Hi All,

A little while ago I was given a batch of pretty sound carpet tiles
that I thought might be good in the hall, spare / work room in the
interim (so probably another 10 years then) ;-)

I asked here about giving them a clean up any one of the replies was
'give em a good scrubbing in the bath' and that's what I've just done
(to 20 of them anyway).

I was amazed how dirty the water was afterwards in spite of them
'looking' pretty clean and being well 'Hoovered' before they were
lifted up.

I then gave then a quick rinse with the pressure washer (on the patio
... shame I don't have a garden) and now they are spread about in the
sun to dry.

After washing them I layed them across a dustbin and had a cuppa and
afterwards was amazed how much water had drained from all of them,
considering they were in a big sopping stack?

So when dry, I can put them down (easier than fighting with roll of
carpet) and they can still be easily be lifted as I continue my wiring
upgrades (replacing the 15 year old Cat3 and old distributed TV
cable).

Oh, and none of the noise and the walking-on-gravel feel of laminate
either ;-)

And all for the cost of some hot water and some washing powder!

All the best and thanks to those who advised re the cleaning ..

T i m