[AshWhite]

I've ordered some of this

http://www.plastics-express.co.uk/product/Ground_Grid_-_380mm_x_380mm_x_40mm_%280.144_sqm%29_P-GTE001

I'll see how it is, I've got a large rug waiting for a clean so it'll be trial by fire.

[robert meldrum]

Ash that's the stuff you'd put on a bank to hold soil in place, as at the side of the road,  think it might collapse under a wet rug

[Chris Hawkes]

You must have had to buy quite a few Ash considering their size.

Let us know how you get on with them

Chris

[AshWhite]

I've ordered 35 (I've got a rug which is 170cm x 240cm to clean), this covers it with a bit of extra.

Robert, my thought is that with the weight distributed over the whole surface, it should support it 

Hopefully getting delivered today so I'll keep you posted.

[robert meldrum]

Well it will give you the chance to experiment safely and at low cost

[Jamie Pearson]

Ash that's the stuff you'd put on a bank to hold soil in place, as at the side of the road,  think it might collapse under a wet rug

It looks similar to the stiff that I used to build a hidden parking area on my lawn. It should be fine. Some of them can handle diggers trafficking them.

[AshWhite]

Well no delivery as yet, so I think it's fair to assume it's not coming today!

That said, I've got a head cold and it's made me deaf - hope I haven't missed the courier  :

[robert meldrum]

Maybe your van put him off...............he'd be expecting a " landscapers " van 

[Jamie Pearson]

WHAT ?

[AshWhite]

WHAT ?

I've been mostly deaf for 2 weeks now. That one is getting old!

[AshWhite]

The stuff just arrived. Its similar thickness plastic to what's used on milk crates (remember them?) So I think it'll be fine. I'm going to try and do this rug this afternoon, so I'll post my results soon as I know.

[AshWhite]

OK, set it all up (took about 20 mins, bit of a pain but I'm hoping to store it on the wall in one piece for future use)

Put the rug on it, presprayed it, went over it with my large Multiwash, and extracted it - no problems at all!

I didn't flood the rug so it hasn't had a huge weight over the whole face, but so far so good!

There are about 4 little pegs on the underside of the panels (for digging into turf) which I don't think will last long, but they didnt cause a problem on this outing.

I've attached a few pics to show the layout, and the amount of ground clearance it gives.

[Jim_77]

Ash, you didn't mention anything about back dusting

[AshWhite]

I vacced both faces of the rug thoroughly before starting treatment.

I was only mentioning the steps to illustrate the weight placed on the surface as opposed to the cleaning process 

[robert meldrum]

That mesh looks fine a lot more solid than the one I was thinking of.

[Mike Halliday]

Ash, you didn't mention anything about back dusting

Iwas wondering that, surely the sole reason for buying this mesh is to háve a catching area beneath the rug. Once you,ve beaten out the dirt it is no longer used

[Jim_77]

I thought the same Mike, the grid is primarily to allow the dry soil to be physically removed from the face fibres rather than leaving the face of the rug rubbing it round on the floor.

But I suppose it depends how you're cleaning the rug.  If you're power washing it, the grid would probably be good as it allows water to drain off.  I would have thought the rug would not stay still very well on the grid if you were trying to extract it, seems as there's less surface-to-surface contact to cause friction and keep the rug in place

Might be wrong about that though, I guess Ash will find out as he uses it

I like my badger floor grid, it is brilliant, the only thing is the weight!  God it's heavy

[AshWhite]

I wanted it for a few purposes, firstly for dusting out onto the floor, and for extracting on. I tried it last night, and starting from the middle and working to the ends works fine, no lifting the rug whatsoever. I also wanted it to leave the rug on for it to dry, as opposed to sitting on the ground where it would be more prone to gathering dust.

So far I'm pleased with it, just picked it up to stand on its side so its out of the way and its not massively heavy.
I might even get a few more sections to allow cleaning small rugs / runners in customers back gardens as necessary!

[Jim_77]

Nice one Ash

I take it the tiles don't just fall apart when you try to lift them up in one piece?

[AshWhite]

No Jim, a couple of the click connectors came apart, but as soon as I lie it back down they should click back into place. It stayed in one piece which is what I wanted.