[clinton]

Thats 3 hour max and could be done in two hours but its always nice to have a chat with the clients and maybe tak some picies.

Def a l m job wayne.

Wayne have you got the job yet?

[Steve. Taylor]

Wayne just a thought second hand rotary ebay £150 drive board £50 try and get one with the machine 3x pads to start £60 you could be up and running for £260 buy more pads at a later date.

[wayne zabel]

Thanks for all the advice,put the quote in tonight and going away for a week tomorrow, so I will know in a weeks time.

[Deep Cleaning Solutions]

Please can anyone answer the question i asked before cheers...........................................
 "How do you find out if they are not bitumen backed,i mean if the tiles or carpet are stuck down and you can't lift them to check.
The office carpets i am doing in a few weeks are strips i'm told not tiles.I will have chance to look at it before i do the job,but i'm just a bit worried that if i come accross a stain that needs a solvent based stain remover and i can't lift the carpet to see if it is bitumen backed".

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

Keyplus

Only certain tiles are bitumen backed not carpet, strips or otherwise.

If the tiles have been installed properly they will have been laid on an easy-release adhesive or tackifier, so you should easily be able to pull one up.

If they are bitumen backed, just look at the side of the tile, it will look like a thick, solid lump of tar, for want of a better description and if you wipe anything against the side of the tile you will get a sticky, dirty transfer.

[Mike Halliday]

if unsure either don't use a solvent spotter but a citrus based (gel) spotter or apply the solvent to a cloth and dab the stain out without directly applying the solvent to the carpet

[Deep Cleaning Solutions]

Cheers chaps.

[Platinum]

Sorry for the question but how do you go about working out the surface area of rooms etc

Regards
Danny

[JandS]

That a joke or what???

John

[Platinum]

No !

Im a window cleaner by trade so i want to make sure im using the right methods when pricing carpet cleaning or contract cleaning

I said it was a stupid question

[derek west]

length X width = area sq.

or you could cut out a sq metre of cardboard and place it down and draw round it with some chalk then count the squares when youve finished. whatevers easiest really.

[Neil Williams]

That a joke or what???

Sadly it appears not mate, now I'm all for helping each other but........
And before the next question arrives, yes water is a liquid and is wet

[Platinum]

That a joke or what???

Sadly it appears not mate, now I'm all for helping each other but........
And before the next question arrives, yes water is a liquid and is wet

Sorry chaps - i should have been more specific.

I want to know what tool you use to measure. Do you use visual tools or are you digital on commercial works>?

Do you use a measuring tape???
Rotawheel ?

or something like a Leica DISTO™ D2 which is used in construction for surveying purposes?

I have a Leica DISTO™ D2 which is a digital instrument on order for a construction company i was forming which is currently on hold.....

Just curious

Cheers
Danny

[M.Acorn]

Sonic laser measure from Tesco,was £10. few years back,one of the best small work items i have bought,always get comments from customers about it,and it`s also good for winding my cats up,with the red dot 

[Platinum]

Do they still sell them?

The one i have ordered is £125

[Joe H]

go on ebay and you will find cheap laser measurer's.

but are they as accurate?

do you need the accuracy for this type of work?  lenght x breadth

[M.Acorn]

Mine is ok,test it be doing the same measurement a couple of times,it`s close enough for me,although you need to keep fresh batteries in as when they start going flat,it does affect it

[derek west]

i got a cheap one, £40 i think it was, useless, gives false readings off certain wall types. one i know is white tiled walls,

you can have it for a tenner if ya want it.

[jasonl]

On a lot of commercial the ceiling tile sqares are 50 cm across, so for example 20tiles x 10 tiles would be 50m2 , I then deduct any none cleaned parts.
People are always impressed with my trick of measuring the floor by looking at the ceiling, it has won me more than a few jobs.

[Reno's Carpet Care]

If when bidding at a church you understand they are looking for low bid, decide if you want to work that cheap.  If you are doing green encap bonnet cleaning like myself, sell them on the difference (safer for kids, especially the crawling toddlers).  Get them to focus on how you are NOT Yet Another Carpet Cleaner and it may give you the competitive edge you need to get the job without needing to be the cheapest.