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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Cloverleaf on April 12, 2007, 06:15:48 pm

Title: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: Cloverleaf on April 12, 2007, 06:15:48 pm

How much do you pay for them?

The last time I bought them, they were about £18 for a box.

Does anyone know where to get them at a better price?

John

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: brights cleaning on April 12, 2007, 06:53:03 pm

£18.00 plus vat from alltec

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: Mike Halliday on April 12, 2007, 07:01:42 pm

buy sheets of 1 inch insulation from the builders merchants, about £6 for a 12ftx8ft sheet, then cut it up as you need it.

Mike

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: Cloverleaf on April 12, 2007, 08:16:40 pm

I got a pile of styrene sheet once from a custys skip Mike.
Started cutting it up into blocks thinking this will save me a small fortune.
Bits of styrene everywhere and wouldn't stay intact......threw the bloody lot away  ;D

John

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: Damian on April 12, 2007, 08:41:59 pm

Hi John, i hope your well? Mike is bang on with what he says about the sheets from builders merchants-i do the same. However if you cut it with a saw then it does go everywhere, but if you cut it up with a sharp-bladed stanley knife then its no problem at all.

Damian.

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: Cloverleaf on April 12, 2007, 09:02:26 pm

I may give it a try Damian....perhaps the styrene I was using was not compact enough.

My grandma was from Yorkshire and she used to say, look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves  ;D ;D ;D

John

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: Damian on April 12, 2007, 09:10:39 pm

Haha, dunno what you mean John  ??? If youre saying im a tight g!t then i'll take that as a compliment ;) But of course you are completely right-i am!! ;D

Damian.

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: Matt Lindus on April 12, 2007, 10:06:33 pm

Dont use them, cause irreversible impact damage because of weight distribution on such small surface area.
Use flat objects, rags, bin bags, foils etc or similar.
You've been warned!

Matt

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: Nigel_W on April 13, 2007, 06:43:57 am

I have to say I agree with Matt. Some years ago I stopped using foam blocks because of the damage they do to carpets.

Nigel

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: Mike Halliday on April 13, 2007, 07:10:36 am

this is why i use the insulation sheets, if the object is heavy then use a bigger peice to spread out the wieght.

 for something big like a welsh dresser (which has a large floor contact area) I use a sheet off bubble wrap which cover the full area but acts like a glide you can move it with one hand, I get this from the skip behind DFS :D

Mike

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: spickandspan on April 13, 2007, 11:01:09 am

I have a full box if anybody wants to buy them.

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: Geoff Jewkes on April 13, 2007, 11:54:08 am

£3.60 plus VAT from craftex, 72 in a pack

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: Matt Lindus on April 13, 2007, 02:48:35 pm

Spickandspan,

"If at first you dont succed.......Dont try skydiving"

I love that one! ;D

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: spickandspan on April 13, 2007, 05:32:51 pm

Ha ha yes i liked

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: AJB on April 13, 2007, 05:37:37 pm

I find the packing from around fridges and freezers
to be the best as it is very highly compact.
cut with a sharp stanley knife.

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: RAM Cleaning on April 13, 2007, 08:15:04 pm

as im a bouncy castle hirer too i have loads of bouncy castle material offcuts from the manufacturers which i use to place under furniture, works a treat

Richard

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: calmore on April 14, 2007, 05:45:12 pm

I use freezer/food bags.

Seem to do the trick.

Title: Re: Styrene furniture blocks
Post by: RAM Cleaning on April 14, 2007, 08:15:57 pm

the reason i like the bouncy castle material to put under furniture is there is no way a custy can forget its there as they are brightly coloured lol