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Post by rclllc on Nov 19, 2005 6:42:34 GMT -5
do you include it in your bid if applicable or do you charge separately?
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Post by kim on Nov 19, 2005 16:24:23 GMT -5
My thoughts on this one. High Dusting: Include it in your bid. If you dint High and low Dust. weather its with a Webber a Duster or VAC. the room is not ever going to be clean. I prefer the back pack vac with a brush for the high and low. great for offices that get real dusty. I used to do some really big places with lots of cubicles and desks. worked great I miss that back pac.. Anyways , just my thoughts.
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Post by Kevin on Nov 19, 2005 19:11:48 GMT -5
I word it into specs as remove all high dust and cobwebs.
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Post by Grizzly on Nov 21, 2005 18:15:33 GMT -5
We include it in the specs but usually, above shoulder height monthly, returns and heating vents etc. in high ceilings once per year with extension poles and back pack. All figured into the price
Bill
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Post by ellen on Jan 16, 2006 19:44:29 GMT -5
we include it in our price. Most of our work is residential, but we do have a lot of vaulted ceileings ellen
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Post by proshine on Jan 17, 2006 21:38:19 GMT -5
We include it, and if it is a high cieling we use a extension pole, no ladders.
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Post by jdinstl on Jan 17, 2006 22:36:16 GMT -5
It's called "Top-Down Complete Vacuum Dusting" in my propaganda and is included in base price for applications 12 foot and under. Extensions on the backpack vac do the trick.
I recently bought a folding ladder - 4 sections, 3 foot each. My primary intent was for window washing applications but it could be pressed to this service as well. It's lightweight and easy to handle, even has inserts for the center sections so you can use it as a small scaffold.
This topic, incidentally, was one of the first IJCSA-added-value items I learned. I thought such would be typical for a professional cleaning service. Yet here, and in speaking to others, I was suprised to learn no it is not! Suction anywhere but the floor? *GASP* Perish the thought!
Somehow, the idea of high wall vents looking like filthy shag rugs and ceiling corners reminiscient of a scene in "Arachnophobia" fail the definition of a top-flight cleaning service.
Cheers!
John
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Post by proshine on Jan 19, 2006 12:55:48 GMT -5
I used a back pack vac for this week end, LOVE IT! Not so sure about it on a ladder tho, But I am a height chicken, It is a hepa vac and picked up ceramic dust like a pro, better than anything else! the mobile part of a back pac makes better labor per hour, I learned that. Janice
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Post by jdinstl on Jan 19, 2006 13:43:00 GMT -5
You bring up a good point about being on a ladder with a backpack vacuum. Backpacking of the outdoor hiking variety has been a passion of mine for most of my life. Lumbering around with one on my back and hiking up steep trails has trained me to naturally compensate for the changed center of gravity.
Yet it's important to be aware that wearing a backpack vac does shift your body's balance, and increases risk of injury especially on ladder work. A hip vacuum, or cannister with a shoulder strap might be a better choice. Vacuum supply houses can make custom-length extension hoses as well - I had one made to use for stairwork, and getting cobwebs out of stairwell ceilings when combined with a pole and gripper.
Cheers,
John
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Post by jdinstl on Jan 19, 2006 14:02:56 GMT -5
Ah...something else to consider if you do a lot of backpack vacuum work. I love my backpack vac -- but the harness left a bit to be desired. Part of the problem is me -- I'm a beanpole, a tall skinny thing. My backpack vac is an ElectroKlean, and you can get either the backpack harness, or a cannister-kit with wheels. Either of these assemblies mount to a plate which is then bolted onto the vac. Clearly, I'm not the average of which my vac's harness was made, for it didn't fit exactly proper. As I said in the prior message, I'm an avid backpacker of the outdoors variety. For my hiking/camping backpacks, I have the harnesses and backboards custom-made. I like long, multi-day hikes, which means I have to pack more food and stuff, but that creates a problem because I'm a skinny featherweight thing. The custom harness is tailor made to my body measurements, the backboard padding is as well. The result allows me to pack half of my body weight all day and not be fatigued because the weight is carried on the proper points of my body. I had one made for my backpack vac as well, and now I literally do not feel the vac. Literally. One time, I pulled the hose off it, unplugged the extension from the pigtail and commenced breaking down an apartment turnover. Finished, I dug out my keys, opened the car door and !!!!! I...uh...ummm...*blush*...was still wearing the vac. To make it even worse, I had gone back into the apartment after locking it up, as I kept thinking I was forgetting something.... *shaking head* John
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Post by j2 on Jan 20, 2006 3:53:53 GMT -5
We had a CFR backpack, the shoulder straps hurt really bad and it wasn't getting used. We got racing seat belt covers from Pep Boys and it made a huge difference. It also looks very sporty with flames and Mitsubishi in Japanese, J.J. Now we buy Windsor vac-pac and they are really comfortable. The numbers on the spec sheets were similar however the Windsor is clearly stronger.
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