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Kelly
Newbie Joined: 17/June/2008 Location: Amarillo Status: Offline Points: 31 |
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Posted: 19/June/2008 at 3:40pm |
BEING SO NEW, I AM ALWAYS AFRAID I'M GOING TO ASK A STUPID QUEASTION BUT HERE GOES ANYWAY! IT SEEMS TO ME YOU SHOULD ALWAYS DRI VACUUM BEFORE CLEANING A CARPET. DO MOST OF YOU DO THIS OR IAM I WASTING ALOT OF TIME?
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cmaster
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That's a great topic to debate. Shall we???
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nightrider
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I like it when I hire a cleaning woman who cleans my carpet wearing a skimpy maids outfit.........................
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Mr. Slide
Carpet Cleaning Specialist Joined: 16/May/2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 979 |
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I TELL THE CUSTOMER TO VAC.
i VERY RARELY VAC.
G/DAY AL Edited by Mr. Slide - 19/June/2008 at 11:29pm |
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cmaster
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A carpet should be pre vacuumed. If you charge enough to include it, go for it. If the custy wants discount cleaning, let them vacuum it or charge extra for it
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cmaster
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Yeah, but does she prevac, or is that foreplay
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MR. STEAMER
True Patriot Only in the GTA Joined: 03/March/2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 14544 |
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you tell the customer to prevac...and get right into the corners....and when they don't you blast them
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Ken_Is_OK
Carpet Cleaning Specialist Joined: 13/February/2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 523 |
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If you're telling the customer to pre vacuum you might as well tell them to pre spray, extract then groom after renting a Ninja from Ted. |
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Soil Lint Green
Carpet Cleaning Specialist Joined: 30/December/2007 Location: Oregon Status: Offline Points: 551 |
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I agree that at premium prices you should pre-vac. The customer may claim to have done this for you but their machine and method may not be good enough. I filled up a bagless twice in a small home where the customer did me a favor. A close examination of their vacuum provided answers as did the look on their face when I explained proper care of the machine and the recommended vacuuming method.
If you want to a respectable reputation, pre-vac. Only nightrider can get away with doing it in a french maid outfit. |
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It's ORY GUN, not OR A GONE. Learn to talk.
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nightrider
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Soil Lint Green sounds alot like Steamer........................choooooo chooooooo
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MR. STEAMER
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nope not me....
I could never get anyone to pay for pre-vac'n....
so I always insist that the customer do it..
I have a 56 blower on my truck......even if the don't do a great job everything gets sucked up....
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FreshAire
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Wrong Mr Steamer, your super-sucker won't get everything up, especially not in a heavily soiled carpet. Don't believe me? Go back next day with a Dyson and vacuum it and see just how much crap is left behind! When that soil load is wet out, it gets sticky and only partially gets flushed... try getting dust on your clothes and then dust it off with a dry hand- most comes out. Try it with a wet hand and see what happens; same thing applies to carpets!!!
Personally my customers don't get the choice, and once they've seen the result of what comes out of their carpet in spite of their having "vacuumed" already with their 40 year old wheezer of a vac, they are always happy that you do do a proper pre-vac, have not had a single customer complain about it to date! And let's face it, even the ones with the best vac tend to be fairly lazy with their vacuuming and you end up only get a half-arsed attempt done! Why bother letting them do it for you, unless of course you really don't give too much of a sh*t about quality outcomes And as for your comment about "your customers would never pay for it" Mr Steamer, I used to say the same thing- until I started doing it and guess what? I might have dropped 10% of my customers, but the extra charge per job meant I still made more money at the end of the day with less travel (Read: expense) at the end of the day! Edited by FreshAire - 20/June/2008 at 9:59pm |
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Hammy
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Just give it a good once over with the broom.
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Could somebody just clean my carpets!
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cmaster
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Don't forget the shovel
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