Marty. You should have seen the job i had today. A vacant office building with 3k sqft of CGD. The place was a total mess. Broken glass and paper clips everywhere. It took me an hour just to vacuum and edge the place.
Be honest, what percentage of stairwells really need the riser cleaned?
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hogjowl
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How many vacuums did you break?
Mikey P
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Mikey P
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Maybe Matt would know if my Extender Benders will work with it, IM guess it they will, so insted of spray down, and soaking the riser, it'll strike right behind my flat face'd Glide.
I would want to install and test before sending it on to you.
hogjowl
Idiot™
That would be no fun for either of us.
Mikey P
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Mikey P
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If you're right handed a tool like that is nearly impossible to get to the left side of a stair threshold let alone the riser.
29 in is about max for a fella your size
hogjowl
Idiot™
I don’t even know what tool we’re talking about
Mikey P
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That 40" straight PMF
Sierra Clean Care
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That PMF in a 30” version, with a FF glide, tweaked jets, would be my personal preference for a stair tool.
HOWEVER, the 40” is what I’ve been using for almost 12 years…
HOWEVER, the 40” is what I’ve been using for almost 12 years…
your extender benders are probably the best thing you've come out with. I used your flat faced glide for the first time yesterday and was very pleased.
You really need to check yourself and take my feedback seriously. I used more stair wands on my career than you've probably heard of, because a man of my height 6'5" isn't very confortable cleaning stairs with stair tools, so I found the perfect shape to clean stairs with only 1 tool. I've read that people on here have used 2 tools (wast of time) to clean risers and landings. This is a job, not a hobby.
I’ve admitted where I was wrong on my feeedback of tools, (zipper was one example)
over all my rantings of my frustration with these overpriced tools out there, feel free to ask
Your back will punish you if you use that tool
The curve at the handle will fix that problem and risers will be no problem.
hogjowl
Idiot™
Oh
No thanks
hogjowl
Idiot™
That’s only half true
Mikey’s right about you
hogjowl
Idiot™
I have a regular hair wiener dog. She’s a great pet, but don’t get one if barking annoys you.
Mikey P
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Chief was home alone for 8 hours today...
Explain how I’m wrong. I used one for one day and it was the most awkward tool and my back felt sore at the end of the job.
Mikey P
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cough!
hogjowl
Idiot™
The curve at the handle doesn’t make cleaning risers “no problem.”
You're right, but it saves your back from being terribly sore at the end of the job.
The straight connection at the head of the wand makes it no problem. The curve at the handle just helps you not want to bend over, like that pmf straight wand pictured above. When it's totally straight, you are needing to adjust your stance to keep a solid connection parallel to the carpet, which causes you to bend over. Put a curve at the handle and your back won't be sore
But if you put a curve at the head, creating the "S" shape, your wand will have to be positioned too far forward while doing the risers, which will cause the vacuum hose to want to pinch, making the risers very awkward because you'll be trying to clean and maintain the hose.
Mike, is that a good enough explanation? I"m not the average rug sucking idiot. I could clean around you guys while you're still setting up.
Both of you are ignorant. Mike, I'm sorry, but your stair tool isn't perfect. I have the pmf "S" shaped one and I rarely use it for that reason.
Marty.......ahhh, I'm tired of explaining you
Mikey P
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It's the best I've ever used.
KevinD
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Percentage of risers that really need to be cleaned? I have no idea.
Percentage of risers I cleaned in 40+ years? 100% of them.
Percentage of risers I cleaned in 40+ years? 100% of them.
Everyone, all day long. Never skip a riser!!
Living The Dream
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I agree with your statement, however I don't think that a riser needs to be soaking wet to be considered clean.
If it's soaking wet its not clean.
