[Anthony Rowan]

I cleaned a real dirty carpet to day, it was full of debris after the plumbers and decorators had been on site. I had to give it a good vac which I dont normally do, I dont even have a hoover on my van but the lady who owned the house had a Dyson. Must say it made a big ifference to the clean and I found that the carpet cleaned easier and  i must say looked better than nornal at the end of the clean.

I will have to buy a Dyson now I think.

Does any body else find they get better results if they vac first?

[Neil Williams]

Does any body else find they get better results if they vac first?

Yes.
I know there are many who don't, each to their own but I prefere not to have to extract a mud pie if you don't pre vac.

I know where this topic will end up going so I'll save my thoughts on 'which vac' until later.

[Colin Day]

Sebo BS46 every time

[Neil Williams]

Sebo BS46 every time

Ok here we go.......dyson and I also carry a henry for when needs arise, I even pre rake to get the fibres upright .
Let the fun begin

[Carpet Dawg]

Whatever the customer vaccumed with is the vac of choice for that particular job.

[Neil Williams]

Whatever the customer vaccumed with is the vac of choice for that particular job.

The voice of reason

[BEN DAVISON CLEANING]

 
why wouldnt you vac before a clean

[Paul Simpson]

Only vacuum if it needs it myself which isn't evey job.

As for vacuum types - have a dyson at home, albeit an older one. A henry for general cleaning which lives in the house and a BS36 in my van.
What gets used the most in my own home, the sebo 

[james roffey]

How can you not have a vac on your van, sometimes rooms are littered with debris 

[Jim_77]

Question:

why wouldnt you vac before a clean 

Answer: When it doesn't need it.

If running a vacuum cleaner round a carpet before extracting it makes a difference to the clean, you shouldn't be congratulating yourself on what a great vacuum cleaner you have, you should be worried that your extraction equipment is pants.

Oh yes, here we go!

[derek west]

i have a vacuum on my van, wouldn't be without it, well i couldn't be really, its attached to my briggs and stratton

why would you vacuum before you clean?

[wynne jones]

Even a Dyson is better than no vacuum at all. Did you ask her for some fairy liquid and a bucket as well.

Seriously though, having a vac on board is essential, you never know what you will find when you turn up even if you have been round previously to quote and ask her to give is a going over before you arrive.

If you have a portable I think it makes a lot of sense to hoover, but I rarely need to with the TM, but sometimes it will speed up a job in certain situations so I do. 

[Mike Halliday]

in an average room 30% of the carpet is under furniture which never gets walked on so why not just dry vac they areas then replace the furniture... no need to wet these areas.

we tell customers we will move all the furniture but some area only get vacced, not to cut corners but to do what we consider is the best job.

[Helen]

Lost count of the times over the years that custies have popped into a room to see how it's going and said "oh, it looks wonderful".........that's after vaccuming only Have to bite lip sometimes as some places do warrant the comment" yeah, you aught to try using yours sometime yourself"

[gary hall]

Machinery and chemicals used  will vary from one carpet cleaner to another-  buts that's another story as Hammy Hamster ( Tales Rrom The Riverbank ) once said -  but this is how I work:
1 / Pre Vac
2 / Pre spray
3 / Clean
4 / De-odorise
5 / Groom
6 / Go home -watch Countdown

Number 6 is optional but 1 to 5 should be a must as a rule !

[derek west]

well i agree with 2 and 6.

[Steve Rothwell]

What about 3 Derek

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

Agitation ?

[derek west]

What about 3 Derek

3 doesn't make sense, the whole process is clean

heres mine

1, yes please misses jones, i'd love a coffee, 2 sugars, bit of milk and stirred to the left
2, pre spray
3 agitate
4, brew and a ciggie
5, extraction rinse
6, customer inspection with a few jokes thrown in while there in awww of my work.
6.5, optional, air movers to speed up drying. only if needed though.
7, home in time for countdown.


and look, more steps than most.

[Ian Gourlay]

In my opinion a Dyson is not robust enough to be moved from house to house and to be in and out of van

Made that mistake same money would get an industrial vac