[mike palmer-green]

Hi
I own a domestic cleaning company & am being constantly asked if we clean carpets, we have used a numatic thats seen better days, we now wish to enter into carpet cleaning on a higher level therefore can anyone please advise me on what they consider to be a good machine, Ive been looking at several machines on the net but the more I look the more confusing it gets. Is the steempro 2000 the best to go for? I'm on a fairly tight budget. I would be most grateful for any help.

Mike 

[therapist]

Unfortunately, it might just get even more confusing on here, as we all have our own opinions and favourites.

What you might wish to consider, is;-

what will be the nature of most c/c jobs ( top end clients, or other )
are you offering a quick clean or adding a quality service
are there lots of flats in your portfolio
are you just using existing staff, or training someone specially

I have been involved in cleaning carpets for a number of House cleaners, Letting agents and Solicitors for many years.
Due to the variation in work I tended to have more than one price structure

A decent portable will cope with the type of work you're doing and the choice is limitless with machines from under 1k to over 3k, but some are too heavy for one person to handle, safely and others are not capable of keeping up, with your schedules.

The machine you mention, should cope with the workload

rob m

[mike palmer-green]

Hi Rob

Thanks for reply, yep your right! it is just as confusing on here!
I think your right concerning the steempro 2000 it seems to fit the bill for me, its mainly for domestic & the odd small office so should be ok.

Thanks again
Mike

[carpetclean]

hi mike i can recommend the steempro as in my opinion its quite good value for the size of machine easy to move as its not too heavy and comes with a free days training . the psi is not too clever but is enough for the job and can be upgraded if need be. bear in mind though that if you shop around you can get 25% offf the price. hope this helps

[the red carpet]

i dont think the make is the most important thing in the world
allthough you do want somthing decent with available spares
but to offer a decent service your minimum requirments are a twin vac machine, with at least 100 psi
dont be tempted by anything less

prochem
extracta
alltec
asbeys
are a good start

and if you want the best results without paying a fortune
combine it with a extracta scrubba (power brush) instead of a manual wand
i have one for sale £300 about a grand plus vat new
look in the for sale section for pictures of what it can do
you can even follow me on a job if you want to see it for yourself if your in Palmers Green
im in Waltham Abbey
Daniel

[boshravie]

Hi Mike
I have just the thing for you. Check out (Buy and Sell Used Equipment) under Ashbys Ninja 400 P.S.I.
it is the bargin of the month. i have just put the add today.

[jinky230]

guys did carpet cleaning about ten years ago then came away from the industry

at that time we used extracta machines with power brush.

I was looking at the new prochem with built in power brush as this would do away with the trailing hoses etc, just everything combined in the one machine.

does it come with outlets for connecting hoses for upstairs of houses without taking the machine upstairs as a wand  is usually enough for upstair carpets
again I suppose you could connect a small power brush for emergencies when needed. To do this job you need to take the hassle out of it.
we used to connect several hoses together and keep the machine at the customers  door

how do people do it now, this is based on a stand alone and not van mount

mostly domestic and small contracts

jinky