Lets say we have a 900sqft apartment. consists of 2 bedrooms, hall, and a large living area. If you are given a 2 hour window to complete this job, and it was a heavily soiled carpet. would you using your methods be able to clean it in that 2 hour window.
factors
1. Your 2 hours start when you arrive
2. There are 4 6"diameter Red stains, and traffic areas are completely trashed.
3. Carpet is standard builders grade boring beige.
4. Apartment is on the 3rd floor, and takes 250' of hose to get to it.
5. There is no furniture
6. You do not have a helper
My assesment
I would start off by hauling the hoses up, vac at one time then rolling it back, and then solution the next rolling it back to the truck. Hook up my water line to an outside faucet * if there is one, start the truck, gather by chemical bag and rake, and head up to go at it. Mind you i may catch flack for this but i have not invested in a vacuum and i do not groom my cleaned carpet. I prespray with diluted parts Flex, Citrus, and Boost all with my injection sprayer, agitate with my rake, and let it sit for about 10 minutes will i catch my breath. totaly time 1:00
All ready for the haul alone I'm winded, as usually these jobs happen in late afternoon after i have all ready done 2 jobs. It takes me with just wanding it 2 strokes per line an hour to clean, and forgetting my iron and red dye remover i trek back down and up and set up to do cool aid after i have cleaned the carpet. that takes 1:20
After the cool aid is gone i track back over my steps with the wand out the door, disconnect my lines and wrestle them back to ground level. I disconnect my water fill, roll it up, same with the solution first and the vacuum next. 20 minutes there
I clean out my hydrofilter, and fix my chemical bag, close up the truck call the next job tell them im running late. and travel time there will be another 45 minutes
So 3:25 minutes give or take for 1 apartment job. I also don't feel the carpet came out nearly as good as it could have if i would have pre vacuum, use mechanical agitation, given it dwell time, extracted, groomed and left fans.
How in the hell do you guys do all those steps at every job, and still make money? This apartment was a $150 job.
I would just like some insight on this. As a technician I run up against this kind of stuff all the time, and I'm torn between quality of work, and the quantity I'm suppose to keep up with.
factors
1. Your 2 hours start when you arrive
2. There are 4 6"diameter Red stains, and traffic areas are completely trashed.
3. Carpet is standard builders grade boring beige.
4. Apartment is on the 3rd floor, and takes 250' of hose to get to it.
5. There is no furniture
6. You do not have a helper
My assesment
I would start off by hauling the hoses up, vac at one time then rolling it back, and then solution the next rolling it back to the truck. Hook up my water line to an outside faucet * if there is one, start the truck, gather by chemical bag and rake, and head up to go at it. Mind you i may catch flack for this but i have not invested in a vacuum and i do not groom my cleaned carpet. I prespray with diluted parts Flex, Citrus, and Boost all with my injection sprayer, agitate with my rake, and let it sit for about 10 minutes will i catch my breath. totaly time 1:00
All ready for the haul alone I'm winded, as usually these jobs happen in late afternoon after i have all ready done 2 jobs. It takes me with just wanding it 2 strokes per line an hour to clean, and forgetting my iron and red dye remover i trek back down and up and set up to do cool aid after i have cleaned the carpet. that takes 1:20
After the cool aid is gone i track back over my steps with the wand out the door, disconnect my lines and wrestle them back to ground level. I disconnect my water fill, roll it up, same with the solution first and the vacuum next. 20 minutes there
I clean out my hydrofilter, and fix my chemical bag, close up the truck call the next job tell them im running late. and travel time there will be another 45 minutes
So 3:25 minutes give or take for 1 apartment job. I also don't feel the carpet came out nearly as good as it could have if i would have pre vacuum, use mechanical agitation, given it dwell time, extracted, groomed and left fans.
How in the hell do you guys do all those steps at every job, and still make money? This apartment was a $150 job.
I would just like some insight on this. As a technician I run up against this kind of stuff all the time, and I'm torn between quality of work, and the quantity I'm suppose to keep up with.