the rug I charge my mimimum (If its local) of £35 up to 4 sq mtr, £5 per mtr after that.
Dave.
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I'll clean on site if it's viable. If, however, problems are envisaged and, for example, drying needs to be strictly controlled or the rug needs blocking, I recommend the customers to either contact Franklins in Sheffield or use their local Johnsons Dry Cleaners who will arrange for it and the transport. I don't clean at home. It's my home, not a bl**dy carpet factory ::)
Safe and happy cleaning:)
Ken
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Hi Guys
I love rug cleaning, the problem is too many cleaners tend to fanny about with them which is un' necessary and a lot more are frightened away by fibre content.
For instance I cleaned a smallish dark red Turkish rug yesterday on site,I took it out into the garden placed it on Tarpaulin gave it a good vacuum, sprayed Solutions No4, brushed in with Sebo, then a light spray and extract, the rug was dry before I left and I charged £95.00. for less than an hours work. Lovely result, very happy client ;)
I do tend to clean more on site than take away, if I do remove them the charge will be much higher which is all expained to the customer, most will then have it cleaned at home.
If your customer has spent several hundred or even thousands pounds on a rug then they will be wary if you clean them for £25.00.
It's a specialist clean chaps and should be charged as such.
ken if your taking your to Johnsons then I may have cleaned yours for you depending on where you are of course ;)
Out of interest the most expensive rug I cleaned was in a mansion house,it was a very important item depicting a battle scene, well over a 120 yrs old,full wool content and was about 25ft by 18ft maybe bigger.Because it was antique and not replaceble it's insurance value was
£55,000 :o. Obviously it had some wear and apart from the usual houskeeping cleans no one was allowed to clean or treat it.
As you can imagine they were very wary of cleaning but after doing a test clean they were convinced and away I went, fantastic result considering it had never been cleaned professionaly and £350.00 better off.
Bring your rugs to me chaps I'll clean for you ;D
Seriously if you require any advice or are unsure whether to clean or not send me PM and I'll see if I can help ;)
Trevor
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Guys
BEWARE of leaving rugs in the sun to dry...
The sun can and will bleach the tips of the fibres on some rugs very quickly
Derek
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Of course your right Derek
If you do dry them on a warm day in the garden as I have done many times, then simply dry it back to front ;)
trevor
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For outdoor drying of rugs on a sunny day I use two blowers, with a trusty Whitney blanket clipped into the hold-down clamps of the blowers - not only does this provide protection from the UV, it also creates an open-sided wind tunnel to enhance the effect of the airflow.
John.
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Trevor (woodman)-John(Dynafoam).
Nice little tip there. Thanks Lads.
Are you reading this Len. Some more knowledge for you ????? ;D ;D ;D
Kevin
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Kevin
Yes Knowledge is power I was waiting for the pros to respond to see the methods on site/off site.
Also rug identification cleaning price!
I nearly fell in to Trevor’s trap re drying then Derek came back, John’s tip and Tec knowledge is invaluable.
Len