[oldbeeches]

quick question, had my carpet (12x14) and 2 seater 3 piece suite cleaned today guy

arrived with his truck mount system at 1.30 finished at 3.00 said suite would need 24

 hours too dry carpet 5/6 hours

Q1, is 1.5 hours long enough too do a good job

Q2, are these drying times longer than you would expect

by the way he charged me £95 which i thought was ok but still a £1 a minute

[robert stubbs]

Were you happy with the cleaning result and how wet would you describe the items



    Regards Rob.

[oldbeeches]

still wet now so not sure if suite will look better in the morning but seems patchy at the moment i just wondered if he had saved him self some time by leaving it wetter than he should have. 

thanks for the reply

                                shaun

[derikraven]

I can't clean a suite in under two hours and I've cleaned many suites in the last thirty years! I can't see how anyone can clean a suite and carpet in one and a half hours and do a good job.

[Macarthur]

Sounds like a rush job to me, would take me twice that amount of time to do a good job, I know I use a portable, but surely a TM cant be twice as fast.

Nigel.

[fresh floors]

Hi, first post but here goes, i couldnt do a suite in less than 3 hrs and a lounge carpet less than 2 properly. although he was using a truck mount seems like very much a rush job. wait till the suite drys to c the result. cheers.

[Mike Halliday]

freshfloor, it takes you 2hrs to clean a lounge carpet, you must be very thorough

old beach, how dirty was your suite? our local franchise quote 24hrs on suite drying and 6hrs on a wet day isn't totally unreasonable.

Mike

[Derek]

Likewise I cannot clean a three piece in under three hours after thirty years of trying...

Over all, in this particular instance, I would reckon to be on site for at least four hours

[Phil Marlor]

Likewise I cannot clean a three piece in under three hours after thirty years of trying...

Over all, in this particular instance, I would reckon to be on site for at least four hours

Same here, 4 hours!

Phil

[craigp]

no ones mentioned some suits easier than others, one 3 peice could take me 2 hours some counld be done in 1 hour and lounge carpet because your now already set up would only take 20 mins,

times taken for these jobs is quick, but not an indication of crap job.

also drying times given are realistic and correct.

lets not slag off this guy on half the facts. .

[Ian Gourlay]

You got an excellent price.

As Robert says do not judge job until its dry.

Drying times do vary.Like when you hang your washing outside after being through Spin Drier etc.

I think most of us would have took longer but charged you more.

[craigp]

yes, i agree thats cheap you could normally expect to pay £150 +

i have to admit i would allow 2,1/2 hrs for this,

however if it was a acrylic velvet of some sort ?, there very easy and quick to clean.

[oldbeeches]

hi all

    have too say carpet and suite look fine, not perfect but good enough.

    still not  quite dry though.

     thanks very much for your  reply's

                                                             shaun

[mark_roberts]

Would you have paid more for them to be perfect if indeed perfection was possible in your case.

£95 does seem cheap but then at £60 an hour thats good money.  For those that take 4 hours would you have charged £240?

For me all things being average it would have taken 2.5-3hours and the charge would be £165.

Mark

[Phil Marlor]

My price would be £180.00/200.00

I dont worry how long it takes!

Phil

[AquaMagic]

It takes me and my father about 3 hours to do a 3 peice suite & lounge carpet properly, we could of course forget about pre-vac, agitating, dry stokes and towelling to shave an hour or so off but preffer the better results these stages bring.  Out of the 3 hours one of us is ussualy stood idle for about 30-40 mins but we use this time to go and do some flyers or clean down some of our equipment, so all in all id say we would spend 5 hours & 20 mins (man hours) to do this job, but we get loads of work from referalls, the reduced advertising pays for the extra time taken imho.

Dene

[Geoff Jewkes]

old beeches what area are you in? I know a company who performs like this and would like a good guess at it

[Karl Wildey]

would have set up for suite first and spent hours with set up, lounge carpet would have been an hour as already set up, but would have charged about £140.00.
You got a cheap price, and probably a quick job. You get what you pay for. Saying that if it looks great once dried and still looks good a few months away, then count your blessing

[Geoff Jewkes]

Beeches in the name might be a give away here!!

[Glynn]

What like Cornwall maybe ?