Drain Portable While Upstairs

Years of carpet cleaning has taught me that using extra hoses and leaving your machine on the main floor is the way to go...why risk the health of your back hauling the machine up and down the stairs?

I always dump my dirty water down the clients toilet...just make sure not to leave the toilet looking dirty when you leave.

This is completely the wrong way. At first keep the carpet cleaner on the ground floor & attach long hose pipes to it. It's the good idea to flow all the dirty water in the toilet. Just flush it. I suggest you to buy Rotovac Powerwand, if you dislike Ninja.

Foolingyu has it figured out not to haul the portable up the stairs. She went a step further and bought a Rotovac 360i and really saved her back & bones.

Work Smarter Not Harder

Good Plan John.


If the Ninja has the more powerful 3 stage vacs in it 50 ft is not going to be a problem Even 75' can be done with good results.

The normal 2 - 2 stage model that most cleaners have will also do 50 ft. But understand that recovery will be reduced. Compensate for this by doing an extra drying pass on the carpet to remove more water. At least until you get back to 25 ft of hose.

KeithGP wrote: I have the dual 2-stage with heat. I can only use ONE stage at the moment until I take it in to the shop to see why my second stage sparks and arcs electricity when I turn it on.

Is it a 2 cord machine?

KeithGP wrote: Superglide Ken wrote: Is it a 2 cord machine? Yes, 2 cords.

Most likely a defective vac motor IMO.

Just replace it with a new one . Should cost you less than $200.00 to do that.

If the old one costs less than $50 to fix, fix it. Probably needs the brushes replaced on the armiture. If it is more serious than that, throw it away and buy a spare motor instead.

You should always have a spare vac motor and pump anyway.

The loss to your reputation if it breaks down on the job and you can't fix it right away will cost you far more, not to mention the loss of income from down time.