M.Acorn

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #20 on: February 12, 2014, 12:50:36 pm »
Getting closer Hector, but no not there.


Susan that is very kind of you to offer, I am near Huntingdon,so quite a way fro you guys I guess, not got the job yet, but will give him some options when I go see it tomorrow.
Have done large areas, with a helper, and yeah it's very hard work,but I am not work shy, check my yell.com page for pics, as they are on my desktop and can't be bothered to go up into the office an turn that on  ;D
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M.Acorn

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #21 on: February 18, 2014, 02:47:55 pm »
Booked, gonna be a slog, but worth it   ;D
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wayne zabel

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #22 on: February 18, 2014, 04:04:39 pm »
Good luck,Ive just done 250 square metres of offices and I found doing that a nightmare.Glad I don't do a lot of commercial jobs.

gwrightson

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #23 on: February 18, 2014, 04:07:34 pm »
Good luck,Ive just done 250 square metres of offices and I found doing that a nightmare.Glad I don't do a lot of commercial jobs.

Did 400 sq metres   yesterday afternoon.

DODDLE  :)   

Give me commercial any time

Geoff
who ever said dont knock before u try ,i never tried dog crap but i know i wouldnt like  haha

M.Acorn

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #24 on: February 18, 2014, 04:12:50 pm »
I don't mind them Wayne, got a helper with me, so will soon get through it, not sure if I will book anything in for the following Monday though, as my body takes a bit longer to recover these days.
Did burghess hall in St Ives a couple of years back, 2 of us 2 days that was 11 thousand sq ft, so it's do able, that was with my Steempro
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M.Acorn

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #25 on: February 18, 2014, 04:21:03 pm »






Plus the upstairs bar, foyer and a long hallway
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Darran Pryce

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #27 on: February 18, 2014, 05:19:21 pm »
How long did it take you to do and how much solution did you use?

gwrightson

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #28 on: February 18, 2014, 05:21:15 pm »


cimex would get through that in no time, and save your back.

That carpet perfect for encap 

Geoff
who ever said dont knock before u try ,i never tried dog crap but i know i wouldnt like  haha

Darran Pryce

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #29 on: February 18, 2014, 05:22:55 pm »
I'd have encaped it all the way.   Our 17" Victor sprite would have done that in no time...

M.Acorn

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #30 on: February 18, 2014, 05:51:29 pm »
They had prices for lm, but went with my slightly higher price for hwe  ;D
2 Of us just under 2 days, he was vaccing, pre spraying and agitation + filling and emptying the machine, while I went behind and sucked it up .
As for how much solution, god knows, quite a bit, but under 5ltrs of all the chems I took.
They had big catering sinks, with steaming hot water, filled up my buckets in no time at all.
I did go over a few patches with my victor and  a pad though, carpet was thick rubber backed and in wide strips, so it can be rolled back and stored, almost like a gym floor
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JandS

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #31 on: February 18, 2014, 06:25:12 pm »
Dynamall it Darren??
Impossible done straight away, miracles can take a little longer.

Darran Pryce

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #32 on: February 18, 2014, 07:12:49 pm »
That's what we use.  No issues with it, just expensive.  We have used SPM  which worked a treat. 

Neil Jones

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #33 on: February 18, 2014, 07:42:35 pm »
Did you agitate with the duo? Why not just use the rotary for that, quicker and better.

wayne zabel

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #34 on: February 18, 2014, 07:45:49 pm »
That's what we use.  No issues with it, just expensive.  We have used SPM  which worked a treat. 

Im getting a bit confused now.

Ive never done any LM apart from very small jobs with my Floormac or Encap,I understand the theory of both I think but the above post has confused me.

I understand that with encap systems a special chemical is used that encapsulates the soils and it is then vacced up.

I'm confused by Darren saying he's used SPM ??? ???

Where does SPM come into the equation.

Am I getting mixed up?

M.Acorn

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #35 on: February 18, 2014, 07:47:34 pm »
I didn't but my helper did and I didn't want to get it done in under 2 days, s it would have looked like I was taking the wee, for what I charged them
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M.Acorn

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #36 on: February 23, 2014, 01:20:22 pm »
Job went great, started at 8 am was out by 5.30 pm and we were taking a break every couple of hours and also stopped for a half hour lunch break.
Carpets had been down for 16 years and had never been cleaned before, offices don't have cleaners, due to the security there.
And they have to fight to get vac's provided and by the look of it they lost.
Water from recovery tank was coming out like sludge.
Went over a couple of the worst areas with my buffer and a new pad, but I wasn't getting any transfer, some areas of really damaged carpet, due to office chair wheels grinding the fibres away. Only about the 2nd time I have used my buffer with pads and the flipping bristly bit came off the board, so have to re glue that in the week.
Client who booked me came and had a look after I had been there for a few hours and she was over the moon with the results.
Next week will be a doddle with 2 machines.
Didn't enjoy  being monitored constantly, but that was all part of the job, no pics either.Not allowed to take phones into the building.
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Phil @ Extreme Clean

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #37 on: February 23, 2014, 06:23:57 pm »
Wayne S-P-M- for Bonnet cleaning at 1 scoop per 5ltrs  :)
Extreme Clean
Carpets to DRY For!!!!!

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maxcampbell

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #38 on: February 23, 2014, 10:22:49 pm »
So how many sq ft did you clean in that day?

M.Acorn

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Re: How long to clean 12 thousand sq ft ?
« Reply #39 on: February 23, 2014, 11:16:00 pm »
Around 5 thousand give or take
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