[Steve Weatherley]

Read my post again - those of you who claim to do the job SOLO in 1 and a half hours.

[Steve Weatherley]

Springgleam......howmany operators do you use to do the job 'properly'  on 2 hours?

[Chris Bailey]

Steve, agree totally. S & D springs to mind.

[Steve Weatherley]

That auto fill / dump machine must walk out of the van by itself, into the kitchen, fill itself, set itself up etc whilst the operator(s) are doing the pre vac. Then ready to go! :

[Bob Allen]

I used to take about 3 hours using a good portable but i can honestly say i can easily knock off an hour or more now using my truck mount ....no i dont cut corners......there will be 2 answers as to how long this job will take depending on portable or truckmount users....i know cause ive used both.

[John_Flynn]

Bob

I totally agree with you, when I first got my T/M I used to get embarrassed at the time I was getting through the job, but I guess my shoulders must have got broader!!

[Steve Weatherley]

I still cannot see how you can do the job in 2 hours if you are pre vaccing properly. This involves moving the furniture to vacuum. After this you will have to move furniture again when you do the clean. I could only believe it if there was no furniture to move and no pre-spotting.
Does your 2 hours start from when you arrive at the customers home and end when you drive away with £180 in your back pocket?

[John_Flynn]

My comments are based on an empty house. I can see no mention of a furnished or unfurnished house mentioned.

[Steve Weatherley]

Thanks John.  I rest my case

[BRSL]

depends how much you wish too sweat, and my TM does get out the van and go too the kitchen for water and then the bathroom to dump doesnt everyones or did I get a bargin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cleaning co]

who cares, as long as cust is happy and u get paid !!!
thats what its all about aint it ?

[Terry_Burrows]

 ;)your thoughts most welcome,I see do you  or are you expected to vac in your costs I have noticed to say the least I thought the customer would do this before you land on a job,some have not as well I must say ::)would you use this as a nice sale pitch,ie we hoover before we carpet clean

regards

Terry

[John_Flynn]

" Before we commence the actaul cleaning process we use an Industry standard vacuum to remove the loose soil from your carpet"

[Bob Allen]

Could it be some people are "over hoovering" what i mean is hoovering for an hour when not really necessary?

[Chris Bailey]

Vacuuming  removes 80% of the dry soil, which would otherwise turn to sludge as soon as water hits it.....  That's what I was taught on my training courses.....

[Terry_Burrows]

so hoover it is then

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys,

The vacuuming debate is always different on line and when CC's get together

Cheers,

Doug