Lee Stockwell
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Tap pressure works just fine.
Test it to put your worries to rest.
Test it to put your worries to rest.
You need a few adapters.The cfx has powerful vacuums but the downfall has been having to hook up to a water supply. Not always available. Most are using tap pressure, I believe they have units with 250-500 psi pumps available. They will be heavier units. You might better off looking at some type of fresh water tank for your 370. For me any building without an elevator is done with a TM. If they have an elevator, I will roll my high performance portable in and go to town. I have a job in a house Friday, cleaning a mattress where I have to use a portable. All of the outside water is turned off. The room where the shut offs are is locked and they do the have a code. There is not a single Faucet in the house where I can attach a tap adapter. I only have a laundry sink where I can put a 5 gallon bucket. I run into this more and more these days. Hooking up to an interior tap is getting difficult.
Which means you’re not busy
Thus the apartment interest
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The cfx has powerful vacuums but the downfall has been having to hook up to a water supply. Not always available. Most are using tap pressure, I believe they have units with 250-500 psi pumps available. They will be heavier units. You might better off looking at some type of fresh water tank for your 370. For me any building without an elevator is done with a TM. If they have an elevator, I will roll my high performance portable in and go to town. I have a job in a house Friday, cleaning a mattress where I have to use a portable. All of the outside water is turned off. The room where the shut offs are is locked and they do the have a code. There is not a single Faucet in the house where I can attach a tap adapter. I only have a laundry sink where I can put a 5 gallon bucket. I run into this more and more these days. Hooking up to an interior tap is getting difficult.
If you have to move washers and dryers to get power, you will hate it after the first job. Lee is right when he says tap pressure is fine but only if you are able to hook up easily. I have hooked up to washer inlets in the past but it is a pain. Put towels down to catch the drips and make sure there are no leaks when you reconnect. You should be able to find enough electric power with 2-15 amp cords, or 1-15 and 1-20 including the pump out. You always have to make sure you have no foam, otherwise, you will be blowing dirty water all over the place from the vacuum exhaust. Using something like procyon will help.each unit has a washer and dryer inside...
I've never been an apartment guy but this 130 unit complex called. I'm feeling the Yelp hit so I went and took a look.
They allow pets but replace the carpet if damaged.
3 story buildings, no steps in units
Currently paying 95 to 125 but not happy with the results
Access is decent, nothing over 200 ft
What's you price on each floor plan for a do what ever it takes cleaning?
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The first time you ruin a vinyl floor you'll figure out you don't want to mess with moving them. The weight and length of time they sit without moving creates indentations which if their are any sharp edges will cut a nice "L" shape when forced. Seen it happen many times, bought a few floors too.each unit has a washer and dryer inside...
my own what?
Most of these places have at least a 40 gallon hot water heater. If you can't clean it with 40 gallons, somethings wrong with your cleaning techniques. There are no electric heaters that will keep up with flow you need.You might drain the water heater before a 3 Bedroom job is finished: so might want to bring one of your own.
to mess with moving them
Most of these places have at least a 40 gallon hot water heater. If you can't clean it with 40 gallons, somethings wrong with your cleaning techniques. There are no electric heaters that will keep up with flow you need.
I use an inline heater with my portables. Yes, you have to change your technique. Although we are using 500 psi pumps, we have to use much jets to maintain any type of heat. Using a system like the cfx, you have to go to larger jets. I suggest 8-10 flow. Since you don't have the pressure, you need increased flow. No electric heater will keep up with that, even if your name is Willy. Keep in mind, these are cheap jobs and you need to knock them out quick. The more equipment and power cords you have to hook up take away from that. The cfx has no rinse capability either, as far as I am aware so you need to use a heavy duty prespray.You're not going to get TM heat with these heaters but it does help. And I use a lot more water with a porty then i do a TM for the same amount of carpet.
You Do need to change your technique based on the equipment you are using.
I adjust my "wetting" area based on what my heater can process. I then do dry strokes or other tasks to allow the heater to process more water.
This "Delay time" is not needed as much with most TMs, and counter productive from a heating aspect on non heated porties
I use an inline heater with my portables. Yes, you have to change your technique. Although we are using 500 psi pumps, we have to use much jets to maintain any type of heat. Using a system like the cfx, you have to go to larger jets. I suggest 8-10 flow. Since you don't have the pressure, you need increased flow. No electric heater will keep up with that, even if your name is Willy. Keep in mind, these are cheap jobs and you need to knock them out quick. The more equipment and power cords you have to hook up take away from that. The cfx has no rinse capability either, as far as I am aware so you need to use a heavy duty prespray.
His largest unit has 730 sqft aprox. If I brought my 24 gallon machine, using a 6 flow wand, I would only fill it once. A 360 with brush head will use more but he's only going to use that on the worst areas and wand everything else.with 8-10 flow he will definitely drain the heater quickly.
He will be using a 360ibh. With the increased agitation provided by this great machine--IMO Flow/psi, chem, heat and time can be reduced in the equation if needed.
At close range those big vacs are gonna suck the balls off a brontosaurus.
I have done apartments for years and it is all about learning efficiency, bring a rope up with you, lay all the hoses out on the ground floor and pull up with the rope from the balcony or walkway.
Still have to climb the steps carrying th hoses and then go back down to hook up.Or you can work with gravity instead of against it.
Bringing the hose up and dropping is less physical.
Id Rather use my legs then my arms. You obviously are not as old as I am.Still have to climb the steps carrying th hoses and then go back down to hook up.
Mikey will only do it once. You have to carry the machine in one hand and the power cords, pressure hoses in the other. Climb 3 flights of stairs. Find places to plug in and hook up water. Go back down the stairs and get the hydro-force and the wand. Bring them up the stairs. Prespray the carpets and go back down the stairs, get the 360 and climb back up the stairs. Clean the carpets, then reverse the process, climbing up and down the stairs several more times. Then go see the doctor about his pounding heart.