Received: from ANDROMEDA.ECE.CMU.EDU by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU; 13 Apr 88 17:17:30 EDT Received: by andromeda.ece.cmu.edu (5.51/5.17) id AA04648; Wed, 13 Apr 88 17:11:14 EDT Date: Wed, 13 Apr 88 17:11:14 EDT From: Saul Kravitz Message-Id: <8804132111.AA04648@andromeda.ece.cmu.edu> To: bovik@k.gp.cs.cmu.edu Subject: Carpet Cleaning *************************Message 1********************* To: Saul.Kravitz@andromeda.ece Subject: steam cleaners Date: Tue, 12 Apr 88 10:24:50 EDT From: Ellen.Walker@IUS1.CS.CMU.EDU The following information is rather old, but perhaps it will help. ------- Forwarded Messages Received: from CMU-EE-FARADAY.ARPA by CMU-CS-IUS.ARPA; 22 Jun 84 12:52:07 EDT Received: by cmu-ee-faraday (4.12/4.7) id ; Fri, 22 Jun 84 12:48:59 edt; Date: Fri, 22 Jun 84 12:48:59 edt From: Bob Walker Message-Id: <8406221648.AA25989@cmu-ee-faraday> To: rpf@spice Subject: steam cleaners Cc: elw@i Fitz, As I recall, the place was called something like "Chemical Supply Company" or something like that - not really obvious. We can look at our receipt at home and send you the name. The rates were something like $25 for one day (they deliver it around 8 or 9 one morning and pick it up the next morning), or $35 for the weekend (deliver Friday morning, pick up Monday morning). Quarts of cleaning fluid were $4 or so, and we used 2, I think (they will send over more if you want and then give you credit for any that you don't open). Quarts of spot-cleaner were about the same, and we used 1, but could easily have used more (this stuff is good not only for spots, but for heavily travelled areas). Basically, what you get is a big wet/dry vacuum with a water-supply tank attached to it. You fill the water tank with 5 gallons or so of water, dump in 1/4 cup of cleaner (amounts are probably wrong here), plug in the cord, connect up the hose to the vacuum and to the sprayer, and turn it on. Water and cleaner squirts out five jets, and is (almost) immediately sucked up by the vacuum. One tank of stuff does about one room. It seemed like a reasonable deal to us. The rugs didn't get perfectly clean, and maybe a professional cleaner could have done better, but they did get somewhat cleaner. More spot remover would have helped. - bob ------- Message 2 Received: from CMU-EE-FARADAY.ARPA by CMU-CS-IUS.ARPA; 22 Jun 84 23:12:39 EDT Received: by cmu-ee-faraday (4.12/4.7) id ; Fri, 22 Jun 84 23:13:54 edt; Date: Fri, 22 Jun 84 23:13:54 edt From: Bob Walker Message-Id: <8406230313.AA03457@cmu-ee-faraday> To: rpf@spice Subject: cleaners (followup) Cc: elw@i The place is listed in the phone book as 'West Penn Chemical Supply Co' with the phone number 885-7070. Receipt shows the same prices as in my last mail, plus tax. - bob ------- End of Forwarded Messages ***************************End Message 1*********************** ***************************Message 2 ************************** Date: Tue 12 Apr 88 13:13:11-EDT From: Penny Anderson Subject: carpet cleaning To: Saul.Kravitz@ANDROMEDA.ECE.CMU.EDU We rented a steam cleaner from our local Giant Eagle and had mixed results. We got our carpets clean, but the first machine we rented had a missing part, no one at the store understood anything about the machines, and the second machine gave up the ghost after doing nearly the whole job moderately well. We decided we were done. I won't do it this way again. Maybe one of those "we rent everything" places would be more likely to have reliable machines. Good luck. ------- ***************************End Message 2*********************** ***************************Message 3 ************************** To: kravitz@andromeda.ece.cmu.edu Subject: carpet cleaning service Date: Tue, 12 Apr 88 13:59:24 EDT From: Grace Downey You may wish to give Jim Hadad, owner of Hadad's Cleaning Serive a call at 823-4651 They do carpeting, and they also steam clean upholstered furniture. It is a small business, and he is trying to build a good reputation, so I'm sure they will do a good job for you. Please let him know that Mrs. Robert Downey sent you, and that you work at CMU. Mrs. Robert Downey (ie. Grace Downey) ***************************End Message 3***********************