When your friend with a business and home cleaning business recommends you go rent your carpet cleaner from a local independent spot like Rogers Rent-all instead of grabbing a Rug Doctor from Safeway, you listen. At least I listen. "They're good guys over there," he said. And guess what, they are!!
I needed to steam clean the rugs in my apartment after I moved out. I phoned up Rogers to make sure they had a unit available for me to pick up. They sure did! There was a little residential cleaner and a few small commercial units available. The commercial units looked way more easy and fun to deal with (yes I did call a steam cleaner fun!). It came with a nice long hose so I didn't have to cart the entire cleaner around the whole room. Anyway, after we got the paperwork all finished up, they helped me pack it in my car and I was on my way.
I'm especially grateful I got the commercial grade carpet cleaner because of a little project I did last January in my apartment. It may have involved closet doors and red spray paint to make a shell for a photo booth. I thought I had everything covered in the long hallway... but that pesky spray paint residue floated into other areas of my apartment. So there were places that were a nice pinky colour. It's nothing a few passes with the steam cleaner couldn't fix! That carpet looked as good as new.
I brought the machine back on Wednesday afternoon just after lunch. As I was grabbing it and the hose out of my car, a couple of the employees were coming back from their break. Did they walk right by me? Nope. They stopped, took the equipment from me and carried it inside for me... while holding the door open. How's that for serviice?
I got my deposit on the machine back with no hassle at all. It ended up costing me around $65 + GST for the rental in the end.
Rogers Rent-all has a whole lot more than just carpet cleaners, though I'm not sure I'll ever need the rest of their rental equipment. But my cleaner friend was right, they are good guys over there at Rogers!!!