Carpet Cleaning
Maid Service of Aurora-Naperville Relies on ProTeam Backpack Vacuums
Saving time, creating happy customers, and making more money with backpack vacuums.Ray Pillar’s career took a turn in the late ‘90s when the dot-com bubble burst and left him ready to make a major change. He took his time deciding […]
IICRC Certification Recommended by Centers for Disease Control
CDC promotes IICRC certification for cleaning Ebola-contaminated commercial aircraft LAS VEGAS— March 18, 2015 – The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) today announced the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has included it in a list of recommended […]
Revised Standard and Reference Guide Published
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 […]
Billion Dollar Bully Documentary on Yelp
Kickstarter campaign has raised over $70,000 to make a documentary about lawsuits against Yelp.CBT has previously reported on the journey one carpet cleaner took to force Yelp to clean up its practices by making Yelp reveal the identity of posters […]
What Cleaning Contractors Should Know about Ozone Generators
Plymouth, MN - One of the most challenging issues cleaning contractors must deal with is malodor eradication. Often, even once the source of the odor has been removed, odors persist because they have penetrated carpets, wall coverings, furniture, etc. One […]
Lakewood, WA Loses Two Pets to Carpet Cleaner
On Saturday, February 28, a Lakewood, WA resident returned home to find his two pets - a bird and a cat - dead. An unnamed OTC powdered carpet cleaner was identified as the cause, apparently causing a toxic chemical reaction […]
Carpet Cleaners: Keeping the Phone Ringing This Winter
There are actually several good reasons why consumers and property managers should have their carpets cleaned during the winter months.Fort Worth, TX - Most consumers and property managers postpone carpet cleaning from about December through March, and even as late as […]
Q&A: Cold Water versus Hot Water Carpet Cleaning
Plymouth, MN - The professional carpet cleaning industry is invariably struggling with the issue of whether to clean carpets with cold or hot water. While there are pluses and minuses supporting both methods, in the long run, it appears […]
Know Thy Enemy When it Comes to Winter Floor Care
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 […]
The Ten Commandments of Carpet Care
Plymouth, MN - If you go online, you'll find there is a "Ten Commandments" for just about everything. One site has a Ten Commandments of College Life; another has a Ten Commandments of Love Life; there's the Ten […]
