RE: Re: Not HA but pretty urgent!

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the pointer ... picked one up at Curry's this morning for =A3269=
and it really has done a superb job. Just been out to the inlaws for lunch<= BR> and got back and the carpets are as near as dammit dry and not a trace of the lingering smell of vomit anywhere.

The only "downside" I found was that apart from having a fairly v= oracious
appetite for the cleaning solution (which would have had as much to do with=
using it on the intense clean setting as anything else) I had to hoover the=
carpet almost immediately with a normal vaccuum cleaner as it produced load= s
of big balls of fluff!

I know hiring would have been cheaper but as with anything I'd rather be prepared and at least this way we can drag it out at a moments notice!


Overall though it really does seem to be a superb unit and far better than<= BR> the VAX ones that my inlaws have which they class as "next to useless&= quot;.
Thanks for the pointer there Paul.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gale <groups@xxxxxxx>
> [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 February 2003 09:12
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Not HA but pretty urgent!
>
>
> I'd recommend a Bissell carpet cleaner. I bought one of these 4-5
> months ago. I think it cost around the =A3250 mark. They do a couple > of models. Basically it has a tank of water (which you fill with hot > water). It then heats this further and sprays a mix of carpet
> cleaner (containing Scotchguard) and warm water onto the floor and
> them vigorously brushes and sucks it up into the return tank (a 2-in-<= BR> > 1 tank system). Seems to work very well but can be pretty slow if
> you do it properly at the right speed. It's an upright system,
> looking like a slightly oversized traditional vacuum cleaner (but
> bigger at the bottom to hold the water tank).
>
> I bought it from Comet I think - so you should be able to get one on > a Sunday :)
>
> I just like using it to see all the dirty water being sucked up the > clear pipes at the front - very satisfying :) (is that too sad?)
>
> Paul.
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Phil Harris" <phil@a...&g= t; wrote:
> >
> > > Not a direct answer, I know, but try phoning a local Letting=
> Agent.
> > > Arranging emergency cleans is the kind of thing they do fair= ly
> often.
> > >
> > > The downside may be that they will only know people who prov= ide
> it as a
> > > service rather than machine hire, but I'd say it's worth a p= hone
> call.
> >
> > Was hoping to actually *BUY* something because in addition to DS<= BR> > decorating
> > the carpets Thursday and Saturday nights I got downstairs Saturda= y
> morning
> > to find some rather runny catshit on the carpet downstairs. I'm > pretty
> > certain that it's one of the neighbourhood cats as our cat is
> *EXTREMELY*
> > good like that and I know I could just get one of the locking
> catflaps from
> > work but our cat has never had to wear a collar and feel it unfai= r
> to try to
> > get her to wear one now.
> >
> > Anyway ... basically I just think that getting something that
> stays in the
> > house is a better solution at the moment.
> >
> > Phil
>
>
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