[Clear Vision]

can some kind person please advise me on a few things?

If a room Is full of furniture I think you would clean the carpet In two halves???

First shift all the furniture to on half and clean away? Then I think you would put all the furniture onto the cleaned "wet" half?

Then clean the other half!

But because the carpet will be damp for a couple of hours do you need to put something under the furniture to keep It dry and to stop the "clean" carpet getting stained.

Now If you do need to put something under the furniture would you call back the next day and take away.

What do you guys do?

Sorry for the questions.

Cheers

Matthew

[rich hand]

Push the furniture to the outsides of the room then prespray the middle. Whilst the pre spray is dwelling pull the furniture to the middle and clean behind which obviously wouldnt need prespraying usually. Push back and extract the middle. Furniture protectors arent usually needed unless the furniture has been re-treated. Micro splitting treatment would be slightly different for obvious reasons.

[Clear Vision]

Rich hand,

Thanks for the sound advice! I like the sound of that one.

But there Is on thing that concerns me! You are putting the furniture onto a wet carpet! Wood will draw up water! So would It not be an Idea to put down a polythene sheet In the middle? Then when you put the furniture back have little strips of polythene or foil and leave that under the furniture and the customer could remove the strips themself? Just a thought.

I think I like the sound of your idea with shifting the furniture to the middle.

I would like to hear how other people do It.

Many thanks rich hand

Matthew
Clear Vision

[jacko]

Matthew, you need purpose made foil pads or polystyrene blocks - i get mine from Craftex and place under wood or metal - not worth taking a chance.

[john rees]

I place sliders under furniture first, then when I've pre sprayed the carpet it doesn't leave marks when you return furniture to it's original position,when finished I just place 2" 3" 4" protector foil,  plastic or foam pads under each item of furniture.

                   All the best
                                     John

[Clear Vision]

Thanks jacko & john rees.

As Im new to carpet cleaning I'm a little worried about the whole thing. Not so much the cleaning of the carpet but the furniture side of It.

Do you move the furniture yourself or do you get the customer to shift it?

Obviously the ideal situation would be an empty room but this might not always be possible!

It would be nice to hear what you expirienced guys do.

Many thanks to all who replied to me.

Matthew

[john rees]

Hi mathew,
                  We just ask the customer to move the small easily moved items lamps, pot plants and the like, If the customer wants us to move wall units or display cabinets we move them provided they empty them first! which usually puts them off so we then have to go around them! what you really need is some sliders I found these on ebay but there are loads of others on there too!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Furniture-Slider-Set-of-8-Furniture-Sliders_W0QQitemZ190047918252QQihZ009QQcategoryZ122759QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

                      All the best
                                        John

[Clear Vision]

Thanks john!

One last thing before I hit the sack, what If you leave foil or blocks under the furniture on a wet carpet? Do you go back and remove them for the customer?

If you use blocks you cant afford to leave them behind! So what do you do.

Oh and tv's!!! What about all the cables and digi boxes, vcr's ect. Do you just clean round them?

Many thanks

Matthew

[john rees]

we just leave the coasters and the blocks under the furniture and ask the customer to remove them the following day. some t,v.s we move but the majority are moved by the man of the house,(the big ones we don't even attempt) or we are asked to work around them!
                          All the best
                                            John

[Steve Weatherley]

Hi and welcome to carpet cleaning!

The customer is always happy to remove the pads and dispose of them without the need for you to return yourself. Also when I visit to carry out the survey I always state to customer that he/she should disconnect the mains leads / arial cable before I move the TV unit (dont want to go back at the weekend to fix broken leads etc). Also if the TV unit looks very heavy or delicate I suggest to the customer that I will either need a hand moving it or I will have to pay somebody to help me on the day - of course this extra cost is passed on to the customer. My customers are always happy to either disconnect the cables themselves or they tell me to go around the TV unit!

Good luck.

Steve

[Art]

Matthew,

 You really need to get yourself on some sort of carpet cleaning course, as judging by what you've posted your going to end up having problems or more importantly your going to give carpet cleners a bad name.

Arthur

[Derek]

Sorry guys....I have to ask the question...why don't you advocate appling a pre-spray around the outer perimeter of the room where the furniture goes?

Please don't say 'it doesn't get dirty there'

[john rees]

I do Derek! that's why you need sliders so the furiture is kept off the damp carpet until it's final positioning on coasters or foam blocks.

                        all the best
                                          John

[Clear Vision]

Matthew,

 You really need to get yourself on some sort of carpet cleaning course, as judging by what you've posted your going to end up having problems or more importantly your going to give carpet cleners a bad name.

Arthur

Arthur,

It's unfortunate that you have chosen to be so negative in your response!

You have been out shawn by all the other fellow members of the forum.

This Is what the forum Is for, to "HELP" each other with any problems that we may encounter as I would have only been too willing to help you If you had any problems or questions!

Matthew

[Mark Lane-Matthews]

Hi Matthew
The way i clean is vacuum middle of room first,then move movable furniture to the middle,vacuum around outside then pre-spray agitate and H/W/E outside,move furniture back to the perimiters and place tabs where needed, then prespray agitate and H/W/E middle and again repalce furnitue with protectors if needed,hope this helps

                                                                Mark           

[Clear Vision]

Thanks for all your replys.

It's been very helpfull for me!

Cheers

Matthew

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Many cleaners in the US won't move furniture they insist that they are NOT removal men and clean around it.

I think Ron King insisted on it also.

Shaun

[craigp]

sounds good to me Shaun,

i used to advertise 'we move furniture at no extra cost' what a prat i was!

i thought it was a selling point,

not anymore, i do move furniture but certainly dont volunteer to do it., i say 'we dont mind helping move furniture'. were poss go round,

it gets on my nerves, and is often the main reason im knacked at the end of the day.

[Derek]

John

It was someone else who said that they didn't always pre-spray around the perimeter of the room......I also know of one or two others who don't either.

In spite of what they may think those areas of the carpet 'do' get dirty and require cleaning in the correct way

[HQCS (John Kastrian)]

You also get draught/filtration marks around the edges of carpets,including behind furniture,and this will almost certainly require a pre-spray,play it safe and pre-spray everything it makes the cleaning much easier.
Most items of furniture are easily moveable,but as said large heavy units and display cabinets containing the family heirlooms are best left alone.
Cards and foam blocks are not expensive and better to use them than risk staining the carpets.
John