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My name is Dan and I am a carpetman hence the name. I learned the trade from my father in the late Sixty’s & early Seventy’s. In 1973 I went on my own installing carpet for Olsen Rugs. In 1975 I became a Union installer and shortly thereafter foreman. I ran jobs installing carpet in Marshall Fields and Carson Pirie Scott stores as well as many downtown Chicago businesses.
Being a professional installer, one question always asked of me was “How should I clean my carpet?” My response would always be “I don’t know but don’t choose a method that is too wet. I have seen many times, carpet ruined by over wetting. I was once attending an industry association dinner which had the president of a very prestigious mill speaking. I asked him what he thought about hot water extraction cleaning and he felt the same way as I did “Don’t recommend it!” I asked him what he recommended. He told me that after extensive testing that the best carpet cleaning was Host Dry Extraction® carpet cleaning. I had never heard of it. I told everyone who asked about Host cleaning. They would look up Host cleaners in the phone book only to be disappointed in their search results. I then had a revelation! If I were to become as professional Host® cleaner as well as an installer, I could guarantee the carpet installations 10 years as long as they weren’t cleaned with water.
I always knew the three things that could make a
carpet installation fail were 1) improper stretching
during installation, 2) poor quality padding that
would fail early or not provide proper support
causing backing separation, 3) Improper cleaning
& over wetting causing the carpet to loose its
stretch or to delaminate. In 1981 I went through
Host® Training School and became a certified
cleaning technician and joined the Host®
Professional Cleaners Association and added
Host® Dry Extraction cleaning to my business.
Since then I added Certified Carpet Inspector
to my résumé. I have trained many carpet installers
and carpet cleaners. I have always noticed that
I can teach how to clean but can’t teach what I
have a natural instinct for and that is how to
adapt to new never-before seen problems. I’ve
learned that if I want the job done right I’ll
have to do it myself. So you won’t find me sitting
in an office. I am on the job doing it myself.
Being a professional installer, one question always asked of me was “How should I clean my carpet?” My response would always be “I don’t know but don’t choose a method that is too wet. I have seen many times, carpet ruined by over wetting. I was once attending an industry association dinner which had the president of a very prestigious mill speaking. I asked him what he thought about hot water extraction cleaning and he felt the same way as I did “Don’t recommend it!” I asked him what he recommended. He told me that after extensive testing that the best carpet cleaning was Host Dry Extraction® carpet cleaning. I had never heard of it. I told everyone who asked about Host cleaning. They would look up Host cleaners in the phone book only to be disappointed in their search results. I then had a revelation! If I were to become as professional Host® cleaner as well as an installer, I could guarantee the carpet installations 10 years as long as they weren’t cleaned with water.
I always knew the three things that could make a
carpet installation fail were 1) improper stretching
during installation, 2) poor quality padding that
would fail early or not provide proper support
causing backing separation, 3) Improper cleaning
& over wetting causing the carpet to loose its
stretch or to delaminate. In 1981 I went through
Host® Training School and became a certified
cleaning technician and joined the Host®
Professional Cleaners Association and added
Host® Dry Extraction cleaning to my business.
Since then I added Certified Carpet Inspector
to my résumé. I have trained many carpet installers
and carpet cleaners. I have always noticed that
I can teach how to clean but can’t teach what I
have a natural instinct for and that is how to
adapt to new never-before seen problems. I’ve
learned that if I want the job done right I’ll
have to do it myself. So you won’t find me sitting
in an office. I am on the job doing it myself.
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