Settle an argument

jester77

So I was using the vacuum cleaner at the weekend to clear up some sand from the wooden floor and carpets. It is one of those styles that has a hose with attachments at the end and the main attachment has one button/lever. When you press it a little brush protrudes down.

Now, I always put the brush down for when I am vacuuming the carpet, the logic being that it spreads the carpet making it easier to vacuum up dirt, and that if you have the brush down when you are vacuuming the floors you are basically just pushing the dirt around in front of you.

However my girlfriend says that you put the brush down when you are vacuuming the floors so that you don't scratch the wood and that you leave it up when on carpets so that it is easier to move across them.

So what says AH, who is right?

caustic 1

Up for carpets down for floors you fool.

Vicar in a tutu

Your girlfriends right..

smcgiff

caustic 1 wrote: »

Up for carpets down for floors you fool.

Agreed, very hard to vacuum a carpet with the bristles down. I remember this from the one time in my life that I've used a vacuum cleaner.

club goldgrain

take the top piece of and vaccuum the carpet with the nosel only

Systemic Risk

Your gf is right.

club goldgrain

Vicar in a tutu wrote: »

Your girlfriends right..

aren't they always?

Vicar in a tutu

Obviously ! :pac:

Dacelonid

Systemic Risk wrote: »

Your gf is right.

I prefer to phrase it as "The OP is wrong"

Up for carpets or you'd never get anything done

monkeysnapper

I hate carpets, I always get burns on my knees .

Sergeant

The relationship is doomed to be honest.

You cannot brush such issues under the carpet.

JD DABA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCC_b5WHLX0

Surveyor11

I'm going to go against the grain on this one - I put the brush down on the carpet and helps to dislodge bits and bobs ground into the carpet. Agree it is slower though. In saying that, the brush on the hoover is fecked from doing this.....

kal7

+1

I am for brush down on carpet, otherwise all bits don't get dislodged and then free to be sucked up.

club goldgrain

Surveyor11 wrote: »

I'm going to go against the grain on this one - I put the brush down on the carpet and helps to dislodge bits and bobs ground into the carpet. Agree it is slower though. In saying that, the brush on the hoover is fecked from doing this.....

thats why i use just the nosel/hose on the carpet...
just sweep the fecken floor

Badly Drunk Boy

I don't see why you'd need to clean a vacuum...

Candy_Girl

Your girlfriend is right, end of.

jester77

I hate admitting to being wrong

Looks like I will have to retire from domestic chores.

Full.Duck

I go by the little symbol. The long one for carpets the short one for tiles and wooden floors

Cienciano

Tell your girlfriend that if she's such an expert that maybe she should be doing the hoovering. Then walk out and slam the door behind you.

The Backwards Man

You're all wrong.

Brush down to dislodge the dirt, brush up to suck it up.

McDermotX

Your other half is wrong, at least about this one thing anyway. Brush is there to agitate the fibres of the carpet/rug in order to dislodge any crap.
Having the brush down on the hard floor can tend to push dirt around in some cases, but if it works, fine. But it's always brush down on carpet.

Tell her to cop on.

Gran Hermano

RTFM

gramar

I would have thought the brush would have been more logical to use on the carpet but I'm a man so what do I know.

If anyone knows it's the shake and vac woman Jenny Logan.

T-Maxx

Up on carpet, down on hard floors.

Get the roto brush unit if you need the carpet brushed.

castletownman

The more pertinent question is: why wasn't she doing the hoovering in the first place? :pac:

caustic 1

Looks like I will have to retire from domestic chores.

Not at all, everyone allowed to make mistakes, try again only this time do it right .tsk.

Soups123

I'll ask the maid when I get in this evening and contribute to the thread tomorrow

shruikan2553

I put the brush down because otherwise the bits stuck in the carpet wont come out. I am a man so cleaning isnt my expertise. My girlfriend doesnt know, I will suggest she cleans until she works it out.

Boombastic

jester77 wrote: »

I hate admitting to being wrong

Looks like I will have to retire from domestic chores.

Looks like your plan has worked and now you think you can rest up because you can't do the chores properly.....I know your game and it's more practice and training you need, not retirement!!

El Guapo!

I always thought the brush was meant to be used on the carpets??
I'm with you on this one, OP.

Gmol

naturally the 'man is always right' is the correct answer on the poll, you are wrong which implies you are female, you also have a girlfriend which is the real story here

Sierra 117

Soups123 wrote: »

I'll ask the maid when I get in this evening and contribute to the thread tomorrow

Tell your mam that AH says hi.

:pac:

hoodwinked

normally its brush up on the carpet and brush down on floors, BUT


there is an exception, if you have a hairy pet (like a dog) then you need to put the brush down on the carpets/mats to catch all the pet hair.

some vacuum cleaners even give an extra 'pet tool' with theirs which is basically a nozzle with a brush.

scoobydoobie

Brush down on carpet to remove hair, for tiles and wood floors use a sweeping brush.

kylith

Your girlfriend is right; the brush stops hard floors from getting scratched and also stops the hoover suctioning itself onto the floor. However I use the brush on carpets too because I find it does a better job of removing hair that way.

caustic 1

Yeah but sweeping with a brush only rises dust and then every surface has to be wiped down ...ain't nobody got time for that.

Round 1 to your missus.