Mark Saiger
Mr Happy!
And I did prevac first....first with the customers Shop Vac...then with mine! One hour to pick up and vac...and get the owner out of the way! 
Voilà!
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Desk Jockey
Member
Nice job!
Shit, for a second there I flashed back to the 70's.
Shit, for a second there I flashed back to the 70's.
realclean
Member
Did you have to adjust the Zipper for that carpet?
Mark Saiger
Mr Happy!
No, actually I even called Erik today to tell him I think that wider foot print and space really helps even more with the Zipper control, and no wheelie effect....
The thing just floated easy peasy.....
Mark Saiger
Mr Happy!
Nice job!
Shit, for a second there I flashed back to the 70's.
over 100 year old building....
Actually, was a Bordello up here during early times...
Even on the front of the building it still has the "Red Light Socket"
The owner (now the son) told me he just took the outside bulb out of it this year....Bulb has not been red for many years....
This son also told me many stories about the place....Where Grandma's room used to be.... (which was just off to the left in the large living room
20 steps to get to the top of the this place....
Cleanworks
Moderator
So, how much did you charge for doing Grandma's Whorehouse? Or did you work it off in trade?
Wow nice job! That zipper rocks! Weather looks nice still as well all that place is missing is the tie up for the horses..
Mark Saiger
Mr Happy!
I cleaned that exact same carpet yesterday in a rental with very similar results. Turned out pretty damn nice for 30+ year old carpet.
Steve Lawrence
Member
Looks great, as if you used an RE!
Desk Jockey
Member
But with no power cord in the way!
Mikey P
Administrator
Those old nylons were the best. I doubt the crap used today as anything in common other than the name.
Bob Pruitt
Member
Those old nylon carpets always came out great...seems like they never wore out but as decorating ideas and colors changed they uglied out. Maybe Carpet Manufacturers should re-visit the way the older carpets were made.
Nate The Great
Member
There's no money in something that lasts that long.. Vinyl flooring and laminate are cheaper to produce and has a higher profit margin than carpet... With our society soo price conscious these days due to EVERT HING MADE IN CHINA, it won't sustain the cost to product lasting goods...
Refer to Shabbos post regrading the shearing and skinning the sheep analogy...
I still clean carpet my pops sold over 30 years ago.. Crazy how well it always cleans up and looks after..
Bob Pruitt
Member
I agree with you but a small point I was trying to make is very little of the old stuff survived...not because it wore out but because fashion and decor changed. People thought of it as ugly and dated so tore it out. So it did turn over and would turn over but yes...it would last longer than current carpets.
Mark Saiger
Mr Happy!
While I was cleaning it, I was thinking the same....ugly...but dang durable for the most part....
and I bet in another 10 years, it could possibly still be there even though the owner was talking about tearing it out in a year and putting in a laminate.....ugh!
I hate laminate floors, not just losing carpet...just hate laminate.....
and I bet in another 10 years, it could possibly still be there even though the owner was talking about tearing it out in a year and putting in a laminate.....ugh!
I hate laminate floors, not just losing carpet...just hate laminate.....
Nate The Great
Member
I believe it was Ed York who coined the phrase "Carpet doesn't wear out, it ugly out"..... Way back when...... It's true to an extent.... I've seen carpet fibers disintegrate from the vacuum and our tropical climate.... The wrong carpet was sold not rated for the intended in-use... The flooring contractor kept it hush hush and was only replacing the carpet if people complained about it and wouldn't go away.... Your talking 44 floors with 10 units per floor....
They got away with it, but in all honesty a class action law suit should have been filed.... This isn't the first time "they" used the wrong carpet for the rated in-use....
They got away with it, but in all honesty a class action law suit should have been filed.... This isn't the first time "they" used the wrong carpet for the rated in-use....
Bob Pruitt
Member
I bet I got it from him but was so long ago I didn't remember that.
