Category: Business Management and Marketing
Why should I be concerned about the wastewater resulting from my carpet cleaning services? Several times a month, we get a question about where the wastewater (or recovered material) generated from operating a truckmount, portable. or even low moisture carpet...
What kinds of odors do professional carpet cleaners encounter in their daily cleaning operations?
During a typical day, professional carpet cleaners may encounter a wide variety of odor problems that their customer needs assistance dealing with - pet urine, body odors, Cooking odors, tobacco odors, general odors, water intrusion and water damage, bacterial based...
Consumer Series #1 – How to Care for Your Carpet
Soil Tracking Control Place walk-off mats or grids at the entry points to your home or business. This will help prevent soil from being tracked from the outside onto the inside carpeting. Vacuum and/or clean these mats frequently. Once they...
How much should I charge?
Probably the most commonly asked question we hear from professional cleaners is “how much should I charge?” While the often quoted answer is “whatever the market will bear” may sound cute, it does not really answer the question. Why? Because...
Developing a Planned Commercial Carpet Maintenance Program
Analyzing Building Use and Floor Plan To set up a Planned Commercial Maintenance Program several aspects need to be taken into consideration. 1. The type of building involved, single or multistory, size of building. This will determine to a...
Pre-Inspection Procedures for Restorative Cleaning of Stone, Tile, Grout, and Finished Concrete Flooring Surfaces
After you have had the chance to carefully study, practice and understand how to identify the type of hard surface floor you are being asked to restoratively clean (see previous blog entries), it is time to consider the specific procedures...
How long should a carpet take to dry after hot water extraction cleaning?
On an industry bulletin board or Facebook Forum, this topic can bring out thoughts, arguments, excuses, defense mechanisms and more like no other. How important is how long the carpet takes to dry to the residential or commercial carpet cleaning...
Ten Benefits of Carpet: More Reasons to Enjoy Carpets in Homes and Offices
More than 20 years ago, I wrote an article that highlighted the benefits of carpeting installed in a residential environment. Recent developments in studies about how carpet actually improves the health of the indoor environment only re-confirm the value of...
Are You Looking for a New Potential Revenue Stream? Time to Look at Rubber Floors
Cleaning professionals take notice: one sustainable floor type that is being installed in more facilities is rubber flooring. Rubber floors are now offered in a variety of designs and colors for all types of locations; they are also very durable...
Heart-to-Heart Conversations about Carpet Odors
As the weather gets colder and the days get shorter, people have a tendency to go inside, make sure the windows are closed, shut the door, and spend more time inside. With less airflow and ventilation, and the simple fact...