Less carpet woes? 7/22/11
Carpet is not used as often in kitchens, bathrooms and entry ways as it was a few years ago. But even with limited usage, there's almost as much, if not more, carpet in the homes we service today. The reason is that the average house is much larger than when we started in the cleaning business in 1962.
Carpet is used in areas that don't soil rapidly, so we don't get as much repeat business as we did in the good old days. To deal with this challenge we've gone back to our roots in the cleaning business, the maintenance of stone, tile and wood floors. New finishes are excellent and the equipment today is so much better and easier to use.
Oriental carpets and area rug sales are booming so offering a pick-up and delivery service makes sense and can be very rewarding. Furniture cleaning and fabric protector sales also help augment reduced carpet cleaning revenues. Special classes at Bane-Clene Institute teach techniques and recommended products for hard floor care. Schedule one soon.
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