| Service Cleaning Businesses must maintain their | | | | the work trucks. You will be glad you took care of |
| equipment in order to insure it is ready to go when | | | | this issue before a problem came along and took |
| the company vehicles reach their customer. It does | | | | care of you.MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENTI. |
| not matter how many service vehicles or employees | | | | VACUUMA. Description1. Model Types2. Materials3. |
| you have, a manual can save you both time and | | | | Parts List4. Hot LineB. Motors1. Worn Out Carbon |
| money. If your equipment is not running correctly | | | | Brushes2. Cleaning3. SmellC. Vacuum Bags1. Once A |
| you will find yourself in a position of having to make | | | | Week Clean Outs2. Re-OrderD. AnchorsE. Suction |
| an excuse to a customer. Although if this happens | | | | Tests1. Motor Goes Out2. Loss Of Suction3. Back |
| only once you probably will not jeopardize the | | | | FlowF. Trouble ShootingII. CARPET EXTRACTORA. |
| account, but if it becomes a common occurrence you | | | | Description/ChemicalsB. Heating Units1. Loss Of Heat2. |
| will be sure that you will lose some accounts and be | | | | Testing3. AmperageC. Water Lift RatingD. PSI |
| thought of as inefficient and unreliable. If this happens | | | | DownE. ReplacementF. Trouble ShootingIII. HOSE |
| you can bet that if your competition shows up with | | | | REELSA. DescriptionB. Fittings/SwivelC. GreasingD. |
| a lower price and a few extra promises you will | | | | Touch UpE. Fit-It KitsIV. STEAM CLEANER |
| receive your walking papers and become a political | | | | (PRESSURE WASHER)A. DescriptionB. Parts ListC. |
| casualty of the world of the cleaning business.Like | | | | Major Components1. Burner2. Coils3. Generator4. |
| most cleaning businesses my cleaning business was | | | | Outlets5. Power Plant6. Unloader7. Vacuum Switch8. |
| built from incredibly humbling beginnings. One thing | | | | Temperature GaugeD. Guns And Nozzles1. |
| you learn early on is to maintain your equipment and | | | | Description2. Parts3. Teflon Tape4. Quick |
| it pays to have a manual in place to insure this | | | | Disconnects5. Swivel Hoses6. Tips7. Hoses8. |
| happens at the proper intervals and when Murphy | | | | Triggers9. PSI10. Valve Seat11. Valve Ball And |
| strikes on the job you know exactly what to do and | | | | Spring12. Safety LockE. Oil LeaksF. ListeningG. Scaling |
| how to do it. If you do not have a Maintenance | | | | Of CoilsH. StarvationI. FiltersJ. Pumps, Oil And |
| Manual for your cleaning business, please use this one | | | | PackingK. Worn SealsL. Leaky HosesM. Air LeaksN. |
| below to help you create your own. You will of | | | | Relief ValvesO. Water Pressure LeaksP. Generators1. |
| course be using slightly different cleaning equipment | | | | Mounts2. Belts3. RPM's4. Battery ChargingQ. Battery |
| and therefore need to modify the outline somewhat. | | | | MaintenanceR. Burners1. Tips2. No Heat3. Heat Shut |
| Tell you what you should do now. Print this article | | | | Off4. Fires5. FuelsS. Power Plants1. Overheating2. |
| and gather up all your equipment manuals around the | | | | Knocking3. Humming4. Oil changes5. Starting6. Air |
| shop and stuck away in files. Then modify this outline | | | | Filters7. Spark Plugs8. Motor MountsT. Coils1. |
| and then write two or three paragraphs for every | | | | De-Scaling2. CostsU. Tank1. Filters2. Discharging3. |
| item number. Then use that to make a routine | | | | Cleaning Exterior4. Signage5. Flushinga. Chlorineb. |
| maintenance schedule and a quick set of cheat | | | | Cloroxc. Algae/Sunlightd. Back Flushinge. Market Clean |
| sheets, which you can laminate at Kinko's to put in | | | | Waterf. Etc.V. |