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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: markpowell on October 25, 2011, 07:02:57 pm

Title: All gone quiet over here
Post by: markpowell on October 25, 2011, 07:02:57 pm: Only 1 call since last Thurs for a lounge carpet.
First time this year the phone has gone dead.
In a way its given me time to get the kit and van serviced ready for the xmas rush, and have a few days rest.
Its last week before payday and school holidays so suppose next week it will prob go mad again.
How busy is everyone else just out of interest??
Mark
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Post by: Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus) on October 25, 2011, 07:17:38 pm: Phones have been quiet for the last couple of weeks, hopefully the lull before the storm
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Post by: Neil Williams on October 25, 2011, 07:24:02 pm: It has gone quieter the last week, which was a good time for the gearbox to pack up this morning >:(
I've got a lovely picture of the backend of an AA van which I had to stare at for 15 miles down the M3 ;D
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Post by: bennymon on October 25, 2011, 07:54:22 pm: steve lets just hope we dont get -9 and snow again at the start of december.
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Post by: M.Acorn on October 25, 2011, 07:55:32 pm: Yeah same here,last week 2 jobs,this week is much better,but it's a bit of a worry.
Have been pretty much flat out for the last 3 months,hope that once half term is over it will get busy again.
Title: Re: All gone quiet over here
Post by: Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus) on October 25, 2011, 07:58:33 pm: Quote from: bennymon on October 25, 2011, 07:54:22 pm
steve lets just hope we dont get -9 and snow again at the start of december.

Last thing we need Del, the snow killed december for me last year
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Post by: bennymon on October 25, 2011, 08:15:51 pm: me to mate lets hope we get a good un this year ;)
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Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on October 25, 2011, 08:31:34 pm: It's burst pipe weather soon insurance companies will be needing all hands to the pump no need to worry unjustly or just helping out those who carry no insurance.

Shaun
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Post by: robert meldrum on October 25, 2011, 09:06:41 pm: I can't actually remember the last time we had a pre christmas rush must be about 6 -7 years ago
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Post by: Jim_77 on October 25, 2011, 09:58:11 pm: I still get the traditional surge, starts around this time and then BANG phone goes dead around the 15th December, save for a few last-minute jobs

But a few weeks ago I went a bit crazy with the mailshots and it has sort of gone bonkers, a very strong response, more than expected... I'm flat out at the moment, November is pretty much sorted without the "organic" enquiries. I'm predicting Christmas shopping on eBay again for me this year!
Title: Re: All gone quiet over here
Post by: jasonl on October 25, 2011, 10:01:21 pm: Quote from: Neil Williams on October 25, 2011, 07:24:02 pm
It has gone quieter the last week, which was a good time for the gearbox to pack up this morning >:(
I've got a lovely picture of the backend of an AA van which I had to stare at for 15 miles down the M3 ;D

Is it definately the gearbox , not the linkage on top of it or the gearchange cables? Gearbox failure would probably be uneconomic to repair.
Title: Re: All gone quiet over here
Post by: Neil Williams on October 25, 2011, 10:26:53 pm: Quote from: jasonl on October 25, 2011, 10:01:21 pm

Is it definately the gearbox , not the linkage on top of it or the gearchange cables? Gearbox failure would probably be uneconomic to repair.

Oh it's the gearbox ok. All the linkages into the gb were working just nothing happening on the output side.
At the garage they found a big hole in the casing so I'm guessing something exploded out as opposed to something breaking in. Anyway rather than having the garage using up hours in stripping it down in the hope they can rebuild it, I've ordered one from an on line breakers for £300 and the garage can just fit that.
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Post by: clinton on October 26, 2011, 09:12:56 am: Same as robert said with the xmas rush.

Must say used to be flat out many years ago but it seems to be spread over the year now for there cleaning..
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Post by: Fintan_Coll on October 26, 2011, 10:01:00 am: Sorry to hear about the gearbox trouble Neil, is it a Renault Trafic by the way.
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Post by: jasonl on October 26, 2011, 10:19:56 am: Thats a pain , by the time its fitted ,and normally they insist on fitting a clutch kit too , its 6-700 .
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Post by: Colin Day on October 26, 2011, 10:46:14 am: I've spent a week away salmon fishing so didn't book anything in. But I've had to cut the break short as I've had 2 urgent jobs for Friday and 2 other jobs over the weekend. I've decided that the phone always seems to go quiet when there's a half term so that's why I'm up here in Cumbria...

