Commercial is all about production rates regardless of method. Some methods are easier on the body but even with HWE you can do things to take some of the wear and tear off you.
1) A helper, if you are a one man crew and you have a large project find a friend, neighbor or relative and pay him to help. There is always someone wanting extra cash, put them to work. Not a hose holder either, train them to run the wand and give you a break.
2)Powerheads can help, not only will it clean better but it will be easier on you.
3) Drag wand, yea its old school and may not be for everyone but they sure are nice at eating up sq/ft and they leave the carpet so dry, it works out well for corporate settings.
That's assuming you are already using a
Green Glide, if not a glide is #1!
As far as pricing, you need to decide on what you can live with hourly and at what rate can you consistently produce.
Lets say you're happy with $90.00 an hour and you know you can consistently crank out 800sq/ft all day long.
$90.00 divided by 800sq/ft =.1125
.11 cents a sq/ft is what you should price it.
Increase production or increase your hourly target and the rate you charge can go up or down.
Say you want $120.00 an hour and you can consistently clean 1,500sq/ft all day long (with a Cimex)
$120.00 divided by 1,500sq/ft=.08sq/ft
IF the carpet is only lightly soiled and you can clean 2,000sq/ft an hour and still charge .08......that's $160.00 an hour.
You can clean for .08sq/ft and make $160.00 an hour.....
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