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Repairing a Rug Doctor Mighty Pro Carpet Cleaner

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Here at A3 Machines we Retail, Lease, Hire, Repair and Service all types of floor cleaning machinery from large ride on machines down to small Carpet Cleaners such as in this case the Rug Doctor Mighty Pro . We also offer a full maintenance solution and on this occasion we received a call from a customer at a care home regarding their Rug Doctor carpet cleaning machine which they reported was failing to pump water.  The care home was located in the market town of  Boston , Lincolnshire  which sits on the edge of the Wash.  Boston is also a port town, with a local economy which thrives from the production of food; including vegetables and potatoes – and the logistics companies which deal with the transport of the food around the country. Assessing the Rug Doctor Our engineer made the journey to the care home in Boston, to see what he could do to get their Rug Doctor Mighty Pro working again. As the customer was based in a care home, the premises had a large amoun...

Selecting a Floor Cleaning Machine for North Wales Nursing Home

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Following a response from one of our marketing programs we were asked to visit a private nursing home in North Wales who were interested in a floor cleaning machine. Assessing the Floor Cleaning Requirements of a Nursing Home The home caters for elderly people with dementia and is situated in a very large old manor house. The majority of the floors are carpeted with the exception of the dining hall, slouch room, bathrooms and resident’s private bathrooms.  The home consists of twenty bedrooms, all with en suite shower rooms, three residents’ lounges, one dining room, a large kitchen, staff room, two large bathrooms and a slouch room. All rooms are accessed via a long hallway with the carpets in all areas require cleaning and sanitising at least once weekly but realistically, this can be a daily occurrence.  As always, our sales staff had asked all the right questions to enable to us take with us the best floor cleaning machine capable of doing the job to the highe...

Prochem Polaris 800 Repair at Private Nursing Home in Wolverhampton

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We were contacted by a private nursing home in Wolverhampton in the West Midlands. They had seen our website and wondered whether or not we could advise them of a company who could perform machine repairs to their Prochem Polaris 800. They had contacted us as Wolverhampton isn’t that far from our head office in Soudley and we were very pleased to inform them that we had a number of mobile engineers who could perform repairs across the UK and would be more than happy to send the next available. Assessing the Machine An engineer was sent to the nursing home in Wolverhampton the very same day to inspect the machine and isolate the source of the problem. As a large private nursing home, the carpets see a lot of use, from the residents and staff to visitors who are constantly coming and going. Naturally, when dealing with elderly people afflicted with various illnesses, spillage and staining is quite common. As such, not just for presentation purposes, but also to meet hygiene st...