[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

THINK YOUR MISSING THE POINT DRYERS SPEED UP THE DRYING TIMES FACT!!!
WHEN DOING A WHOLE HOUSE WITH ALL THAT MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE THEY ARE AS I HAVE SAID INVALUABLE.

CHEERS TONY

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

PS. and to answer Marks ORIGINAL QUESTION no THERE ARE NO REAL PITFALLS just a bit more effort.

CHEERS TONY

[spickandspan]

I have a air mover, but never use it, causes more probs than it solves, blows dust everywhere, from behind rads etc, and moves pictures about. also unless there positioned properly dont speed drying by that much. On Upholstery you can force moisture deeper into the cushions.
Also carpets are generally dry within 1 to 2 hours after I leave, so not worth the effort or van space.

[gwrightson]

surly. spick & span ,every effort , if it makes a difference is worth it 

and drying upholstery , very benificial.

On another note, I read  some wereMr. straker doesnt use air movers , Is that true ?

I thought every c/c worth his salt would have an air mover

geoff 

[Mike Halliday]

airmover equal faster drying times, if you don't use them I would assume that you also just use a single vac machine, ( why bother using 2 or 3 vacs, you are;nt bothered how fast the carpets dry)

there are no reasons not to use airmovers, only excuses.

Mike

[homenclean]

Also gives you a selling point, you can take an air mover in and tell the customer that you are drying whilst cleaning.

The next guy they ring may not offer this service and you can justify a slightly higher price.

one of a customers biggest concerns is how long everything will take to dry.

By having an airmover you overcome one of their hurdles.

I have found it improves reccomendations when they tell friends and family how you opperate and how dry the items where when you left.

Every one seems to have a friend or member of family that had a carpet or suit cleaned that took ages to dry.

John

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Geoff, Mike & John. WELL SAID

CHEERS TONY

[spickandspan]

My air drier has not been out of the van for years.
I use a two jet wand with twin vacs never needed to dry anything looks like you guys using to much spray? and not one complaint in ten years.

[carpet guy]

Mr Wrightson

That was a pathetic comment and not worthy of anyone who is really " worth his salt " and does this job without the need of airmovers.

Like many others I have them but only ever use them in extreme cases, perhaps you need to examine your techniques, before making such remarks.

It's just possible the people who don't use them are ;-

                              more experienced
                              more competent
                              more confident
                              or just better than you

rob

[*paul_moss]

Rob, agree with your coments on use. I used to use them alot with a porty but now with a truck dont bother, they tend just to sit in the office cupboard and only come out for floods.

However they do excellerorate drying.

ps Rob, how did you get on with present?

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Depends on how you are selling your service, I sell mine (apart from being cleaner) on drier so carpets are alot drier, with a TM carpets are drier anyway but sometimes a clean can be a bit too quick so I get the turbo out and the carpet is drying while I pack away and customers see a bit more for their money and also it's a 'recommendation factor'.

Shaun

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

PS. and to answer Marks ORIGINAL QUESTION no THERE ARE NO REAL PITFALLS just a bit more effort.

 

[carpet guy]

Paul

I would never dispute that anything that increases air movement will speed up drying times, I was responding to a sideswipe and as someone who has experimented for 20 odd years I know as many others do, that " there's more than one way to skin a cat "

Why waste time and effort dragging more into a house than you need.

No chance to try out your " item " yet but will soon let you now how it works out for me

[Mark Roberts]

Interesting comments, if the rh of the room is high and cannot accept moisture from a carpet or fabric then using a blower or any high powered machine will not make much difference , there are many ways to increase drying times, most come experience and knowledge as suggested by Rob.

[gwrightson]

Rob,
in reply to your answer ,



That was a pathetic comment and not worthy of anyone who is really " worth his salt " and does this job without the need of airmovers.

Like many others I have them but only ever use them in extreme cases, perhaps you need to examine your techniques, before making such remarks.

It's just possible the people who don't use them are ;-

                              more experienced
                              more competent
                              more confident
                              or just better than you

I suggest to you , that" experience "would tell you that air movers are benificial.

                              that " competent " is good enough, but no more.

                              that " confidence " has nothing to do with it , and that the redundancy of air mover
                              is simply........ cant be bothered attitude.
                             
                              Therfore, Definatly, " Not better than me " when it comes to drying .
                               Simple really , Rob 

              Geoff, or Mr Wrightson,either it doesnt bother me

 

[Straker Cleaning]

When it comes to upholstery, i am treating with mist of M Power, agitating with Minitex and rinsing with Drimaster tool ................ first item is already dry by time i finish last and move to carpets.
Carpets are thoroughly vacuumed and pre-treated, brushed with contra rotating brush and rinsed with Speedster, which manges to achieve drying times of up to and around 2 hours

My service is aimed at the eco/green market and that is reflected in the products i use ............ also showing a minimal use of the customers power supply adds to this. I use cold water for rinsing and a Multi Sprayer that is charged in van on route ........... WHY WOULD I PLUG IN A HIGH SPEED FAN WHEN I CLEARLY HAVE NO NEED, OTHER THAN TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF CUTTING DRYING TIMES AT THE COST OF ENERGY 


Not sure what salt is worth but i do value myself and my service higher 

I clean some rooms on a certain job, where one end will have dried by the time i get to the other ......... telling customers that the drying will be around 2 hours is a vast improvement on the whole day they were expecting.
I also do a great deal of LM work with Charly pads ............. are you telling me that i am not doing properly if i do not use movers to cut down the 30 minutes 

Each CC on here will work in varied manner and offer slightly different service .......... i am happy with what i achieve in results and drying times.......and the amount of eco/green customers i am accruing, shows that that is not just MY opinion.

[spickandspan]

With you on this one Rob, why lug an air mover around when you dont need one.
Also if you are honest with the customer about drying times its no problem, its when you say carpet will be dry in say 4 hours and it takes 8 hours to dry is when customers moan. be honest.....
In the years i have cleaned carpets and upholstery never had any complains about drying times.

[carpet guy]

I just find it amazing that anyone should feel the need to use an air mover on most jobs. If you really need it, how much fluid are you putting down, and  why.

Are you cleaning the pile of the carpet, or are you trying to give the " deepest clean ever "and include the base of the carpet. What axactly are you doing that makes you soak carpets to the extent that they need assisted drying ??

If you prespray adequately, aggitate, as necessary and allow enough dwell time, the chemicals will have done their job, loosening the soiling from the fibres leaving you to rinse away the broken down soiling.

All that's needed then is to use the carpet wand with good technique and you will remove around 90% of the fluids, possibly more.  Unless there is no airflow / heat you won't need to introduce a hurricane into the property.

On the three occasions I've used a drier in the past year, two had been flooded, the third was unnoccupied, with no airflow.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I use my turbos to ensure it is drier, my TM has more air flow than most machines and it leaves the carpets or upholstery drier but for the sake of lifting in a 'box' and plugging it in and leaving it in a corner it's not hard work to get a customer over excited about how dry their items are, lift and jerk in and lift and jerk out

Shaun

[carpet guy]

What's " jerking " got to do with it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!