[eddiemac]

Please can anyone tell me, if you were looking at setting up a domestic carpet cleaning company and had £1500 to spend on machine and chemicals, what would you buy and where would you get it. I am favouring prochem machines.

[Dennis]

Something like this from someone with more feedback:  http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mytee-speedster-450psi-carpet-cleaning-machine_W0QQitemZ160333261168QQ
and spend the rest on marketing.

[richy27]

Its not just a machine you need



 Wand
50ft hoses
 hand tool

Sebo BS36
Sebo Duo
Air mover

Chemicals
One-Step Premium Fineline
Prochem Fibre & Fabric Rinse
Prochem Odour Fresh
Powdered Defoamer
Zip It
Zap It
Citrus Gel
Rust Remover
Stain Pro
Coffee Stain Remover
Wineaway
Gluespot
Fabric Restorer
Stainshield Professional

Accessories
5 lt pump up sprayer
1.5L pump-up sprayer
Furniture foil protectors
Polystyrene blocks
Grandi-groomer
Tampico upholstery brush

Trigger Sprays x 2
Sebo BS36 vacuum bags x 10
Carpet sliders

[JandS]

And the rest.
Another 5lt sprayer
Double Clean
Powerburst
Ultrapac Renovate
Upholstery tool    acts as a backup as well to hand tool
A cheapo 2nd hand wand again as a backup
Remember if anyone item of equipment fails then you won't be able to finish it unless you have a spare
and you will look foolish in front of the customer.
Having said that once you have everything in place you rarely have to buy any more equipment for a long while
as the gear tends to last.

John

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

E-bay would be your best bet with that budget - there are a few set ups on there at the moment including hoses and wands.

A couple of Ninja's and at least 3 Prochem's.

Steve

[eddiemac]

thanks guys
have just seen a prochem powermax 2100 starter kit with 1 x SX2100 Steempro Powermax
1 x AC1021 Glidemaster handtool
1 x AV3101 hose accessory bag
1 x SS4300 8ltr pressure sprayer
1 x ST3401 Tarpaulin
1 x PA3401 18" carpet pile brush
1 x HG3401 Handlefor carpet pile brush
1 x CN3402 30ml dispenser for 5ltr
1 x CN3503W 10ltr white bucket
1 x CN3503r 10ltr red bucket
1 x PR3401 PSK spotting kit
1 x SMP-4C carpet cleaning sample pack
1 x One day prochem training course
Cost £1600
would this be enough to get me started

[Mike Osbourne]

Ok here's a deal for you.

3 years into carpet cleaning I now have a Truckmount and two portables. I was going to sell my machine that got me started and made me money (a Ninja) on ebay. But if you are interested I will sell the ninja to you for £500 with hoses but no tools. And you can have soem chems as well. :

More importantly if you come and collect it (Bristol way) I will show you how to use it, give you some leaflets of mine for ideas, loads of marketing material and some ways to build your business quickly.


PM me if you are interested.

[Joe H]

Sounds like a good offer Mike - worthy of serious look.

Tools - wand for about £180 and hand tool £100 - unless anyone has anything 2nd hand.

[eddiemac]

Could be interested Mike, is the ninja as good as the prochem powermax.

[eddiemac]

Mike
can you give me some more details on the machine spec.

[richie]

I started in the carpet cleaning industry nearly 20 years ago and im one of the few lucky guys that started with a truckmount.  Over the years i have slated portables as they have no wheere near the power of even a basic truckmount HOWEVER, over the past 3 years i have used a few portables & the Ashbys Ninja impressed me.  Good solid machine, enough grunt to do a decent job.  £500 for that kit sounds like a good deal to me and im sure that someone on this forum could part with a carpet wand & upholstery tool at a good cheap price if you were to ask nicely.

Richie.

[clinton]

Eddie

I would give thought to the deal as i  know dave and he would not sell you anything thats duff mate and you could be unlucky and buy 1 from ebay that might cost.

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

Clinton

Dave ? 

You started early on the beer ? 

Steve

[clinton]

Steve

Sory just looking at dave powers e mail and meant to say mike

Not on the beer yet lol.

Must be my age

[Mike Osbourne]

I'm on the Merlot already  :

It's the basic spec ninja 135psi, not the most powerful, certainly the Speedster has more grunt.

If you said you had 2.5k to spend I would point you in the direction of Cleansmart. Not because of the kit but because of the backup and marketing package supplied.

I'm a firm believer the true 'Fastrtrack' is a guy with a mission, a crappy portable and  solid marketing plan.

 

[Joe H]

What are the motors in that Mike - I presume 2x something but what? 2 stage or 3 stage.

[Mike Osbourne]

Hi Joe

They are 3 stage. In fact one is a bit iffy and I have a new one from woodbridge that I will put in before it's sold. 

It also has the hot solvent kit. Most people don't bother with it. Others use it on high value work like delicate tapestries, stage curtains and rugs etc.

[eddiemac]

thanks for all the advice from everyone, no one has commented whether they think the Prochem Starter Kit is a good deal at £1600, any thoughts?

[Fraser Thom]

Eddie

It is quite a good deal if you have your heart set on new equipment but you only get 1 year warranty on these things so if you can get your hands on a good 2nd hand machine at the sort of money Mike is talking about, then you should give it some serious consideration.

You could then use the balance of your budget and spend it wisely on marketing.  You will soon discover that this is far more important than the type of portable you buy.

Fraser

[simon smith50]

www.hygcare.co.uk for my money
with machines from only £440 and chems from only £15 call them on 01845255635 or their rep russ on 07800769562
they will help and advise they helped me call me on 0789108738 or my mate allen 07841677267
like me allen has used lots of machines and rates hygicare's range as the best value for money he has seen