Homemade Carpet Cleaners: May 2011

Reporter gets all the dirt about keeping carpets clean - Press Herald

Reporter gets all the dirt about keeping carpets clean - Press Herald

<div readability="142.267352185"> May 30 <h3>Maine at Work: Between moving furniture, reaching crevices and grappling with a powerful vacuum, Ray Routhier has a tiring day.</h3>  By Ray Routhier rrouthier@mainetoday.com Staff Writer PORTLAND - Before we went inside to clean the carpets of a two-bedroom Portland home, Kevin Burns let me carry the vacuum handle he uses. <div class="special-box" readability="34.9448030988"> <img src="http://media.pressherald.com/images/300*312/portland-press-herald_3547436.jpg" width="300" height="312" alt="20110526_MEatWork" title="20110526_MEatWork" border="0" pbsrc="http://media.timesleader.com/images/portland-press-herald_3547436.jpg" pbcaption="Ray Routhier uses a crevice tool to vacuum the edges before cleaning carpeting with Carpet Services." class="PopBoxImageSmall" pbshowpopimage="true" onclick="Pop(this,15,"PopBoxImageLarge");" />click image to enlarge Ray Routhier uses a crevice tool to vacuum the edges before cleaning carpeting with Carpet Services. Photos by Gordon Chibroski/Staff Photographer <img src="http://media.pressherald.com/images/300*351/portland-press-herald_3547437.jpg" width="300" height="351" alt="20110526_MEatWork" title="20110526_MEatWork" border="0" pbsrc="http://media.timesleader.com/images/portland-press-herald_3547437.jpg" pbcaption="Kevin Burns, left, owner of Carpet Services in Portland, gives guidance to Ray Routhier as he cleans a carpet." class="PopBoxImageSmall" pbshowpopimage="true" onclick="Pop(this,15,"PopBoxImageLarge");" />click image to enlarge Kevin Burns, left, owner of Carpet Services in Portland, gives guidance to Ray Routhier as he cleans a carpet. <div class="nugget" readability="46">THIS WEEK'S JOB TITLE: Owner/carpet cleaner at Carpet Services, Portland. WORKER: Kevin Burns, 50, of Portland. HOURS: Generally 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., can be more. SALARY RANGE: $50,000 to $100,000 a year, Burns says, depending on how many hours someone wants to put in. No paid vacation. DUTIES: Scheduling cleanings. Cleaning rugs, upholstery, tile and grout. Moving furniture. Using high-powered cleaner/vacuum system to clean carpets with hot water, cleaning agents, and suction. Getting down on your hands and knees to vacuum and clean tough-to-get-to spots. SURPRISING FACTS: The suction on Burns' commercial vacuum is so strong it can lift up a corner of the carpet, and it takes a fair amount of strength to move it back and forth over a carpet. PERKS: Getting to know regular customers. Working for yourself. ABOUT THIS SERIES MAINE AT WORK takes an interactive look at iconic, visible or just plain interesting jobs done by folks in Maine. Reporter Ray Routhier shadows a worker or workers, reports what he sees and tries his hand at some of the job's duties. IF YOU'D like to suggest a job to be explored in this feature, email rrouthier@pressherald.com or call 791-6454.</div> </div> It looks like any other big vacuum handle -- a long metal tube connected to a rectangular vacuum head. But since Burns cleans carpets for a living -- as owner and sole employee of Carpet Services -- this one is special. It is made of titanium, weighs next to nothing and costs $1,100. "Best $1,100 I ever spent," said Burns, 50, praising the tool's light weight and durability. But I didn't realize how important a lightweight vacuum attachment was until we got in the house and got ready to clean, by hooking up the handle to both the hot water line and the suction hose. Burns told me to start with the vacuum head pressed against the wall. Then squeeze the hot water trigger a couple of times to get water in the crevice between the carpet and wall. Then hold the water trigger down and pull the vacuum attachment back about 4 or 5 feet, cleaning with hot water and cleansing agent, and vacuuming it up, all at the same time. I did great up to this point. Then Burns told me to push the vacuum head forward, and then back again. But I couldn't. The suction was so great I couldn't move it forward. "Sometimes I have to go in a different direction, if the pile is too thick. It's not easy to move with all that suction," said Burns, over the roar of the vacuum. "This isn't an electric-powered vacuum, this is hooked up to the engine in my van." Burns has been cleaning carpets -- and upholstery and tile -- for about 25 years. He says that pulling the vacuum attachment back and forth all day long can tire him out. Doing it for 15 minutes could tire me out. Before we started cleaning the carpet, Burns had handed me the vacuum hose with a crevice tool on it instead of the head. He told me to vacuum up the dust and debris along the walls. But he cautioned me as well. "Don't get any curtains caught in there, and don't hold it on the carpet too long or you'll pull it right up," said Burns. I thought I was doing all right, until I did manage to pull up a corner of carpet just slightly. Luckily, it could be laid back down without a problem. Later, when I got up off my knees, I accidentally pointed the crevice tool at my stomach and it instantly attached to my shirt. It took me a minute or so of wrestling with the tool to free myself. The house we were doing was a small job by Burns' standards -- living room, dining room, stairway and hall. The beige carpet was a medium nylon pile in good condition, with only one or two stained areas. For those, Burns would use various solvents and agents he carries around in an old milk crate. He said the job would probably take him 90 minutes -- if I weren't there. (Not that I slowed him down, of course, but he took time to explain lots of aspects of his job and equipment to me.) But he doesn't charge by the hour, he charges by the square foot -- 20 to 35 cents depending on various factors, including how much furniture he has to move around to clear carpeted areas. Moving and replacing furniture can be a big part of the job. Once he's done with a carpet, and it's still wet, he has to put foam or plastic pieces under the furniture legs so the carpet underneath doesn't get stained. Burns' van looks like a basement utility room, with water tanks, controls and a filter to catch dirt from the house carried with the water back through the hose. Burns was a police officer earlier in his working life, and then worked a variety of jobs before settling on the life of a self-employed carpet cleaner. He said that working for others taught him he'd work best by himself. "I would spend a lot of time doing something and the boss would wonder why I took so long," said Burns. "But when I spend extra on something now, the customer is glad." Staff Writer Ray Routhier can be contacted at 791-6454 or at: rrouthier@pressherald.com  </div>

