Vacuums

[Floorist]

Several carpet mills are putting notes in their carpet rolls warning: The use of Oreck or Dyson vacuums will void all warranties."

 

[globalwf]

Yes,

And thank you for the information. Then if that so,
What vacuum we should used to clean our carpet?

Thank you.

 

[Michelle]

Several carpet mills are putting notes in their carpet rolls warning: The use of Oreck or Dyson vacuums will void all warranties."

Dysons? Why is that?

I work in a carpet store; I haven’t heard this…….

 

[Floorist]

These vacuums have a very hard beater bar. It can abrade the carpet yarn and also take out the twist so the carpet "uglies" out. Kirby vacuums have also been found to damage some carpets. Most mills recommend the use of vacuums without a beater bar. Carpets that are vacuumed 2 or 3 times a week, as suggested, can be kept clean with a suction-only vacuum.

 

[Floorist]

The ones that seem to cause the most problems are the non-adjustable head ones, the brush goes down till it encounters enough resistance that it can no longer drop. This WILL eat the tips of the fibers.