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pilediver 
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 Posted: 14/March/2007 at 11:59pm |
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You would vacuum too when you can do a 200 square foot resturant (teeny weeny place) at 4 in the afternoon 5 minutes from home and be in and out in under an hour for $175. I would have wiped the bar too. Easy nice money and not at midnight. Its on the end of a pier and nice to be in too.
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cmaster
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Posted: 14/March/2007 at 10:21pm |
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Stop it.....You're making us hacks look bad
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pilediver
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Posted: 14/March/2007 at 8:45pm |
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I just finished a resturant 30 minutes ago. I vacuumed it. She said what are you doing - vacuuming? Then she said the other guys never did that - makes sense. As I was finishing the job I took out my upholstery stool and cleaned around the foot rail at the bar. She said the other guys have never cleaned that. Then she gave me a check and said I want you to call me every three months so I don't forget.
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MR. STEAMER
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Posted: 14/March/2007 at 7:34pm |
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I do vac commercial carpets because a lot of dirt gets into that...but residential....nope I tell the customer to do it...if they do it I wouldn't know.. I don't know what you guys use but I use a TM with up to 1000 psi if needed and loads of suction...
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MR. STEAMER
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Posted: 14/March/2007 at 7:29pm |
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WHAT EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You can all seperate yourselves away from the competition keep vac'in
I guess 1 job a day is good enough....
I guess when you don't have any experience you listen to any sort of bull
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carpetologist
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Hocus Pocus Joined: 20/January/2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1712 |
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Posted: 14/March/2007 at 3:34pm |
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It's got nothing to do with quality and soil removal. Guys don't vac because carpet cleaning guys are macho and vacuuming is a woman's job. When a guy carpet cleaner must vacuum he plays with your head and calls it 'pile lifting'.
Padman does not let that bother him. He vacuums, and then goes to the bank.
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CleanEvo
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Joined: 13/February/2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 74 |
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Posted: 14/March/2007 at 10:59am |
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I always pre-vac. It's another way I seperate myself from the competition. My business is all about referals so I need to do everything I can to impress the customer. I have tested it several times by putting a new bag when pre-vacuuming a very clean carpet and I'm always impressed at how much my vacuum still pulls out...so is the customer. I use a SEBO commercial upright and it has an incredible power head and great suction. When you get used to doing it at every job you do get good at it and it really doesn't take that much time. I think our job is to get our customers carpets as clean as we possibly can and a good pre-vacuum definately helps.
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Ninja-wand
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Posted: 14/March/2007 at 3:23am |
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I vac about 75% of my jobs. Unless, the carpet looks REALLY REALLY clean...Then (I admit) I dont vac.
BUt, most houses do need a good vacuuming before cleaning IMO. |
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Posted: 14/March/2007 at 3:06am |
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The IICRC police will bust his ass
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pilediver
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Posted: 14/March/2007 at 1:05am |
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Believe it or not I have. His name is Ron Werner of Happy Carpet Cleaning in Sooke BC www.gethappy.ca
He does just that and I have worked beside him on several jobs on both his and my truck. He IS that particular - he is busy - and he gets top dollar. Incredible isn't it Steamer? I know he is the exception. PS he does cheat and doesn't use a crevice tool. |
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MR. STEAMER
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Posted: 14/March/2007 at 12:59am |
 stir mud my ass.....
PULEAZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've clean vac's carpets I've clean unvac'd carpets... your not talking to some yahoo that only cleaned 2 jobs in his entire life
the difference is minimal if any..........MINIMAL!!!!!!
I hate to sound like I'm upset...really i'm not...but sometimes I hate to hear the holyer than thou babble bullsh*t....
oh I run 3" suction hose right into the house
I spend 1 hour vac'in getting right into all the corners with my cervis tool
I pre-spray the whole carpet, adding traffic lane to all high traffic areas
I scrubb the carpet and then allow for a 15 min dwell time...
I move pad and block all furniture....... I bring in an adjust wand for under the beds and a furniture lifter for the heavy pieces....
I carry at least 5 arir moves on the truck and place them in every room when I'm done
I go over and double dry vac all areas to help drying with my 2.5" wand and glide
I rake the entire carpet to get the wand marks out and help it to dry
I spot...I dye balah blah blah
I could sit here and fockin lie all damn day...and I charge 100 dollars a room...thats what it would take to cover it all..
to make a difference vac'in would take JUST AS LONG AS TO CLEAN
I WOULD LOVE TO MEET THIS PERFECT NON HACK OF A CARPET CLEANER,BECAUSE I HAVEN'T MET ONE YET
GGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRR
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Hammy
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Posted: 13/March/2007 at 11:21pm |
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I bought one two weeks ago!
Would you like a pic Steamer? |
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Could somebody just clean my carpets!
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cmaster
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Posted: 13/March/2007 at 11:11pm |
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That Cleanview is available at Canadian Tire for $129. The next vac I buy will be one of those
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pilediver
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Posted: 13/March/2007 at 10:54pm |
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Paul, Tony and I worked on the vacuum cleaner testing team at MikeFest. The $99 Bissell Cleanview kicked the snot out of all the vacuum cleaners except the Sanitaire. Even the so called top of the line professional ones.
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