Value Proposition Carpet Cleaners with 70% More Power - The Open Press (press release)

Value Proposition Carpet Cleaners with 70% More Power - The Open Press (press release)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"></td><td valign="top" class="j"> <div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF6lsekvTyLrDAvpYy3AupcJBbkAw&url=http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a%3Dpress%26id%3D105502">Value Proposition Carpet Cleaners with 70% More Power</a> The Open Press (press release) Woburn, MA (OPENPRESS) May 25, 2011 -- Daimer Industries, Inc.®, a major name in industrial carpet cleaners, has just upgraded the pumps on two of its most popular/top-selling value machines. The next generation Xtreme Power® XPH-5850TU and its 60 Hz ... <a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHlPim3-Md5mabJVt-0xBDepFo4mQ&url=http://www.onlineprnews.com/news/141800-1306264285-50-hz-carpet-cleaning-equipment-for-upholstery.html">50 Hz Carpet Cleaning Equipment for Upholstery</a>Online PR News (press release) <a class="p" href="http://news.google.com.ph/news/more?pz=1&ned=en_ph&ncl=dnnojyWpIsa1m1MMYkZgY97bi3J3M">all 3 news articles »</a></div></td></tr></table>

Miami Carpet Cleaning Leader, Miami Kwik Dry, Launches New Website - SYS-CON Media (press release)

Miami Carpet Cleaning Leader, Miami Kwik Dry, Launches New Website - SYS-CON Media (press release)

