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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: lands on September 29, 2007, 09:43:47 am

Title: Laminate
Post by: lands on September 29, 2007, 09:43:47 am

Guys

Brother has new laminate and builders making a real mess on it. Plaster dust in grooves etc. I can't get to him so whats best thing he can use to clean mand best method etc.

Cheers in advance
Pete

Title: Re: Laminate
Post by: John Kelly on September 29, 2007, 10:04:30 am

Could be a nightmare. If you get water into the grooves it may cause swelling and will look awful. Tell him to get the builders to clean it and if its crap get them to fit new.

Title: Re: Laminate
Post by: lands on September 29, 2007, 10:10:29 am

Will a bonnet machine get in there John?

Title: Re: Laminate
Post by: Mike Halliday on September 29, 2007, 10:12:43 am

vacuum it!! then get a stiff brush into the grooves, then vac again. Then a light mop.

Mike

Title: Re: Laminate
Post by: PaulKing on September 29, 2007, 12:54:08 pm

agree with john, if it's the builders fault then builder cleans it. drop sheets don't cost much.

Title: Re: Laminate
Post by: Mike Halliday on September 29, 2007, 01:04:18 pm

get the builders to do it, cos we all know how expert they are at cleaning things ::) ::)

even if they get a company in to do it for them will they be here this week? probably not.

do it yourself and then its done & forgotten about.

Mike

Title: Re: Laminate
Post by: Andy Foster on September 29, 2007, 01:06:22 pm

I think that the builders should be responsible for either leaving the floor as they found it, or paying up for someone else to do it.

You can often tell a bad tradesman by the mess they leave behind!

Title: Re: Laminate
Post by: stuart_clark on September 29, 2007, 01:14:44 pm

 I remember about nine years ago, i borowed a Ninja from a mate in Newcastle and it exhausts downwards unlike my own which was out the side ! needless to say the moisture had got between the laminate and had blistered, cost me a new floor and was the old type that was stuck together, stayed well ayay from it since and always put down a thick plastic sheet

Title: Re: Laminate
Post by: stuart_clark on September 29, 2007, 01:16:16 pm

Andy! hows the bonnet cleaning going then ?

Title: Re: Laminate
Post by: Andy Foster on September 29, 2007, 02:24:14 pm

Great thanks Stuart.
Thanks for all your help and advice... start that big job on Monday... eek!
Just done my dining room carpet and it's come up a treat.

(http://www.andyfoz.com/dining.JPG)

Before any smart remarks, its the right hand side that has been cleaned.  ;)
Will let you know how I get on.

Andy