[Timmy Boy]

Hi all
Looking at buying a turbo drier, does any one have a recommendation? Do they make a dramatic difference to drying times?
Any help would be appreciated
Regards
Tim

[BRSL]

Hi Tim

With the name like that you must be from the other side 
But your more than welcome im sure, Turbo dryers when cleaning are a must and reduce drying by over 50% in some situations, there all around the £200 mark but shop around as there bloody heavy and some come with wheels and telescopic handles wich are great check www.contico.co.uk

hope this helps
James

[benny d]

I bought my 2 from Alltec in Cambridgshire.  From a nice chap called Robert....Cough  :
To me they make a big difference, the only down side with the ones I have is they weigh a ton 

[John Kelly]

DriEaz do some smaller ones, still powerfull but a lot easier to carry.

[Timmy Boy]

cheers guys!
I shall phone the names suggested.
Regards
Tim

[roberto]

Hi guys

 Thinking of buying one myself but I cannot decide as there are so many out there at so many different prices

Would you say these are reasonable price and product?

http://www.rgk.co.uk/acatalog/Carpet_Dryers.html

[Matt Read]

Do you have a contact number for dri eaz..and do you know how much they cost john ? i'm quite interested in getting a couple of smaller dryers .

[Mark Stanley]

Drieaz Ltd. 01908 - 611363

[Mark Stanley]

price from £90 - £250

[Ian Gourlay]

It is said  that turbo dryers improve drying times by 50 per cent  but how many do you need and how long do you have tubo dry to achieve this.

In relation to room size etc.  What is the fomula.

[John Kelly]

Ian

Not sure how to quantify carpet drying without setting up an experiment, taking moisture readings etc. However I can say when we have used them on flood jobs, placed on a concrete floor slab the area in front of the fan is surface dry in about 15 minutes. Surface dry means the surface moisture has evaporated, obviously the concrete slab is still wet.
On carpets I would imagine the only area being dried was that  which has direct airflow going over it with slight drying taking place on the rest due to increased air movement in the room.

[garyj]

They are great fun this time of year for rearranging Xmas cards

[Ian Gourlay]

John,

I think i agree with you.

I know a moderator on another Forum lmoves his along the room as he cleans.

I think a turbo drier impresses the customer an obviously helps drying but am still trying to figure out how  long you need to leave it in one postion and then move it to another.etc etc

[John Kelly]

Any kind of fan will increase drying to some degree as it disturbs the interface between the carpet and the air above. The first centimetre or so of air above the carpet reaches 100% humidity.

[Mark Stanley]

I use turbo dryers - very handy for upholstry especially in the darker colder months of the year. As to the scientific equations for the lifting of moisture havent a clue - there are so many inputs which would be very hard and time consuming to measure. A number of years ago I worked for a temperature monitoring company located down the A1 corridor we used various loggers that could measure moisture / air flow / heat and other properties which i have now forgotten about. Some projects cost thousands of pounds to set up. For now at least I will touch with my fingers and hope not to get too many rashes in the process. : :

[Liahona]

John Kelly, did you mean to say increase? and 100% humidity is water, I am sure you didnt suggest that water is hovering above the carpet. 100% humidity is what we are trying to get out of the carpet as it leaves it gets less and less.

[John Kelly]

100% Humidity is not water. It is a measure of the amount of water moisture the air can hold at a given temperature.

[Doug Holloway]

John,

Your right,  it's full term is Relaive Humidity which is the proportion of moisture in the air relative to its maximum .

Cheers

Doug

[Liahona]

ok, good comment.... so I ask now because I am not sure.......if 100% humidity is the most amount of moisture that can be held in air does it not then rain so to speak?? Cheers, Dave.

[Mark Lurker]

101% would cause 'rain'.