Possibly the silliest post ive ever seen on these forums for a long while!
Ok here goes....
Well that' it, i've just spent a day and a half cleaning carpets with a portable machine and have been asking myself how on earth do you guys put up with these dam things?
Fetching and carrying water -3 BUCKETS WILL DO MOST UPSTAIRS AND H/S/L FOR ME SO NOT THAT MUCH OF A HASSLE FILLING 3 BUCKETS IS IT?, emptying the machine -TAKES SECONDS TO DO, PUT BUCKET UNDER MACHINE, FILL BUCKET, EMPTY DOWN TOILET OR OUTDOOR DRAIN-, lugging it up & down stairs -A 15 METER HOSE WILL DO MOST UPSTAIRS SO THERE IS NO NEED TO BE 'LUGGING' THE MACHINE UPSTAIRS IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT-, waiting for the water to heat -CUSTOMER SHOULD ALREADY HAVE HEATING ON IF INSTRUCTED ON TELEPHONE WHILST BOOKING THEM IN. FAILING THAT I USE AN INLINE WATER HEATER WHICH ELIMINATES THE NEED TO WAIT IN MOST CASES-, finding somewhere to park your van and then walking all the way back to the premisis to start cleaning the carpets. -MOST DOMESTIC PROPERTIES HAVE DRIVES SO PARKING OUTSIDE SHOULD NOT BE THAT MUCH OF A PROBLEM IN MOST AREAS SO CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHERE YOUR COMING FROM THERE??-and i haven't even begun to talk about switching on the machine yet! -WHAT ARE YOU RUNNING THAT MAKES SWITCHING IT ON THAT MUCH OF A PROBLEM FOR YOU?-
If you got a job at mcdonalds working the same hours i'd like to bet you'd be better off, not to mention ending up at the osteopaths because you.ve screwed up your back.
To be honest portable machines are HARD WORK and not very good at cleaning carpets -UTTER GARBAGE-, sure they make them look clean but when you look closely after spending 2 hours cleaning 1 sq yrd of carpet to find there's still dirt coming out i'm about ready to sling this thing out of the window.
Now wonder dave ingram is pushing his new truckmount, he knows whats best for us guys.
SORRY MATE NO OFFENCE BUT YOU ARE WELL OUT OF ORDER!
JOHN
