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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: JandS on November 25, 2009, 10:51:52 am

Title: Soot
Post by: JandS on November 25, 2009, 10:51:52 am
Customer had joiner in to fit a new loft access door in a
terrace house 150 years old.
Takes out old one and surprise surprise big fall of soot
on a cream wool landing carpet. He'd sheeted using decorators
sheets so it went through to carpet.
That was 4 days ago.
She said the carpets was black and it literally was
I said I wouldn't clean it because I didn't think it would
clean up right.
Did I do right, she'd vacced it 6 times and it was still black.

John
Title: Re: Soot
Post by: Paul Simpson on November 25, 2009, 10:57:26 am
Had a few soot jobs (Soot, not foot  ;D), bird flown down chimney, etc.
Ultrapac renovate and acidic rinse never failed me yet.
Title: Re: Soot
Post by: M.Acorn on November 25, 2009, 11:17:14 am
2nd that  ;D would qualify before starting though,then get the builder to replace if it didn`t all come out.
Title: Re: Soot
Post by: Fraser Thom on November 25, 2009, 04:22:27 pm
Worst thing they can do is get the hoover on to it - this just seems to drive the soot into the carpet pile.

Ultrapac renovate is the dugs for this type of job though, no question.
Title: Re: Soot
Post by: JandS on November 25, 2009, 07:21:59 pm
That's why I didn't do it.
She wasn't prepared to pay me unless it was
looking good again and I told her I couldn't
guarantee that.
The fact that I revised my price my price for the
extra work involved and she wouldn't pay it
also made me walk.

John
Title: Re: Soot
Post by: Ben Lugg on November 25, 2009, 10:36:19 pm
Good for you, John for walking away.
Clearly from what you describe the customer's expectations are unreasonable. Ultra pac would do a good job but would it be good enough for her ?

Ben.
Title: Re: Soot
Post by: Jim_77 on November 25, 2009, 11:43:23 pm
I would have got a hand tool and done a square bit as a demo in the middle, allow her to make her mind up :)
Title: Re: Soot
Post by: DK on November 26, 2009, 06:38:23 pm
Hi Mate

This was a job we did with Dry Fusion on soot in 2008, i was chuffed with the results.

David
Dry Fusion (Scotland) LTD
Title: Re: Soot
Post by: DK on November 26, 2009, 06:40:51 pm
Forgot to add these too

DK
Title: Re: Soot
Post by: Joe H on November 27, 2009, 08:09:08 am
I think it was Ken Wainwright that did a soot job with Dry Fusion, similar to the one shown. Looked a good job as well.
Title: Re: Soot
Post by: John Kelly on November 27, 2009, 12:42:39 pm
We did a lot of British Gas claims and never had a problem with soot. High alkaline cleaner usually Champion but Ultrapac will do the same, acid rinse and always came up pristine.