[david@zap-clean]

What's the biggest job you've ever done?

I was in the middle of a 3hr job yesterday morning when I got a call from a fairly large (regional) domestic cleaning company asking me if I could 'help them out' with a HWE job at a golf club, today, urgent, as their machine had broken down! I asked how big the carpet was, they mumbled something about 10yds... they didn't argue my prices (per sqm).

I arrived, as planned, at 2pm to find it was a massive wedding venue, measuring 200+ sq metres!  I did the job and crawled home at 20:30 after a 10+ hour day with no break, no food, nothing.

I hope the cleaning company pays my invoice!  ...and I hoping I get a commercial contract out of this.

[Hilton]

I hope you know them well enough to do it off spec like that, a late shout like that would flag up a few issues for me.

Biggest job ? done quite a few, 26000 sq ft springs to mind but probably done larger, we used to be used by Balfor Beatty for their carpet problems so a lot of large projects.

[david@zap-clean]

I hope you know them well enough to do it off spec like that, a late shout like that would flag up a few issues for me.

Biggest job ? done quite a few, 26000 sq ft springs to mind but probably done larger, we used to be used by Balfor Beatty for their carpet problems so a lot of large projects.

as a start-up I had to take the risk with them...
26000 sq ft !!! I assume not in a single day, and not with a portable? 
Blimey.

[AshWhite]

David, how long have you been trading for?

[david@zap-clean]

David, how long have you been trading for?

Since July this year - early days - hence all the dumb questions from me.

[Hilton]

  No not in a single day or even a single week, because of hold up's other trades etc there is a lot of standing around time.

Portables are used, not one but several, along with Texatherm where required.

[david@zap-clean]

No not in a single day or even a single week, because of hold up's other trades etc there is a lot of standing around time.

Portables are used, not one but several, along with Texatherm where required.

  I guess you charge a day rate for that type of service.

I'm happy with my HWE system, but can see a burning need for a low moisture option for commercial (and some domestic) jobs.  I'm considering my options with this, at this time - more expense!

[Warren Aldridge]

Rather sooner than later get that rotary.

200 meters square is pretty small for commercial, you could have knocked that over in 2 hours given it was straight forward.

[Steve Gunn]

I picked up a rotary off ebay brand new 2x brushes,drive board, scrub pads and tank for a song delivered Monday morning paid for itself Monday night even if it lasts less than a year at that price it's a no brainer

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Floor-scrubber-polisher-cleaner-17-/130770021749?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D2320641383494552266%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1017%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D130770021749%26#ht_500wt_949

[david@zap-clean]

I picked up a rotary off ebay brand new 2x brushes,drive board, scrub pads and tank for a song delivered Monday morning paid for itself Monday night even if it lasts less than a year at that price it's a no brainer

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Floor-scrubber-polisher-cleaner-17-/130770021749?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D2320641383494552266%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1017%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D130770021749%26#ht_500wt_949

Tnx, I've bookmarked that link...
Has one else got any comments on the Jiebra?

[Joe W Brown]

Rather sooner than later get that rotary.

200 meters square is pretty small for commercial, you could have knocked that over in 2 hours given it was straight forward.

2 hours, including north south east west vacuum?

Using what system?

[david@zap-clean]

I think it would have taken me at least 1hr to vacuum - but I didn't need to do that bit as the owners had already done it.

[Joe W Brown]

I think it would have taken me at least 1hr to vacuum - but I didn't need to do that bit as the owners had already done it.

Personally, I tend to revacuum anyway.

10 hour day with no food sounds awful mate. Today I was 1 hour late for lunch and felt like I was gonna pass out!

[Deep Cleaning Solutions]

33,000ft is my biggest, 3 guys and 2 helpers in just under 5 days.

[Ferenc G.]

I picked up a rotary off ebay brand new 2x brushes,drive board, scrub pads and tank for a song delivered Monday morning paid for itself Monday night even if it lasts less than a year at that price it's a no brainer

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Floor-scrubber-polisher-cleaner-17-/130770021749?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D2320641383494552266%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1017%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D130770021749%26#ht_500wt_949

Do you think it worth the risk? I am playing with the idea too, but I am a bit worried it won't last.

[JandS]

1240sq m on my own in 4 x 10 hour nights.
2 nights one week upstairs and 2 nights week
after downstairs.

John

[richie]

Biggest job i ever did in one shift was approx 2500 sqm of carpets in a night club.  Carpets were minging, we were using a Prochem Performer 800A (top of the range at the time) We used dual wand for 12 hours and single wand for 6 hours. Myself and one other guy on site.



Biggest job we over took on was a office complex,  approx 5000sqm of carpet.   Two teams of 2 men. 

Job started at 6pm on a Friday evening finished on the Sunday afternoon.

Team One Friday 6pm - Saturday 6am
Team Two Saturday 6am - Saturday 6pm
Team One Saturday 6pm - Sunday 6am
Team Two Sunday 6am - Sunday 2pm.

[Steve Gunn]

I picked up a rotary off ebay brand new 2x brushes,drive board, scrub pads and tank for a song delivered Monday morning paid for itself Monday night even if it lasts less than a year at that price it's a no brainer

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Floor-scrubber-polisher-cleaner-17-/130770021749?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D2320641383494552266%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1017%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D130770021749%26#ht_500wt_949

Do you think it worth the risk? I am playing with the idea too, but I am a bit worried it won't last.

I did five floors in an office on Monday and it's  still working but seriously you could buy second hand and take the same risk it may last a year or 6 months

[Ian Rochester]

Our biggest ever job was 16,289m2 (just under 200,000sqft) of Flotex, took two of us over 3 weeks (7 days a week, 12 hr days) to do it