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david@zap-clean

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How long to clean this lot?
« on: April 16, 2013, 05:39:34 pm »
I'm having a very busy week!How long would you expect to spend cleaning ~160 of these:



10hrs - I'm wasted!
David @ ZapClean
www.zap-clean.com

Ferenc G.

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Re: How long to clean this lot?
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2013, 05:57:29 pm »
Well done mate  :) Must have been a hard day

Richard Cole

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Re: How long to clean this lot?
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2013, 06:27:28 pm »
I'd have a sit down after doing that lot, looks like you have plenty of chairs to chose from ;D
former carpet cleaner, now retired!

Mike Halliday

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Re: How long to clean this lot?
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2013, 06:31:58 pm »
At a tenner each you've made a killing ;D ;D

They are an awkward design to clean, were they dirty?
Mike Halliday.  www.henryhalliday.co.uk

Paul Moss

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Re: How long to clean this lot?
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2013, 06:33:26 pm »
A tenner , you havin a giraffe, £3 each.

david@zap-clean

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Re: How long to clean this lot?
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2013, 07:12:46 pm »
At a tenner each you've made a killing ;D ;D

They are an awkward design to clean, were they dirty?

Wedding venue - fairly old and dirty - mostly cleaned up ok, apart from the odd raspberry juice splattered ones.  That was yesterdays job...I did the carpets today - I'll be finishing off tomorrow.  £3 each sounds about right.

Apparently the previous carpet cleaner did the lot in 2hrs - that's one every 40secs  ;D ... when I grow up I'd like to be as good as that!
David @ ZapClean
www.zap-clean.com

Paul Moss

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Re: How long to clean this lot?
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2013, 07:24:28 pm »
David, you will.

Simon Gerrard

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Re: How long to clean this lot?
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2013, 08:31:25 pm »
We've just cleaned over 2,000 chairs like that on a ship in Germany, Pre-spray, scrub, extract with portable, around two minutes each. It's all about having an efficient system, which is down to experience. Two machines each cleaning at least 30 an hour.

Simon

Paul Moss

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Re: How long to clean this lot?
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2013, 08:34:13 pm »
2000 chairs at 3 quid  :o i want to be Simons bitch

Ian Rochester

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Re: How long to clean this lot?
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2013, 08:34:35 pm »
David

If you were working by yourself then that's pretty good going.  We've just done a biggish job this morning which had to be done and finished for opening time 10:45 so had two machines going flat out on it.

david@zap-clean

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Re: How long to clean this lot?
« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2013, 08:54:44 pm »
David

If you were working by yourself then that's pretty good going.  We've just done a biggish job this morning which had to be done and finished for opening time 10:45 so had two machines going flat out on it.

Thanks... 160 chairs in 10 hrs = 16 per hour = approx one every 4 minutes.  

I loaded them up in blocks of 10:
I vac'ed, pre-sprayed, hand brush agitated, extracted, then towel wiped them down (every inch, inc wooden legs/ frame).  And, I spot cleaned a few tricky ones afterwards.

I thought that was ok too... in fact, it's about the same speed as you Simon  :)
David @ ZapClean
www.zap-clean.com

Shaun_Ashmore

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Re: How long to clean this lot?
« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2013, 09:05:57 pm »
I would have gone for a bit more money as well as taking a helper but it's not me that's wanting the job it's you! well done I think they got an excellent job, you'll not need your warm milk tonight  ;D

Shaun

Simon Gerrard

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Re: How long to clean this lot?
« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2013, 09:09:42 pm »
Dave,
You did well. Speed and high quality are not things that necessarily go together, but you can streamline a cleaning process to maximise productivity while not compromising on quality. ;)


Simon


Jamie Pearson

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Re: How long to clean this lot?
« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2013, 09:10:54 pm »
The best advice I can give on this type of work is setting the air overs up to point at the guys doing the hwe.

Shaun_Ashmore

  • Posts: 11382
Re: How long to clean this lot?
« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2013, 10:36:35 pm »
Like it Jamie but are you that unfit that you sweat that much? LOL

I'd turbo them just to get them dry as to check them over.

Shaun

Mark_Jubb

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Re: How long to clean this lot?
« Reply #15 on: April 16, 2013, 11:05:54 pm »
Apparently the previous carpet cleaner did the lot in 2hrs - that's one every 40secs  

There's a good chance that's why he is "the previous carpet cleaner"  now replaced by you.  :D
If there isn't enough time to do the job right,  how do we find the time to go back and do it again when the customer is not happy ?   Do it right the 1st Time.
NCCA Member 1399.  Swindon, Wiltshire

Russ Chadd

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Re: How long to clean this lot?
« Reply #16 on: April 16, 2013, 11:31:35 pm »
Its jobs like this my kestrel agitating tool comes into its own!