<div readability="88.863256785"> From the Wires Miami Carpet Cleaning Leader, Miami Kwik Dry, Launches New Website New Website Creates Easier Access for Clients, and Informs Public of Its Unique Cleaning Solutions May. 24, 2011 08:00 AM  <img align="left" src="http://gemsres.com/author/5727/marketwire_170b.jpg" hspace="5" vspace="5"/><img align="right" border="0" src="http://media.marketwire.com/attachments/201104/24856_Kwik_dry_logo.jpg"/> <img align="right" border="0" src="http://at.marketwire.com/accesstracking/AccessTrackingLogServlet?PrId=759562&ProfileId=&sourceType=1"/>MIAMI, FL -- (Marketwire) -- 05/24/11 -- Miami Kwik Dry, a renowned carpet cleaning company, has launched a new website to better serve customers in Miami-Dade County. The new website contains clickable links to the areas served by this Kwik Dry dealership. It also provides information on the unique tools and methods that make Miami Kwik Dry an industry leader, while detailing the wide array of services offered by these Miami carpet cleaners. Owner operator of Miami Kwik Dry, Spencer Mulligan, determined that in order to raise the awareness of his superior Miami carpet cleaning process he needed to update his website. "There is nothing like our unique oxygenated citrus approach to carpet cleaning in Miami-Dade. I want anyone who is interested in carpet cleaning to be aware of our revolutionary approach," says Mulligan.  Typical high temperature steam cleaning treatments can damage carpets, with long drying times allowing for mold and mildew to form. Kwik Dry employs a unique carpet cleaning process that involves a superior vacuuming system combined with an oxygenated citrus cleaner. The treatment dries in approximately an hour and leaves one's home immaculately clean and smelling fresh. Today, Miami Kwik Dry has expanded its coverage to include areas from Florida City and Homestead all the way to Aventura and Golden Beach. Miami Kwik Dry's new website details this specialized process, along with the myriad of other services offered. These services include Miami tile and grout cleaning, as well as upholstery cleaning and mattress cleaning. One can find daily specials which, like all other services offered by Kwik Dry, come with their "No Hidden Fees Guarantee." The latest industry news is also regularly posted to keep clients informed on the most current cleaning developments. Furthermore, the new website enables clients to easily contact the company via phone, e-mail or a convenient online form. About Miami Kwik Dry Kwik Dry Carpet Cleaning has been providing superior cleaning services for all floors and fabrics since 1967. Their professional carpet cleaning staff offers total cleaning solutions and provides superior Miami upholstery cleaning, tile and grout cleaning and mattress cleaning. Honest, fast and effective service with no hidden fees is what distinguishes Miami Kwik Dry, as your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Visit them today at: www.miamikwikdry.com Add to Digg Bookmark with del.icio.us Add to Newsvine Published May. 24, 2011 Copyright © 2011 SYS-CON Media, Inc. — All Rights Reserved. Syndicated stories and blog feeds, all rights reserved by the author. <div class="authorbio" readability="15.3806451613">About Marketwire . Copyright © 2009 Marketwire. All rights reserved. All the news releases provided by Market Wire are copyrighted. Any forms of copying other than an individual user's personal reference without express written permission is prohibited. Further distribution of these materials is strictly forbidden, including but not limited to, posting, emailing, faxing, archiving in a public database, redistributing via a computer network or in a printed form.</div> </div>

Carpet cleaner robbed at apartment near Downtown - Indianapolis Star

Carpet cleaner robbed at apartment near Downtown - Indianapolis Star

<div id="GPage1" readability="77">A carpet cleaner was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday just north of Downtown.The cleaner had gone out on a call to an apartment at 739 W. 11th St. when two men held him up, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department report.The caller said a bathtub overflowed and carpet needed drying. The cleaner knocked on two doors in the building. In one, there was no answer. In the other, a woman who wouldn't open the door said he wasn't needed. As the cleaner turned to leave, two robbers approached him from behind.The gunmen stole the victim's wallet with $150, a Speedway gift card worth $15 and a cell phone.The victim was the second carpet cleaner to be robbed this week.Monday, a cleaner for a Carmel company was robbed at gunpoint while on the job a vacant Northeastside house.</div>

Home Care Industries, Inc. Announces Launch of the FebrezeÂ® Carpet Care Dance ... - PR Newswire (press release)

Home Care Industries, Inc. Announces Launch of the Febreze® Carpet Care Dance ... - PR Newswire (press release)

