daniel@procarpet
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I received a call to do an estimate for cleaning tile. That means actually cleaning and sealing a bunch of baths and small areas as well as VCT tile. The guy started showing me around at 12 oclock. I took notes thinking it would only take 10 minutes to see everything. An hour and a half later and about 400k sq the questions started piling up for me.
The person in charge was not even there. The guy showing me around didn't have any answers for me. So I really can't get any answers until a later date.
Why do you need me to do this work? Why not just hire a few people and let them do the floors as part of a maintenance crew? He said we have a few people but they have so much to handle that they do not have time to just do floors.
I then see a guy pushing a buffer.
There is a ton of concrete that is indoors. It needs a good cleaning. There is at least 15k sq ft of concrete and they clean it in house with auto scrubbers. Again I am thinking why do you need my services? The guy responded that they are looking for a real good job twice a year. That was a guess on his part though. I told him I could high pressure steam clean the tile, but what takes him an hour to do a section with an auto scrubber would take me five.
The vct looked to be in great shape. I need to talk with the manager to find out if they want a full strip and wax because they spray buff themselves.
I didn't even meaure the job out. He told me they had some insurance guys come in to do measurments in the past and it took 6 hours with two people.
Really the price comes down to time and materials. I told him I would call the main contact tomorrow with a list of questions so I could get further insight as to what they wanted me to accomplish.
Really the best soluton would be to break things up and come in monthly to do a deeper cleaning and let them maintain things the rest of the year.
He did say we are not looking for someone to come in with a buffer and shine our floors up. We can do that. We need a deep cleaning done two times a year.
Now for the carpet. There is all kinds of carpet (nylon, olefin, poly, and even rugs). Some of it is not bad. Some of it needs some serious work. He said they had an individual with some kind of portable but they are looking for faster production and a better job.
I need to get all my questions down first to see if I even want to deal with something like this. I will do the work, but the price will not be cheap. I was joking around and said man this is going to be like 50k for just the tile and the guy said well our utility bill is 75k per month so that is not too bad. Hmmmm.
Really I need to get some answers first before I can begin to even think about how to tackle a job like this.
My recommendation is going to be to do different sections and get all the carpets and tile done in that section at once and use our services on a monthly basis. That way we can make good money, charge more, and not have to kill ourselves.
I may have to go back and measure everything and that will take all day.
I am not doing that though until I have a grasp as to what they actuall want.
Hopefully they will say clean and color seal all the tile, strip and wax all the tile, and clean all the carpet. Ok that will cost several hundred thousand dollars. No kidding.
100k dollars is a drop in the bucket for this place.
Really they need a janitorial staff to come in a few nights a week as oppossed to tryinig to get everything done at once. That just isn't happening.
The person in charge was not even there. The guy showing me around didn't have any answers for me. So I really can't get any answers until a later date.
Why do you need me to do this work? Why not just hire a few people and let them do the floors as part of a maintenance crew? He said we have a few people but they have so much to handle that they do not have time to just do floors.
I then see a guy pushing a buffer.
There is a ton of concrete that is indoors. It needs a good cleaning. There is at least 15k sq ft of concrete and they clean it in house with auto scrubbers. Again I am thinking why do you need my services? The guy responded that they are looking for a real good job twice a year. That was a guess on his part though. I told him I could high pressure steam clean the tile, but what takes him an hour to do a section with an auto scrubber would take me five.
The vct looked to be in great shape. I need to talk with the manager to find out if they want a full strip and wax because they spray buff themselves.
I didn't even meaure the job out. He told me they had some insurance guys come in to do measurments in the past and it took 6 hours with two people.
Really the price comes down to time and materials. I told him I would call the main contact tomorrow with a list of questions so I could get further insight as to what they wanted me to accomplish.
Really the best soluton would be to break things up and come in monthly to do a deeper cleaning and let them maintain things the rest of the year.
He did say we are not looking for someone to come in with a buffer and shine our floors up. We can do that. We need a deep cleaning done two times a year.
Now for the carpet. There is all kinds of carpet (nylon, olefin, poly, and even rugs). Some of it is not bad. Some of it needs some serious work. He said they had an individual with some kind of portable but they are looking for faster production and a better job.
I need to get all my questions down first to see if I even want to deal with something like this. I will do the work, but the price will not be cheap. I was joking around and said man this is going to be like 50k for just the tile and the guy said well our utility bill is 75k per month so that is not too bad. Hmmmm.
Really I need to get some answers first before I can begin to even think about how to tackle a job like this.
My recommendation is going to be to do different sections and get all the carpets and tile done in that section at once and use our services on a monthly basis. That way we can make good money, charge more, and not have to kill ourselves.
I may have to go back and measure everything and that will take all day.
I am not doing that though until I have a grasp as to what they actuall want.
Hopefully they will say clean and color seal all the tile, strip and wax all the tile, and clean all the carpet. Ok that will cost several hundred thousand dollars. No kidding.
100k dollars is a drop in the bucket for this place.
Really they need a janitorial staff to come in a few nights a week as oppossed to tryinig to get everything done at once. That just isn't happening.
