[Kevin Edwards]

As a relatively newbie, I wonder if you could advise as to how long you think it should take to clean say a 4 bed bungalow, thru lounge, dining room hall, 3seater sofa & 2 chairs. This would be using a Scorpion (Porti) & microsplitters. Few stains on living room carpet, nothing major & rest is general clean/freshen up. It would be nice to have some kind of bench mark so that I have some idea as to how I am doing. Great forum. Thanks everyone

[Nick Vassilev]

Depending on your skill, you would be looking at around 3 - 3.5 hours.

[Kevin Edwards]

Thank you - that will give me something to aim for...

[Colin Day]

Don't even aim for any time.... Just get in and do the best job you possibly can, it's not a race fella. If you feel you need to beat the clock, you'll be too stressed and will miss things...

Speed will come with experience...

[gwrightson]

well if you start listening to replys like that your going to get a little bit misled :

3 to 3 .5 hrs give over Nick .and with a porty.

For a start  a 3 seater and 2 chairs depending on numerous factors will take you around 2.5 hrs,
4 bedrooms providing you are not moving beds but moving all the other items around 1 .5hrs,
 through lounge, an hour, then dining room and hall another hour so added all up 6 hrs and that is if everthing goes according to plan.
Now I know some of us could do it in a little less time but we are not having to fill and empty all the time, and I dare say some may even suggest it takes them longer, nothing wrong with that but an estimate from  Nick, no way.
The question I am asking my self is have you not cleaned any of the above before ? obviously yes . so how long has it been taking you? I bet it isnt what has been suggested.
Geoff

[Kevin Edwards]

Hi Guys - thank you for all your replies. Something of the size  & quantity I mentioned I would at the moment do over 2 visits. I get the results, but I have been concerned that it is taking me too long.

[Colin Day]

Hi Guys - thank you for all your replies. Something of the size  & quantity I mentioned I would at the moment do over 2 visits. I get the results, but I have been concerned that it is taking me too long.

It doesn't matter how long it takes you, as long as you're doing a good job and getting a good name for yourself, you don't need to be concerned about the length of time it takes.....

[clinton]

If its your first job it will take you 4 hours to do the suite maybe

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

well if you start listening to replys like that your going to get a little bit misled :

3 to 3 .5 hrs give over Nick .and with a porty.

For a start  a 3 seater and 2 chairs depending on numerous factors will take you around 2.5 hrs,
4 bedrooms providing you are not moving beds but moving all the other items around 1 .5hrs,
 through lounge, an hour, then dining room and hall another hour so added all up 6 hrs and that is if everthing goes according to plan.
Now I know some of us could do it in a little less time but we are not having to fill and empty all the time, and I dare say some may even suggest it takes them longer, nothing wrong with that but an estimate from  Nick, no way.
The question I am asking my self is have you not cleaned any of the above before ? obviously yes . so how long has it been taking you? I bet it isnt what has been suggested.
Geoff

What Geoff said

[Steve. Taylor]

5 hours 42 minutes piont 3 seconds or ignore all that and take note of collins post i would

[Simon@arenaclean]

Kevin, welcome to the forums. If you're more comfortable doing it over 2 visits for now i'd stick with that. Would take me 6/7hrs to do that. Colin is right it is not a race.

[Kevin Edwards]

Thank you everyone - some great & very welcome advice

[james roffey]

Depending on your skill, you would be looking at around 3 - 3.5 hours.

3-3.5 Hours  All i can say is i must be doing a different job completely, or i am very slow because if that job came to me i would not book anything else for the day unless it was a very small min charge job.

Unload van and set up, move furniture back and forth, vacuum, prespray, agitate with envirodri, and extract with Airflex put gear away.
A 4 bedroom bungalow and 3 pc suite the suite alone would take probably 2-3 hours i would allow at least 6 hours maybe more to do it the house and furniture, plus a chat with the customer over a coffee or two would you like paying good money then see the guy rushing to get off.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I'd do it 2.5 hours to 3, anyone beat that

Some jobs take longer than what you first envisage some shorter, but I couldn't match 3-3.5 hours but that doesn't mean a good job couldn't be achieved. that old duffer Robert Meldrum may tell you this.

Shaun

[james roffey]

I am relieved to see i am not the only one, i thought it was me being slow, i have often thought why are these guys so quick when i am never, not doing something like setting up hoses when the agitation is done, or vacuuming while i prespray another room ready for extraction.
even if i do a single lounge it takes me 30 minutes to set up and put away and 45 minutes to clean is that slow.  

[Shaun_Ashmore]

What Nick doesn't add is if the cleaning is done as a 2 man team which could easily be achievable.

Shaun

[robert meldrum]

Kevin

As you can see, it's very much " a piece of string " Not a massive job as you describe it and should be achievable in 5 - 6 hours, dependent on your stamina, your knowledge and the tools available, as some greatly out perform others.

Having someone to assist with moving / filling / emptying, etc, makes a huge difference in a job like this as you can spend a surprising amount of time on these tasks.

PS

Young whippersnapper Shaun Ashmore posted as I was typing, but I'll stick to the above



 

[Mark Lawrence]

Depending on your skill, you would be looking at around 3 - 3.5 hours.

If this is based on a one man job then I can just imagine the quality of this, splash n dash springs to mind :  Even a 2 man then it is still too quick!

Anyway, if I was on my own:

2 sofas.....2 - 2.5 hrs
4 bed with lounge/diner and hall (if moving furniture, which it probably is)........3hrs

Total: 5 - 5.5hrs.

However if there is 2 of us (which there always is)........4hrs

Price: £415.00

Mark

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Don't forget it's cleaning around the beds, a well versed 2 man team would get this done in 3-3.5 hours easily.

Shaun

[MAX Carpets]

buy a TM and half the time!