55% of my NV income

[Kenny Hayes]

Commercial is nuts and so are the people who manage it. I have customers
who cover vct halls in schools with carpet tiles. They’ll do the same over quarry tile where they have entertainment events. Where you know there should be hard surface, there’s the opposite, and where soft would be better, it’s the opposite. You just have to be ready to service all.

 

[Mikey P]

Did you apply it differently?

Than traditional Colorseal?


you bet.

 

[DAT]

Than traditional Colorseal?


you bet.

The application of SGA, why was it annoying to apply it as opposed to tub/shower joints?

*Im probably thinking that you're doing minor repairs when you actually colorsealed the whole thing with SGA.

 

[Mikey P]

The application of SGA, why was it annoying to apply it as opposed to tub/shower joints?

*Im probably thinking that you're doing minor repairs when you actually colorsealed the whole thing with SGA.

Correct, the project started with repairs and the benefit of coating the whole counter became evident rather quickly.

 

[randy]

A new guy would have a hard time with carpet only. I've encouraged the boys to diversify, the handwriting is on the wall.

A local competitor (I call him a newbie, started in 1990's) just sold his business for the price of his truck and machine. There will be others folding as this year progresses.

Amazing how this transition to LVT has accelerated the last few years. I'm seeing it in apartments & rented condos , restaurants and even churches. The bad thing about it for our industry is it's like 43-45% of total flooring sales (depending on whose number you accept) and most of it is cared for by the end user. The idea that it wears so great is a bit of a fib. One church installed it a year ago and it is so trashed from people dragging chairs and tables over it. Teenagers / youth groups take the luxury out of LVT real fast. That may eventually shorten it's popularity cycle, but for the next decade I believe you will see declining carpet sales continue to disrupt our little industry and it is a very little industry. The upside is when they only have one bedroom of carpet, you can charge $125-150 to come and clean it. Enough service calls , a CRB with a sprayer can make for an easy and profitable day.

Regardless our world is changing guys. Makes be nostalgic for the 80-90's

 

[Mikey P]

7 seats left for our https://mikeysfest.com/event/advanced-hard-surface-repair-care-course/

 

[randy]

7 seats left for our https://mikeysfest.com/event/advanced-hard-surface-repair-care-course/

Great idea ! Anyone new to the business or planning on still being in this industry 5 years from now would have to be a fool to miss this.

 

[Mikey P]

so true.