North Lake Library

[Hoss]

I received a call asking for a carpet cleaning estimate for the North Lake Library District in North Lake Illinois - a bit west of Chicago and somewhat far for me to go .

Is anyone in that area who wants to do a library system?

http://www.northlakelibrary.org/

Call Rich ~ 708-562-2301

You can use me as a referral - I was recommended through OCLC.

[pauluscarpetcare]

I'll would love to be apart of this Robert. We live in the NW suburbs of Chicago.
I'll give them a call. Thanks
Kurt

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Hi Robert. I have a meeting set with Rich tuesday morning. I'll let you know how it goes. Is there a square ft. price range I should be working with? Thanks again.

[Hoss]

That sounds great, Kurt. I don't know what you would charge per square foot in that market. There are so many variables. Staining, repeat business, overall condition, and type of equipment you are using. But, the *reason* for the referral is that VLM works very well for libraries and (as Rick said in another post) low-moisture and quick drying times are very good for the preservation of books along with indoor air quality - as opposed to the wet environment created by many name-brand TM systems.

I expect you will be looking at a combination of commercial glue-down and ceramic tile flooring. And, you might recommend a cleaning schedule of 2-3 times per year. At least Fall and Spring. This is the article I wrote for my blog that the librarians read and created the referral so you know what they are looking at: http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com/2013/0...ors-clean/

[pauluscarpetcare]

Thanks again Robert. I'll take a look at it on tuesday and figure it out.

[pauluscarpetcare]

hi Robert. I met with Northlake Library and gave them a qoute . They decided to hire me to clean the lower level of the building which is heavily stained. I'm doing this on the 16th and if they are happy with the results i will be doing the balance of the library at a later date. Total sq. ft. is appx. 22,000. I'll be using my cimex and Releasit products. Thanks again I truly appreciate it. Kurt

[Hoss]

Score one for VLM! I think this is the only appropriate method for Libraries that are concerned with indoor air quality, mold, mildew, humidity, preservation of library materials, and getting good quality cleaning at a reasonable cost.

The Northeast Document Conservation Center has considerable influence over specifications for disaster and maintenance plans for libraries. I am planning on submitting a specification to them for VLM cleaning in libraries and hopefully that will influence other libraries to use this excellent process.

[MikeB]

Congratulations Kurt! I hope it works out well for you.
Robert, thanks for your work in bringing libraries and vlmer's together. It's a great niche market for anyone who has vlm capabilities!


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[pauluscarpetcare]

Thanks Mike. I hope everything is going well for you.

[MikeB]

Going just fine thank you.


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