Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: kinder clean on March 18, 2010, 12:07:45 am
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Just in the process of moving into our new home and need to get rid of the 1970s monstrosities that are on the floor at the moment.
The wife is insisting on a light beige / oatmeal colour throughout ::) Looking at mid range prices, something that offers good comfort but
responds well if maintainenance cleaned.
With all the knowledge gained in this industry what type of carpet would you put down ?
for example 80 / 20 wool mix ?
I did notice while looking around that even some of the more expensive samples on display are made from 100% polyprop ( about £25 per
sq mtr ) would this be more durable than the typical 3.99 per sq mtr crap ? All advice appreciated before I make a purchase in the next
week or so.
Thanks
Paul
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polyprop. Dearest u can afford. or what ever ur buget is. And a good backing!
Tony
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80/20 twist between 40 and 45oz in weight - fitted on Cloud 9 Cirrus underlay.
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Laminate Flooring......
Only Joking ;D ;D ;D
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No your not Colin...... bet your house is full of it ;D
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No your not Colin...... bet your house is full of it ;D
My last house was cos I believed it would be better for my daughters asthma..... How wrong we were :-[
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Im with Steve on that one. A decent 80/20 twist .
Nicest to look at, nicest to fit, nice to walk on and I don't mind cleaning them either.
Last a while too - If looked after of course ;)
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80 / 20 and scotchgard
MArk
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Maybe some time this year we might get to decorate hall/stairs/landing.
Hall is going to be LAMINATE - I get that out of the way.
Is this 80/20 twist good for stairs. - I dont want it to lay flat in 6 months.
Seems a bit restricted on colours - shades of brownish.
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ploypob, good hardwaring easy to clean, lots of them come whith stain protectors in them :D ,wool very nice but good help you if you have kidds pets ,once stained well, thats it limited to removal :o, yesterday was in a house , white and cream carpets though out, wee lab p marks all over , bisal carpet cleaning , come hoover, taken blinds that we had just cleaned back ,when the lady says "i see you clean carpets ,we just bought a bissal carpet cleaner , doing a great jop , but will keep you in mind ,as my shoes are sticking to the carpets , honest, ::)
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The more expensive poly prop carpets or a decent weight 80/20 wool rich carpet with top quality underlay such as Cloud 9 is what i'd recommend. Joe for stairs many i have seen all to often that the 80/20 twist does go flat very quick. Berbers tend to be alot more hard wearing and becoming increasingly popular for stairs. More often than not people think that stair carpets take the least amount of wear but in fact they take the most wear of any room, so its advisable to choose very carefully.
Richie.
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Polyprop in a biscuit colour here with cloud 9 under it , apparently according to the fitter it is bleach cleanable!
The biscuit colour is in case we get peckish we can eat the carpet! Thankyou Frank Gallagher for that one!
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80/20 good underlay, sebo when fitter has finished, then scotchguard it.
No kids, no pets, no shoes and try not to walk on it ;D ;D
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Polyprop in a biscuit colour here with cloud 9 under it , apparently according to the fitter it is bleach cleanable!
Hi Jason,
I've encountered carpet sales people who have told customers they can use bleach on these carpets. :o
They forget to tell them to dilute the bleach first though. Or is that just away of selling another carpet when the first is ruined?
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80-20, I like westex talisman.
Shaun
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I was fitting a polyprop for a lady last month when she told me about it being bleach cleanable.
The guy in carpet right swore blind that this was possible when she bought it.
I gave her an offcut and told her to put some bleach on it just to see what happened, thinking it would end up trashed.
She called me in to the kitchen where she had rubbed brown sauce and tipped ribena over it, proceeded to almost saturate the offcut with neat bleach on her draining board.
The result - With a rub the stains dissolved. Took it home to see if colour was lost etc and it's been in my shed since, texture and colour is as new, it just stinks of bleach.
It's a cream colour deep pile "champagne" polyprop (pinky tints)
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As you'll know bleach cleanable carpets have been around for ages but if you get a stain on there for some time there's no guarantee, I went to see one at a nursing home where the inmates had urinated on it and it had discoloured the carpet also areas around the door and beds just looked terrible but in a nursing home I couldn't have recommended a better carpet but in a home I bet it will look shocking in 12 months.
Shaun
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I would buy a magic carpet, that cleans itself ;D
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We're just finishing decorating our bedroom and have opted for Abingdon's Stainfree Panache. This is a 100% polyprop and too be fair feels to be good quality. Will probably do the same in the new Nursery.