<div readability="157.526211822">   <div class="searchnews" id="dvTicker"> <div id="tickerrow"> You are already following  PG </div> </div> CLIFTON, N.J., May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Home Care Industries, Inc. announces the launch of "The Febreze® Carpet Care Dance While You Clean Video Contest" that will begin May 1, 2011 and run through December 31, 2011. Home Care Industries licenses the Febreze® brand for carpet cleaning products from The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG). The contest, which will be hosted on the febrezecarpetcare.com website, asks consumers to send in a video of them dancing with a vacuum or deep cleaning machine for a chance to win one of seven $1,000 monthly prizes (May – November) and, thereby, be entered in the December Dance Off for the $5,000 grand prize. The multi-tiered promotion was designed to generate awareness of how much more enjoyable carpet cleaning can be with the Febreze® Carpet Care product line by driving consumers to the febrezecarpetcare.com website to learn about both the contest and the products. The promotion benefits dance participants, all voters and retailers. To participate, consumers download one of six different musical selections representing a different genre of music to dance to (Urban, Country, Rock/Alternative, Latin, Pop, Dance/Electronica), record a video of themselves dancing and then submit it. Each month the video that receives the most votes will receive $1,000 and become a finalist in the December "Dance-Off" which will determine the grand prize winner to be awarded $5,000. Monthly winners will be announced a week after the months ends with the announcement of the Grand Prize Winner concluding the Contest in the first week of January, 2012. All consumers who register to vote will be entered into a weekly $100 sweepstakes and sent a Febreze® Coupon booklet with $14 worth of savings off both the Febreze® Carpet Care product line and other Febreze® favorites for use at retail stores! An integrated advertising campaign will promote the dance contest including rich media and online banner ads that will link to www.febrezecarpetcare.com/dancecontest. Additional elements will include social media and on package promotional stickers that will be found on the entire Febreze® Carpet Care product line. Participants and voters will have the ability to share the contest, submissions and / or favorite videos through Facebook and other easily accessible outlets such as Twitter, email and popular websites. The growing Febreze® Carpet Care product line now includes vacuum bags, filters, 2x Concentrated Carpet, Rug, & Upholstery Cleaners in both 28oz and 60oz bottles, and Spot & Stain Trigger Sprays all in the refreshing Febreze® scent of Spring & Renewal. "We know from consumer feedback that the refreshing scent of Febreze® is making the carpet care cleaning process fun – so much so it makes you want to dance while you clean. We developed this concept to make sure consumers experience the difference of using Febreze Carpet Care products, and then offer them significant savings on the product line when they visit our website," stated Stephen Fritz, Senior Vice President of Marketing of Home Care Industries, Inc. "The Febreze® Carpet Care It's A Dance Contest" concept and design was created by MME and built and powered by Votigo. About Home Care Industries, Inc. Home Care Industries, Inc. (HCI) is one of North America's leading floor care companies. Founded in 1959 as a vacuum bag manufacturer, Home Care has established itself as the pre-eminent supplier to the floor care industry through innovative product design, superior quality and unsurpassed customer service. HCI's extensive product line includes the broadest selection of styles and sizes available. Additionally, HCI is the filter supplier of choice for vacuum cleaner manufacturers with Home Care's Micro-Liner® micro-filtration bags which have set new standards of performance for filtration efficiency and allergen control while innovations like the Clean-Seal® Closure Collar have made bag disposal more user friendly. About Procter & Gamble Four billion times a day, P&G brands touch the lives of people around the world. The company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Febreze®, Pampers®, Tide®, Ariel®, Always®, Whisper®, Pantene®, Mach3®, Bounty®, Dawn®, Gain®, Charmin®, Downy®, Lenor®, Iams®, Crest®, Oral-B®, Duracell®, Olay®, Head & Shoulders®, Wella®, Gillette®, Braun® and Fusion®. The P&G community includes approximately 127,000 employees working in about 80 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com/ for the latest news and in-depth information about P&G and its brands. Votigo®: Votigo is a fast-growing, privately held company with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Boulder, CO, and Hyderabad, India. Votigo is a Facebook Preferred Developer Consultant and a leader in the social media promotions industry. The company was founded in 2006 to help businesses better engage their customers, build brand awareness, and increase revenue through the use of user-generated photo and video contests, interactive sweepstakes, and online promotions. Their campaigns run on Facebook, Twitter and stand-alone websites. Votigo works with leading brands and agencies including Ford, Coca-Cola, Intel, AOL, Sharpie, Sears, Dell, Shutterfly, DraftFCB, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Ogilvy, Wunderman, and Arnold Worldwide. About Manhattan Marketing Ensemble: MME is a full service marketing and advertising agency that focuses on Building Brands to drive results. They are unique in that the three owners are all former senior level marketing executives in consumer goods categories with clients such as The Coca-Cola Company, Lever Brothers, Lorillard and Paddington. This strong strategic core combined with breakthrough compelling creative and integrated capabilities have enabled MME to build long-term client relationships with many clients including Maxell Corporation of America, Nathan's Famous, ET Browne Drug Company, Affinia Hotels and Moet Hennessey among others. See www.mme.net for more information. Related Links Febreze Carpet Care Febreze Procter & Gamble MME Votigo SOURCE Home Care Industries, Inc. Back to top  RELATED LINKS http://www.febrezecarpetcare.com </div>

