Why are you unhooking hoses while you wash?
That’s the beauty of using a gun instead. I was also using a ball valve but with the swivel it is pretty heavy. Now I just snap the gun onto the hose, hold trigger and fire it up. From then on you can plug it into your surface cleaner or a jrod. It literally takes off half the weight. I do still use a swivel however.
Listen and learn from @Innocentbystander, he’s the guru of apartment cleaning.
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Interior apartment breezeway cleaning. Typical rental rig. My current Surface cleaner. I have a ported vacuum surface cleaner on order for future apartment jobs.
I think people are under the impression I use a ball valve to wash and not a wand. I don’t do that. It’s literally just attached to the QD on the wand or surface cleaner so I can disconnect one or the other without turning the machine off. I have an extra valve to detach excess hose during my apartment jobs to get it out of the way as I move
Down the hallways back towards the entry point of the hose.
So, you need a good surface cleaner. You can’t use one with caster wheels in a breezeway. You’re gonna send water under the doors. You need a surface cleaner you can plug your gun into. You need to get rid of the trailers so you can back into a parking space. Those style buildings should take no more than 15-20 minutes per level. There is no need for a vacuum on those. Make sure you’re taping key holes.
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We get what you’re using it for. We’re saying there is no need to do that.
I own a tacoma so trailer rigs are my only option at this time. I can maneuver them just fine to where I need them. Previous company to used to clean the apartments used a small surface cleaner and ended up etching the overlay on the floors and flooding resident’s apartments. Therefore I used degreaser, warm water and a wand to quickly sweep down the halls to use as little water as possible while still cleaning dirt and overspray. I do not use that surface cleaner in apartment cleaning, it is for sidewalk jobs.
The ported surface cleaner I have on order will make these jobs much faster and easier and minimize water buildup as it will suck up the water instantly as it cleans.
When I clean with the wand by the doors I hold the wand at a 90 degree angle to the door so the spray (40 degree tip) goes straight down parallel to the door and not spraying water under the crack. Any doors near where water may pool up by the stairwells on the first door are taped up thoroughly and booms placed in front.
Management has told me they received no complaints of water intrusion from any of the residents.
These breezeways differ from old exterior apartment breezeways in that water can leak under the wall panels and soak the interior walls of the apartments. That is why I used a water recovery system and work in sections so no large amounts of water pool up. Water is moved quickly towards the vacuum and doesn’t have time to soak into the walls.
I’ve done exterior breezeways without that design flaw and they go much faster because I don’t have to recover the water as I go. I just tape doors and keyholes and push the water towards the stairs or “balcony” at the end of the hallway.
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You asked for help on being more effecient. I gave it. You do you.
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So where’s the shopping center pics, your original question.
He obviously doesn’t need. Has it all figured out.
I take pics of my computer screen because I can’t figure out how to print screen to save stuff. We all have our weaknesses and it sucks when someone tells you you’re doing it wrong.
but you are doing it wrong…that’s like eating omelets 
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Right above the backspace key, there is a button: “print screen” or “print sc”. Just tap that button & release. Put your flashing cursor wherever you want to past the image (email, thread, etc…) hold CTRL & press V. On the side note, it will include everything on your screen. Some email platforms will let you right click the image to bring up cropping options so you can trim off anything you want to exclude.
I’ve hit that button a zillion times and nothing ever prints
His method works dont you go complicating it now
I dunno man. Maybe it’s worn out; a zillion strokes is a lot! Cheerwine spill? CTRL + V where the magic happens but you still have a work-around that works & that is all good.
Edit: you could also try right clicking the cursor & then just click ‘paste’ to see if that works.
I’m not trying to paste something, just print the screen. When I buy stuffi like to have a copy of the confirmation number stuff or if I see something I want to save for later
My phone storage is full so The images wouldn’t download off iCloud. I just screenshotted the pics to upload them.
The disjointed nature of the conversation between shopping centers and apartments wasn’t my intention. It’s projects like this I will be taking more of on by myself until I can hire a helper so that’s why I started this thread, to gain advice on how to accomplish that more efficiently by myself.
When I explained how I currently tackle my jobs it’s not to turn down other people’s advice, but just explaining where I am with my processes. Thank you all for your input, I sincerely appreciate it.
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It must be super satisfying to shoot that bullseye on the Target logo haha. Lucky man! As far as boosting one man efficiency, boost your GPM’s man! I just made the jump from 4 gpm to 6.8 & I’m dazzled. It has doubled my efficiency in every way. Most folks consider 8 gpm the sweet spot. Some go 10 & still want more. Put your rent dollars towards a killer rig of your own & go take care of bidniss!
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Really. I hate to thin of what the rental is on that unit is for the day.
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