SERIOUSLY, Everyone should be using a Speed Dyer on carpet & furniture

Word!

Can't do it. Adds too much time to the job, if the customer is not okay with a 4hr or so dry time then I will use one. At an extra cost to them. Especially if it's an extra busy day, where we are doing 7-8 jobs. Turns an 8hr day into a 10hr day.

I agree with extremeclean, my dry times without a dryer are 6 hours or so. I offer "speed drying" as an add on. Those air paths need to pay for themselves

I use my discretion. Normally if we clean a lightly soiled carpet it is dry in about 1hr without any blowers. If it is high humidity then I will often bring a few in, especially if they are needed it to dry quick. Generally I always use them in the winter. Part of why I don't always use them in the summer is space in the van. Since I run a large generator in my van I use my fans during the summer to pull the heat away from the generator (3 of them), if it isn't super hot I will bring 1 in to dry carpets. In the winter I don't need the fans for cooling the gen so I always bring at least 2 in. What i want to do is get an air path as a dedicated carpet dryer and I should have enough room to squeeze it in.

Did a job yesterday, it was a rental and the new tenants literally where waiting at the door to move in, it was a med soiled berber, I did just a single dry stroke, opened windows and setup 2 fans and the entire carpet was bone dry by the time we packed our equipment out, it was 70% humidity out.

Easy to do if you only do one job in a day but it becomes much more difficult once you have three or more jobs a day. At least it was for me.

This. How plugging in a blower and moving it around can add "HOURS" to a day. At some point during setup, you'll be walking into the home w/a free hand. Use that hand to bring in the blower. As you move from one room to the other, bring the blower in. When you're done putting up your gear, when you walk back in to collect the check....collect the check and your fan.

It really doesn't get any easier than that, saying it takes longer or add's hours to your day is comical.

I don't see how a few minutes in each room would dry very fast.

Physics is at work.

I usually set up an air mover in 1 room of their choice. That's free. Don't do it on move outs either. Takes to much time to move around. Most customers are happy I try to get their main living area dry for them. I let it stay and it's the last thing I pack up that room is normally dry to the touch.

This.

It's not helping that much fellas. It's just a bit of a dog and pony show if you ask me. *Note: I'm not an expert*

If I didn't know better, I would think you are insulting me.

If I am doing a 7-8 job day, it would be apartments/3 room specials/small rental houses. Did 6 on Friday in 6 hrs including drive time. At this time my average job is not 6-8 areas.

*Edit: Did 9 jobs if you count night work.

Don't lie you did 5 spray and rakes. Just joking I assumed as well you would have smaller jobs in the mix.

I ran a coupon for a 3 room special that was most of that work. That and two apartments was most of those jobs. I'm not going to lie, I would like for my average job to be 6-8 areas. Here in my area (just south of Nashville) my average house is only 5 areas (3 bedrooms and a family room) anyway.

We use our turbo air movers on nearly every job and offer to leave them until the end of the day or the following morning. we're at .34 sf so we don't charge for them. The last thing people want is to feel like they are being nickled and dimed. The more you offer for the price the better you look.

Wow, I only book 2 jobs per day, sometimes 3 if one is small. Out here in the desert most people have ceiling fans throughout their house that I always turn on and I always tell people to run their a/c or open the windows to help with drying. Average dry time for me is 3-4 hours, depending on the job.