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CarmineD
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Re: For those who doubt Dysons quality.
Reply #9 Apr 20, 2010 7:28 am |
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25 year old carpet? Is that all? We had a 40 year old one and it was hideous, hideous, hideous! Wall to wall starting in the living room and went all through the hall to our 4 spare bedrooms. My parents only kept it because it came with the house and was certified 100% wool which for the UK back in the 1960s that stuff was like gold dust. The Canadian guy who built the house for his own family had no taste whatsoever; Thunderbirdd wall paper in the kitchen, pink ceilings, green walls in the bedrooms and tasteless wall coverings in other parts of the home. The bathrooms had SMURF wall paper! I recall having to rip the wool carpet up and oh the bags I went through that day turfing red Scottish tartan carpets never mind the Sebo bags that filled with carpet underlay and general dust that hadn't been lifted for about 40 years!
I got quite a shock the first time I washed the carpets I can tell you!
What amazed the agent is that we had an English yellow lab that shed year round in the house for the last 9 years in the home. She said if she didn't see the lab she would never know. NO stains. No smell. No hair. I vacuumed daily. Carpets were wool too. I opine that quality/performance of vacuums can be imputed to how long they keep your carpets looking and feeling new. Here in the USA, HOOVER stamped on vacuums not just "Beats, as it sweeps, as it cleans," but also "HOOVER makes rugs last longer." HOOVER did so for many years. No other vacuum maker would/could. 25 years is a long carpet life for w-t-w. Why? When the house is empty it's easy to see new carpet versus old worn. If a seasoned real estate agent can't see this difference in carpets with 25 years of age and specifically says keep the carpets you have then the vacuums/homeowners are maintaining rugs properly.
Carmine D.
This message was modified Apr 20, 2010 by CarmineD
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