Economical 8.2 Bar Carpet Cleaning Equipment Now Available - Free Press Release Center (press release)

Economical 8.2 Bar Carpet Cleaning Equipment Now Available - Free Press Release Center (press release)

<div id=""> Daimers upgraded, cost-effective XTreme Power XPC-5750 series now provides twice the pump power in the identical heater-free configuration. <img src="http://www.free-press-release-center.info/print_icon.gif" border="0"/> Print View  WOBURN, MA, U.S.A. May 02, 2011 - Daimer Industries, Inc., recognized for supplying high performance, cost-effective carpet cleaning equipment, just made available a 50 Hz line of upgrades to its existing XTreme Power XPC-5750 line. The new machines feature 8.2 bar pumps in an unheated configuration designed for maximum mobility and ease-of-use on standard commercial applications."We were able to double the pump pressure of these value-packed machines without a major increase to the price," noted Daimer.coms carpet cleaning equipment and extraction systems manager Matthew Baratta. "Our raison dtre has historically been to provide the most power at the fairest prices -- and we believe that weve done it again with the new XPC-5750." Heater-Free MachinesThe enhanced Daimer's XPC-5750 carpet cleaning machines are outfitted with improved 8.2 bar pump units that replace 4.1 bar units in the preceding models. The systems are sold without heating systems. As a result, the units are low in price and easier to operate that more advanced machines. Daimer explains that the carpet cleaning equipment is designed light to standard commercial jobs.The no-heater configurations allow the carpet cleaning equipment to be used the most fragile rugs and carpets. For jobs requiring heat, the machines can accept added water as hot as 60C. The upgraded machines offer a Daimer's proprietary moisture-minimizing design which reduces rug drying times around 6 hours.As with the models predecessors, the new XPC-5750 carpet cleaning equipment offers high capacity that minimizes work-stoppage for refilling and emptying of onboard tanks. The carpet cleaner systems comes with 17-liter chambers for solution and 15.1-liter chambers for recovery. In addition, Daimer offers the machines with solution hoses in length sizes of 6.1 meters and vacuum hoses also measuring 6.1 meters.The enhanced 1,600-watt carpet cleaning equipment requires just one power cord and weigh less that 25 kilograms.The new carpet cleaners are available to customers in most countries and minimum orders apply. For additional information about Daimer carpet cleaning equipment, carpet cleaning machines, carpet cleaner products or carpet upholstery cleaner systems, visit http://www.daimer.com/carpet-cleaner/ or call Matthew Baratta at (888) 507-2220. About Daimer Industries, Inc.: Daimer, http://www.daimer.com/ , is a major supplier and worldwide exporter of the cleaning industry's leading line of KleenJet steam cleaners/vapor steam cleaners/steam cleaning equipment; Super Max(TM) commercial and industrial pressure washers, including cold water, hot water, and steam pressure washing machines; and XTreme Power floor cleaners, including carpet cleaners and hard surface cleaners.Contact:  Matthew Baratta, Daimer Industries, Inc.  16 Tower Office Park  Woburn, MA 01801  http://www.daimer.com/carpet-cleaning-equipment/  matt@daimer.com  (888) 507-2220<center> </center> Send an email to Matthew Baratta of Daimer Industries, Inc. (888) 507-2220 Keywords: carpet cleaning equipment, Carpet Cleaning Machines, Carpet Cleaner </div>

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