Find their pain and fix it. Rinse and Repeat. As most cleaning contractors know, there is invariably something that happens or something that is not happening that triggers a client to take bids and consider hiring a new cleaning contractor. Sometimes it’s a rate increase. When this happens, many managers are required to take bids [...]
ANSI/IICRC S100 Standard and IICRC R100 Reference Guide for Professional Inspection of Textile Floorcovering(LAS VEGAS) March 27, 2014 – The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) announces the publication of a newly revised ANSI-approved Standard - ANSI/IICRC S100 Standard and IICRC R100 Reference Guide for Professional Inspection of Textile Floorcoverings (6th edition, 2015). [...]
Fort Worth, TX - Many cleaning professionals were caught off guard last winter, especially when it came to protecting their customers' floors. Last winter was so harsh that many floors took a serious beating before anything could be done to protect them. To help prevent this from happening again and better prepare for [...]
Hamilton, OH - While the dreadful spread of Ebola is getting a lot of news attention at the moment, Tom Morrison, vice president of marketing for Kaivac, says we should not forget that Ebola is not our only concern, especially here in the U.S. "For instance, here in Ohio, Enterovirus-68 is a very big concern and [...]
Knowing what results to expect from the hot water extraction carpet cleaning method can help you set proper expectations for clients. In this is the second part in our series on carpet cleaning for building service contractors and in-house cleaning professionals, we’ve again turned to carpet cleaning expert, Bob Abrams, product manager for U.S. Products [...]
Join more than 16,000 cleaning industry professionals, all determined to improve the industry as well as their individual businesses.“I love to see all the big things and the small things that come to market that make things easier or allow us to work faster,” says Ed Selkow, president of Janitorial Growth Solutions and an ISSA/INTERCLEAN [...]
The CleanMax Zoom 200 gets the job done more effectively and without costing hundreds of dollars more.Richard Wilson, president of Brittany Maids in Atlanta, Georgia, for twenty years was frustrated with his nationally known, name brand vacuums. His fifteen cleaning teams were equipped with vacuums that he found to be subpar. He was tired of [...]
Professional models of vacuums offer the quality, power and longevity to save your company money and deliver amazing cleaning service. In creating and refining your cleaning services, arguably the most important decision you can make is about your vacuum cleaner. Why? Because in the majority of cleaning procedures, the “dry” work comes first for removal [...]
Ensure that your carpet cleaning and care procedures comply with best practices and meet established national standards.The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) has published a new Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Inspection of Textile Floorcoverings. To read the announcement from IICRC click here. Or to view an hour-long discussion of what the [...]
The pH scale is logarithmic. As you move outward on the scale, each solution is ten times more powerful.
