Tedious request for help

[brixtonbrood]

Does anyone know anything about carpet cleaners. We are in dire need of a professional clean, but the trade is notorious for rip-offs and people who at best do a crap job, or at worst ruin your carpet - checking with the National Carpet Cleaners Association tells me that most of the people in the Yellow Pages who claim to be members are flat out lying, which doesn't help my confidence.
Any tips? I have got one recommendation from a work colleague, although they share their phone number with a Queen tribute band, which doesn't inspire confidence (it's amazing what Google will tell you - I'd never used it on a phone number before - though it's possible the band number is a typo).

Comments

share their phone number with a Queen tribute band

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

That doesn't seem so very unlikely to me:


See also Another One Bites the Dustbuster, Under Pressure (Washer), etc etc...

Re: share their phone number with a Queen tribute band

[brixtonbrood.livejournal.com]

Hmm, maybe not the right man for the job if you're looking for fewer unexplained stains on your carpet...

Re: share their phone number with a Queen tribute band

[vicarage.livejournal.com]

We Will Suck You, Flash (one capful in a bucket), Don't Slop Me Now and of course Good Old-Fashioned Hoover-Boy.

Isn't it frustrating when you ask a serious question, and we just pun away!

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

If you're feeling strong, hire the equipment and do it yourself?

[brixtonbrood.livejournal.com]

I think I'm just as capable of ruining my carpets as even the most incompetent cowboy.

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Any equipment which you can easily hire, should be quite difficult to misused that badly ... and it's a cheaper way to ruin your carpets, anyhow, with the satisfaction of knowing you've done the job yourself :-)