[Shaun_Ashmore]

With all the talk with prices (a very hot potato) I thought I would reverse the question and try and find out how long it takes to clean:-

3 x rooms with moderate soiling and moderate furniture

Imagine it as a terraced house 2 downstairs reception rooms and hall stairs and landing, time starts from pull up to pull away.

Shaun

[Mark Weedon]

Shaun

3 rooms?? Or 3 bedroom house inc h,s,l 2 recepts?? 

Read your post and not quite sure which you want answer too.
 

Mark

[Shaun_Ashmore]

2 downstairs rooms and Hsl.

Shaun

[Radek Jablonski]

it takes me 3-4hrs, it always depends how dificult are the areas, stains etc

[Steve Chapman]

Probably 1.5 hrs

[Brendan (chem2clean)]

hey steve,i presume your using a tm,hose reel etc,love to get my times down to 1 1/2 hours for two rooms and hsl.Have not fitted my reels yet,slow to set up,but cant honestly say it would take me 2 1/2 hours to do,moving furniture etc

[Steve Chapman]

Yeah tm & around 25 years experience .

If it took me 3-4 hours I'd be looking for another job 

[Carpet Dawg]

1.5 hours to 2 hours. That's for a dog standard terraced house with moderate soiling.

[dan paton]

About the same as tony give or take (depends on how chatty they are) . I'm doing a 3 for £99 offer and 2 hours is my aim for completion . I have learned quickly that you have to organise yourself with precision . Treat it like a military exercise 

[Radek Jablonski]

1,5 - 2 hrs? one man, set up the gear, vacuuming, furniture moving, proper agitation, extraction, grooming, packing up, plus some conversation with the customer etc.? yeee right, I see here are some real cowboys with TMs hihi  

3pc suit is probably 1hr for ye?  

[dan paton]

Different people work at different speeds and efficiency than others radek  please remember that.
edit..... radek what does hihi and seting mean . Me being a cowboy and all I can't quite understand oh and I'm a portable cowboy not a tm one 

[Mike Halliday]

2 of us,  1hr & 10 mins

[clive ware]

1.5 hrs with a tm.

[Simon Gerrard]

like Mike, just over an hour.

Radek,
3 - 4 hours?
Just think how much more money you could make if you became more efficient

[Radek Jablonski]

like Mike, just over an hour.

Radek,
3 - 4 hours?
Just think how much more money you could make if you became more efficient

think how much more better your work can be if you do it correct 
TM or portable, no matter, 1,5-2 hrs is not possibe if not missing most of the steps.

ps. I am not slow, can not me more efficient, no way, just not possible. Working as a TM with the storm, water tanks, automatic empty, quick filling with the pump inside the water tank, hose reels, remote control etc. Set up is only a bit longer becouse two power cables (max. 2 min).
Even if the job is just "refreshing" I am still doing agitation (then with Sebo, not the TM4), and 2,5 hrs would be min for the best fastest jobs.

I am sure that all you do is spraiyng the presprays, quick agitate (if any) with the grooming brush and extraction, becouse customer will see the different anyway not looking deep into the carpet.
If one person off course.
Simon, your times are probably true, you work as a two man team at least.

[Simon Gerrard]

Radek,
Have a day out with a busy TM operator, it will be a real eye opener for you, that way you will be in a better position to comment.

Simon

[maxcampbell]

Very variable, but on ave, 2 of us 1 to 1.5hrs.

3pce suite - 3 str & 2 chairs, tends to be more predictable and we'd reckon 3 man hrs -ie if we can twin-tool, 1.5 hrs for 2 of us.

[Steve Chapman]

I can't possibly think what you'd be doing for 4 hours, my customers wouldn't even want me there for that long !

Although quality is important, your mainly in business to make money, so speed is paramount too !

It's not worth working for yourself if your not efficient and getting as many jobs done each day as possible !

Steve

[Radek Jablonski]

guys, make it more precise, what you do, all your steps, from start to finish?
hmmm this is internet, every one can say whatever nobody will check

[Simon Gerrard]

Radek,
Perhaps this topic is highlighting the huge difference in productivity that you get with a TM. Clearly the times stated have you thinking that we can't possibly be doing it properly because you've got your head stuck in a certain way of doing things, which to you is the only way of doing it in order to do a proper job - but you're wrong.
What you need is to see a TM in action.

Simon