Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: clinton on August 05, 2008, 02:21:57 pm
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Hi guys
Just asking how long does it take you to clean a carpet/suite
lets say from geting to your clients door and setting up and cleaning to when you leave?
ie a 10x15 carpet
ie a 3 pce suite 10 cushion fabric
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did a 12 x14 carpet today 40 mins
3 p suite 1 1/2 to 2 hours max
regards
steve
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I guess experience will come in to this Clinton, I take closer to 3 - 3 1/2 hours for a suite and about an hour for the carpet
Paul
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1 hour to do carpet,2.5 hours to do the suite.hope this helps.mike
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10x15 carpet:
(10 mins) Knock on door, talk rubbish, fuss the dog, chat about the weather, decide on tea or coffee.
(10 mins) Unload machine, fill with water, chat a bit more at kitchen sink, top up sprayer if necessary
(5 mins) Finish coffee/tea, maybe sit down and have a smoke
(5 mins) Prepare the room, put big furniture on sliders
(40-60 mins) Clean the carpet & pack up
(5 mins) Chat with customer, close job off with advice etc, ask permission to deliver neighbour nudgers
(5 mins) deliver neighbour nudgers
Suites generally take me 3 - 4 hours, depending on condition, including the same chatting/tea drinking & neighbour nudgers.
At the last count, 55% of my work is repeats, 25% is referrals :)
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Jim ,
Are you serious ? a hour and a half to clean a small room !!!
Cleaned one today,
Hello , 1 min.
vac room 5 mins
pre spray , aggitate 10 mins
reel the line and vac hose out whilst the prespray is dwelling , have a slurp of coffee ,
turn on machine 5 mins
H/W/E carpet , post spot a couple of marks , extract 15 mins max
reel in hoses , pack away ccollect payment 5 mins
total time 40 mins approx , and that including a chat to custy after pushing her a couple of cards.
geoff
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What ticket price?
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Jim,
£55 ..
wants me to go back to done h/s/l
Geoff
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LOL
When I started, what Jim describes is as if he had been spying on me. ;D
Some days I check my watch and due to chatting with custy etc it can be 20minutes before the wand gets moving.
It's amazing how much I can find out about people by just nodding and smiling and pitching in with cross selling and upselling stories and how I get most of my Clients through referrals nudge nudge ;) ;)
So taking time to chat can be a good investment in time (with the right people)
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knock on door with hoover and presprayer in hand17 seconds
most of furniture is out the way as i insist on this to keep the price down.
chock up big furniture on sliders, hoover, run out side fire up tracy back in prespray. 10 mins
refuse a cupof tea, 3 seconds
back out side, run pipes in conect and clean 15 mins.
bring in down drafter switch on 4 mins
get terry towels and spotters, treat stains and edge the skirting 10 mins.
chuck everything in the van and replace furniture 8 mins.
get monet and chat 40 seconds.
get home and realise ive left my sliders and a bucket. 40 mins
total 1 hr 28min.
ticket price £50
i can live with that.
derek
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Charge £6o and av a cuppa. ::)
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Most of my chatting comes whilst I am there doing the survey,
Geoff
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Always have a cuppa and a little chat!
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I used to say that it depends on how dirty it is but with a TM it doesn't matter that much because 1 pass with the wand is like 3 with a porti, I think the question I would ask is how much do you charge? if £100 well 1hr30min, £195 and I'd give it 3 hours for that I would have it cleaned and dry ready to sit on.
Shaun
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Shaun
Do you not save any more time with your new TM?
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I'm just getting old, but how quick can you earn £195?
Shaun
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20 minutes on a slow day! ;D ;D ;D ;D