Hello, I started my own flooring and janitorial business. I work out of Lubbock, Texas. I compete with Carpet Tech and the like. I recently had about 4,550 square feet of carpet to clean. I quoted the gentleman at $0.16 per square foot for the initial cleaning and then at $0.08 per square foot for the recurring cleanings. Is that too low? What are good large scale carpet cleaning prices? And what about cleaning VCT? Different price? Any advice is beneficial ..read more

Looking for some advice on laundering our cleaning supplies (huck towels, microfibers and mopheads) right now we have 2 sets of speedqueen washers & dryers and we use arm n hammer with oxyclean detergent. They don’t do a bad job but the machines are not commercial duty so they’re breaking more and more often, anyone have recommendations for heavier duty machines ..read more

HELP NEEDED. Can you suggest how much to bid for around 2000 sqft Commons, and 2500 sqft Church, sweep, mop, vacuum, 3 restrooms (7 toilets, 2 urinals)? The job will take up to 3 hours, one person, 2x weekly service ..read more

I’ve been asked to bid on cleaning a church what is the average price per square feet ..read more

Hello all, I have recently started working with a janitorial company The Cleaning Concern and I am trying to help grow the business. Does anyone have suggestions or resources for onboarding new clients? Do you use any software ..read more

Does anybody have any insight or any experience or have any ideas how to clean ceiling tiles drop down ceilings from inside restaurants and stores and hotels what's the right way to do it what's the process ..read more

I am currently estimating a 23,000 sq ft Church that is going to be used as a private elementary school for the start of next school year. Most of it is carpet, with a 5k sqft gymnasium, and approximately 20 toilets, sinks and mirrors. they will need only post school day cleaning, no day porter(s). it is 5 days a week in the Clarksville/Nashville Area. Just looking for some alternate opinions on how much to quote. I was also thinking about doing a 1,2, or 3 year graduating discount on the... Read more ..read more

I’ve owned a commercial cleaning company for about 2 years now. Business is starting to pick up moving my company from a comfortable job to a legit small business. We have a couple buildings all pretty large in size with multiple bathrooms. Im curious, how do you all clean your toilets/urinals? I’ve seen many videos online of using cloth towels and scratch pads. We simply use paper towels after spraying with a disinfectant. This makes the most sense to me so that we are not using a new towel... Read more ..read more

Need to bid on a 100 Room final detail post construction for a hotel..If were successful winning the bid, they have ongoing work for us,so,dont want to overbid..Checked out several rooms,Not bad at all other than tiled flooring in bathrooms need a good scrubbing,I have the equipment for it. Vacuum carpets,wipe down any dust on walls,not bad tho,figuring each room should take 40 mins tops to clean? Approx 300 sq ft per room. Plus vacuum hallways,5 floors,2 elevators,1 stairwell sweep up..Im... Read more ..read more

New here! We are starting a fast food restaurant nightly cleaning business. Our account is with chick fil a. The owner loves the idea of having a crew come in so he can send his night shift home without the added cleaning duties that they aren’t doing well. He would like his facility to be thoroughly cleaned. Spotless floors, booth upholstery cleaned and spots removed, walls, bathrooms, windows, all aspects of the kitchen. Basically everything! We have been looking at investing in a good... Read more ..read more