How are you vacuuming staircases

[Mikey P]

IMO, a staircase is the most neglected area in thr average home. Home owners rarely use a beaterbar vacuum on thier steps.

 

[Dolly Llama]

you have to make more than one choice on these polls, Cindy

I've done it lots of ways .
Manhandling the upright and pulling the hose to detail corners/edges

turbo tool combined with pulling the hose to detail

and lots of times I didn't vac at all

..L.T.A.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Depending on the degree of soiling cuff the edges and bullnose, if the tread needs it, the stair tool with a couple of dry passes.

Manhandling the upright does pretty good when needed. Those little turbine tools that come with the upright are a joke.

I like what Mark does with the baby CRB but we don't own any of those gizmos yet.

If we cleaned heavier soiled carpet I'd buy them but the majority of what we clean, is lightly soiled.

 

[steve_64]

With my glideless stair tool and 600 psi water pressure.

 

[Steve Lawrence]

CRB preconditioning Mark Saiger style. Best staircleaning we've ever done.

 

[Mikey P]

CRB preconditioning Mark Saiger style. Best staircleaning we've ever done.

Yeah, me to


But how do you pre vac?

 

[Kenny Hayes]

Okaaay. I do it like you want to do it, but with a backpack used as a canister
But I hate residential

 

[Steve Lawrence]

Yeah, me to


But how do you pre vac?

i answered that question in your survey.

™ vac hose usually.

 

[TConway]

I have used the little attachment head that comes on some vacuums, hooked to my TM hose loosely as to not blow it up

 

[Bob Pruitt]

Just bought my second Hoover PortaPower....delivered yesterday.
Keeping the old one... a year old... in the house because it gets used on my own tile every other day.
This powerful small vacuum gets used on every job...tile, edging carpet, upholstery and is perfect for stairs.
Just over a hundred dollars on Amazon.

 

[shadygrady]

RotVacStairPro.

 

[Steve Lawrence]

Just bought my second Hoover PortaPower....delivered yesterday.
Keeping the old one... a year old... in the house because it gets used on my own tile every other day.
This powerful small vacuum gets used on every job...tile, edging carpet, upholstery and is perfect for stairs.
Just over a hundred dollars on Amazon.

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I just got mine. It's pretty cool. I especially like the designs on the tools. It's getting better all the time. Everybody sing along.

 

[BIG WOOD]

It's just another un-needed tool to bring in the house on the job. Especially for you guys who use vans with very little storage space. Just use your normal vacuum and suck out the corners with your tm hose when you HWE them.

http://mikeysboard.com/threads/whic...chments-to-prevac-stairs.283530/#post-4450026

 

[Mikey P]

It's just another un-needed tool to bring in the house on the job. Especially for you guys who use vans with very little storage space. Just use your normal vacuum and suck out the corners with your tm hose when you HWE them.

http://mikeysboard.com/threads/whic...chments-to-prevac-stairs.283530/#post-4450026

If you're going to contradict Jim Pemberton, drive around with a trailer AND buy a fooking ZeroRez franchise I'm going to be forced to give you a permanent Idiot Avatar.

 

[Cleanworks]

If you're going to contradict Jim Pemberton, drive around with a trailer AND buy a fooking ZeroRez franchise I'm going to be forced to give you a permanent Idiot Avatar.

Isn't that Marty's job?

 

[BIG WOOD]

If you're going to contradict Jim Pemberton, drive around with a trailer AND buy a fooking ZeroRez franchise I'm going to be forced to give you a permanent Idiot Avatar.

Who said I contradicted Jim on anything? And I don't see myself buying a franchise any time soon. I was just wanting to talk to the guys who jumped into it and see if they've regretted doing it. I'm far from being an idiot.

 

[Old Coastie]

At ease, Matt; he has been forced to live in Californiastan all his life, so ya gotta allow for that.

 

[BIG WOOD]

At ease, Matt; he has been forced to live in Californiastan all his life, so ya gotta allow for that.

Old Coastey's got my back!!!

 

[Old Coastie]

Well, I lived in Georgia.

Then they let me out.

 

[BIG WOOD]

I'm still wondering what I said that insulted Jim

 

[Jimmy L]

Please reach out and give Jim some love............be kind and polite.

Let your anger go..........take some time to meditate now.

 

[Doug Rice]

My Shark Rotator Lift Away Pro. I keep it all together and use the beater bar on tread and stair nose. It's the ONLY Shark you can hold onto and do stairs.

 

[Mikey P]

Jim knows the Porta Power is the ul

Who said I contradicted Jim on anything? And I don't see myself buying a franchise any time soon. I was just wanting to talk to the guys who jumped into it and see if they've regretted doing it. I'm far from being an idiot.

Jim will tell u that the Hoover is a MB Must Have.

 

[BIG WOOD]

Jim knows the Porta Power is the ul



Jim will tell u that the Hoover is a MB Must Have.

Give Jim my apologies. I didn't mean to bash him

 

[shadygrady]

Sandlot compared to the RV StairPro.

 

[hogjowl]

Jim knows upholstery.

Chavez knows restoration.

I wouldn't ask Reeko about vacuums either.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Really? Dude we own sooo many vacuums. Dozens of HEPAs in all sorts of sizes and styles.

 

[Kevin De Medeiros]

Picked up this little vac for 35 bucks two weeks ago. For residential stairs its actually pretty decent for the money and beats manhandling the upright. Also used it on a couple nasty couches covered in dog hair.

 

[steve_64]

It will start stinking soon.

 

[Mikey P]

Picked up this little vac for 35 bucks two weeks ago. For residential stairs its actually pretty decent for the money and beats manhandling the upright. Also used it on a couple nasty couches covered in dog hair. View attachment 73271

I have the new version of that..
Works great but the filter cloggs up quick