I did look around for 5th Generation Nylon as I'd heard via the one of my training courses that this was the business. Trouble being it's not readily available this side of the Atlantic. That's the IICRC for you :o
If doing the lounge, dining room, stairs or landing then I'd probably go for an 80/20.
Hallway, WC, bathroom, en-suite and kitchen will always be vinyl.
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6 yrs ago we bought carpet for new house, by sheer luck we were advised on a twist cut pile.
Anyway 3 yrs ago, after starting carpet cleaning, i could confirm it was polyprop!
Its been bloody incredible, the stairs still look new,not flat anywhere.
Just about to have it re layed after decorating,(found backing was stamped with scotchguarded-Bonus!) Buying some tredaire "red" underlay.......real comfy !!
Mr B
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Go with the flow, get hard floors throughout. Carpets are old fashioned and dusty.
Besides that, once you clean a carpet they are never the same again, they also get dirty quicker and professionals carpet cleaning businesses are very expensive to use.
Matt
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Due to the above post all my carpet cleaning equipment is up for sale may consider woolworths gift vouchers ;D ;D
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One of my friends who is a carpet fitter has
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Wood flooring all downstairs, and I'm considering going the same way if I am to sell the house.
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Besides that, once you clean a carpet they are never the same again, they also get dirty quicker and professionals carpet cleaning businesses are very expensive to use.
Matt
Better beleive it baby ;D
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but extremely good value for money ;)
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50oz 80/20 twist pile, on premium underlay (I preferred felt when you used to be able to get it) lasts longer than you will with the right maintenance and;
you do not need to Scotch Gard/stain proof it.
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Polyprop has come on leaps and bounds in recent years and some are hardly distinguishable now from a Wilton, only problem is oily stain attraction so no good in heavy traffic areas such as receptions and score marks which are beyond restoration.
In a home with young gawd for bids they are brilliant but would still have a medium pile 80/20 over them anytime.
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Watch out for shading / pile reversal on really heavy 80/20 - did my living room stairs and landing with 50 oz and it shaded right across the lounge to the kitchen door - had a mate of mine who is also a CC ask me when I was going to clean my own carpets - cheeky b****r.
Great on the stairs though , only cleaned it 3 times in 5 years and still looks like new, no flattening at all. But it does get sebo turbo tooled regularly. Good underlay a must
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cleaned an antron stain master carpet that we supplied and fitted about 16 years ago on a hall stairs and landing, the results were spectacular and it really is a good product unfortunately it is so expensive now it cannot compete in the u.k. market.The soil hiding capabilities of the fibre are impressive. It is very often difficult to put the benefits of a product beyond the price with our public. A 5th generation nylon will by far outlast a polypropylene even with the modern day p/p. Years ago we would be cleaning antron fibres on a daily basis these days I see so few of them.
Peter
www.carpetcleanersnewport.co.uk (http://www.carpetcleanersnewport.co.uk)
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On a slightly morbid note I would always go for a wool or wool rich carpet. If ever you had a fire in your house you will stand a far better chance of gettin out alive on wool than being poisened to death by melting synthetic carpets.
Roger
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I would go for a 42oz or 45 oz pile no heavier. A two fold yarn not single ply and a 80 wool 10 nylon 10 polyester mix. Fitted on Axfelt combination crumb rubber and felt top.
This would stand you good for at least 15 years if maintained correctly
David Mitcham
X Brinton carpet & Ryalux carpet rep
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F ME
that guy knows his carpets, imagine going into a carpet shop and asking for just that.
ps....
david
you forgot to tell him which colour ;D
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DEREK ;D ;D ;D
Sat here ping myself laughing when i read your last post.
Richie.
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F ME
12 ounze medium jacket not fries salad not peas table 6
ps forgot to mention do you have any english mustard. ;D ;D
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I would go for a 42oz or 45 oz pile no heavier. A two fold yarn not single ply and a 80 wool 10 nylon 10 polyester mix. Fitted on Axfelt combination crumb rubber and felt top.
This would stand you good for at least 15 years if maintained correctly
David Mitcham
X Brinton carpet & Ryalux carpet rep
Tried brintons twice , did not perform , bad pile burst/colour loss , they even gave money back second time,,, thier suggestion , I did not even make a fuss.