EQUIPMENT & MAINTENANCE
Simple things like
changing truck mount
and truck engine oil
regularly can add
years of life to your
equipment.
Choosing the Right Approach
to Maintenance of Equipment for Business Owners
by Ara Klujian
There are different avenues an owner can
take to make sure all the equipment is
properly maintained. Owners may want
do it themselves, hire somebody within the
cleaning company to do the work, or hire
a company that specializes in repairs and
maintenance.
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Every carpet cleaning company has
expensive equipment that is used to clean
carpets. Whether the company is large
or small, the tools and equipment used
can vary in conjunction with the different
methods that a carpet company chooses
to incorporate into the cleaning business.
Each and every piece of equipment needs
to be maintained in some form or another
to prevent downtime, loss of revenue, and
even overall appearance. A general example
of the equipment used on a day to day basis
for a carpet cleaning company may include
in-plant machines, vehicles, truckmounts,
portable extractors, rotary machines, wands,
stair tools, and sprayers. This list of tools
and equipment gets much longer, as does
quantity for the well established companies
and companies that have been operating
for many years. That being said, it does
not matter what size the company may be.
The maintenance of tools and equipment
as well as breakdowns do not discriminate
against a smaller company vs. a larger
compa