by Sarah Vance | Aug 5, 2012 | News
Early Lessons from the Farm I learned about customer service from an early age. While growing up on a dairy-apple farm in western New York outside a small town of about 2,000 residents, I learned tons of valuable lessons. There were the obvious moral lessons of...
by Bruce Vance | Jul 27, 2012 | Green Cleaning, House Cleaning, News, No-Damage Cleaning, Renewable or Sustainable Materials
Cleaning Bamboo flooring – Sustainable but …. We house cleaners are seeing new materials constantly — Bamboo flooring is a recent favorite. First, a little background. Bamboo is a grass which grows quickly and can be harvested every four to six...
by Bruce Vance | Jul 2, 2012 | House Cleaning, News
Revealing the Actual Floor Color We got the fallacy of this idea brought home to us on one of our very first jobs. We were about to strip and refinish the lobby floor of an office building. The finish looked in pretty good shape, a dark terrazzo floor with a decent...
by Bruce Vance | May 21, 2012 | House Cleaning, Janitorial Services, News
There is a general misconception that chlorine bleach is a cleaner. Although it may have some ability to saponify grease because of its high pH (around 13), its primary action is as an oxidizer. This means bleach changes the molecular structure of certain substances...
by Sarah & Bruce Vance | Feb 26, 2012 | News
A lot has changed over the many years we’ve been in business and much continues to change (for the better) as we continue to look for ways to best serve you! The latest of those changes is the unveiling of our new website… sporting our refined look and...