[Shaun_Ashmore]

550 sq yards of medium soiled retaurant carpet and about 200 pieces of chewing gum.

Wool ax, hardly any furniture to move.

Shaun

[Mike Halliday]

chewing gum takes a 30sec a wad so £120 plus 550 x £1.40 = £770 so say £900 for a round number

now lets here it from all the guys who'll charge £3 a yard so would want 2k ( but would get nothing because they would'nt get the job

Mike

[woodman]

You wouldn't charge domestic rate on a commercial carpet,Shaun knows that.

My charge would be £850.00

(That Mikes expensive isn't he )

[Scott Martin]

Me too, £850 + vat

cheers

[paul@ctcs]

Shaun,

With the advantage of seeing the carpet, how many man hours do you think you will need??

Paul

[Shaun_Ashmore]

carpet could be cleaned in a long day and chewing gum extra.

Shaun

[paul@ctcs]

In that case it sounds like a profitable days work if you get the kind of money the other guys are suggesting 
 Make sure you sell your self and your quality well so they dont go splash and dash.
 What methods/chems do you plan to use if successful in securing the job?

Paul

[Shaun_Ashmore]

solutions have all the answers they even gave me  the 6 winning lottery numbers for Saturday's lottery!

May not need to do that job after all!!!!

Shaun

[Mike Halliday]

Paul would you prefer to work unprofitable days?

' a long day' say 10 hours (not including the gum removal) so i'm sugesting £77 an hour not an over the top price concidering shaun will be using a top of the range truckmount which need to be paid for!

Mike

[*paul_moss]

Guys you are right Mike is very dear I would only charge £899 for a job like that.
paul

[paul@ctcs]

Did you consider offering an option to pad clean the carpet as apposed HWE?? I have recently done quite a bit of charlie padding with solutions micro splitters with great results, and speedy coverage.
 this may get you the job if they are shopping around

Paul

[Shaun_Ashmore]

It is paid for you cheeky 

I am going to get some Kosovans to do the Chewing gum so it leaves me to clean away, so £977 will be my quote.

£77 coming from 2 x 7up cans I had in my garage.

Shaun

[paul@ctcs]

Mike,

I worked for ten years as an engineer which seemed fairly unprofitable!!
£77 an hour sounds great if you can get it 

Paul

[Mike Halliday]

Don't forget the prices so far are from people who don't need the work   there's beens times in  the past when I'd work for £80 a day.

there'll be carpet cleaner reading this who'd charge £250 for this job and would be happy for it

Mike

[mark_roberts]

My first first reaction was Texatherm may work well but then again would not solve the gum residue problem.

What sq yards per hours are we basing these prices on?  Do this include pre-vac

thanks
Mark

[*paul_moss]

Mike you lie
The others guys said you have worked in the early days for only 5  shillings a day 

Paul

[paul@ctcs]

To shift the gum residue when using charlie pads i mist on a little eco spotter and remove residue with a terry towel prior to padding.

Paul

[Shaun_Ashmore]

definately needs pre vac, I guess I could do 60-80 yards an hour, some areas may need a second go but as I have already stated it's not heavily soiled.

Shaun

[Peter_Blackburn]

I charge around £4.90 per hour for commercial work, so taking into account the fact that the job would probably take a full day, I would be looking at charging about £49.00.

Domestic Prices

3 Piece Suite - £15.23
Lounge Carpet - £6.29
Bedroom -£4.82
Kitchen - £3.21

Full House - £38.91

Please feel free to use this information a guide.

Thanks
Pete

[John_Flynn]

Is this the job you offered me Shaun, with pay of £150.00??