I could have passed the work on, but they need their ovens done too... Ah well, I wasn't catching any fish anyway... :D
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Post by: Paul Simpson on October 26, 2011, 11:01:35 am: Been fairly busy here till this week when I had a full weeks work booked in and I have had no less than 3 cancellations in 2 days.
1st one yesterday 1 mile away from the job that was 12 miles away saying she thought it was tomorrow so was just cancelling today. 2nd last night (Thursday job, at least this one gave me notice) to postpone and will ring when they ready. 3rd one this morning an hour b4 the job saying the builders haven't finished so no point at the moment, well I don't suppose they were finished last night either >:(

And that after a run of bad luck with things going wrong equipment wise the last 2 weeks. 1. Vac on my spare machine. 2. Inline heater had water ingress. 3. Envirodri stopped working. Did the vac myself but the other 2 had to be sent for repair and all together had to fork out approx. £500 on repairs

And they say bad luck comes in "three's".........well theres proof.
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Post by: M.Acorn on October 26, 2011, 11:25:48 am: Bet it's the diff rivets,in the box,sounds like what happened to my caddy van,rivet came out pierced the casing,spat all the oil out,gear box overheats and seizes up
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Post by: JandS on October 26, 2011, 12:42:38 pm: £500 for repairs!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: wayne zabel on October 26, 2011, 01:47:35 pm: My wipers stopped working 3 weeks ago,took the van in for what I thought would be a simple repair..........No chance,The wipers are run through a module not a motor.

£490 to get new module fitted by Citroen to get windscreen wipers to work!!!!!!
Title: Re: All gone quiet over here
Post by: Paul Simpson on October 26, 2011, 02:31:05 pm: Quote from: JandS on October 26, 2011, 12:42:38 pm
£500 for repairs!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep, just over £200 on the heater, just over £100 for the Envirodri, £120 for a new vac and carriage both ways for the stuff sent for repairs. :'(
And to top it all off tax due on both my car & van and MOT on the car, expensive month me thinks!
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Post by: Richard Basey-Fisher on October 26, 2011, 04:09:00 pm: been quite busy in oct and its seems to continue , i was relatively quiet in july-aug when everyone else seemed to be busy.

here is a link to a quiz i found made me chuckle

http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/photos/fast-food-burger-quiz-1319537512-slideshow/#crsl=%252Fphotos%252Ffast-food-burger-quiz-1319537512-slideshow%252Fburg-photo-1319625465.html
Title: Re: All gone quiet over here
Post by: Neil Williams on October 26, 2011, 04:18:20 pm: Quote from: Fintan_Coll on October 26, 2011, 10:01:00 am
Sorry to hear about the gearbox trouble Neil, is it a Renault Trafic by the way.

Transit.
It took me a while to work out why there should be a hole in the gearbox, it wasn't there when I did the initial inspection of why there wasn't any drive. Then I remembered that when we nearly got to the garage there was an almighty bang, which sounded a bit more than the rigid tow bar knocking. Clearly the initial problem was something on the inside of the Gb shearing off/working lose. This must have sat in the Gb getting knocked around on the way back until such time as it must have lodged in one of the gears, and then got spat out at an almighty rate of knots.......through the Gb casing.

On the plus side the garage doing it is one of our customers which we do along with 3 others in the chain and the owners house too, so on the grand scale of things we take money off them and they take money off us....All things being equal and all that.

Another positive is that it's given me time to catch up on the leather refurbishments that have been sat around here waiting for a few hours attention. The sort of jobs that the customer says do them when you can!
Title: Re: All gone quiet over here
Post by: Neil Williams on October 26, 2011, 04:23:08 pm: Quote from: Richard Basey-Fisher on October 26, 2011, 04:09:00 pm
here is a link to a quiz i found made me chuckle

Just as well it's not a competition because Derek would win that hands down, what he doesn't know about KFC, McD etc isn't worth knowing ;D ;D ;D

Stop the van it's burger time
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Post by: clinton on October 26, 2011, 05:28:27 pm: Ha we have no chance neil with dereks knowledge of fast food ;D
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Post by: chrisjohn on October 26, 2011, 06:48:51 pm: 4 cancellations this week and next,livid.

Why do people book then change their mind a few days later,really frustrating.

Chris
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Post by: derek west on October 26, 2011, 08:06:38 pm: 9 out of 10 so room for improvement, burger king hear we come. ;D
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Post by: Mike_Roper on October 27, 2011, 06:51:19 pm: Colin,
Itook a day off last week to have a days fishing on the Esk, havnt been for years - caught a 12lb salmon , well chuffed!
Mike
Title: Re: All gone quiet over here
Post by: Colin Day on October 27, 2011, 08:19:08 pm: Quote from: Mike_Roper on October 27, 2011, 06:51:19 pm
Colin,
Itook a day off last week to have a days fishing on the Esk, havnt been for years - caught a 12lb salmon , well chuffed!
Mike

Water level was a bit low on the Derwent so the Salmon were probably pooled up, waiting for fresh water. I just enjoyed the spey casting and whiling hours away in the natural surroundings..

Back to work tomorrow.... :(
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Post by: bennymon on November 03, 2011, 05:14:04 pm: After a couple of good weeks I now find I havnt got a single job booked in for next week .
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Post by: clinton on November 03, 2011, 05:52:33 pm: Had a few jobs this week wanting it done on the day or next day..
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Post by: JandS on November 03, 2011, 08:07:41 pm: Asians by any chance Clinton.
I've had loads from them last few days.
It's their 2nd Eid on Sunday.
Working for them all day in a huge house
on Saturday.

John
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Post by: wynne jones on November 03, 2011, 08:51:11 pm: Been busy this week plus booked in some jobs in Dec. Mainly cos I've pulled my finger out.