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Commercial Steam Team – Your Minnesota Carpet Cleaners
We’re a family owned and family operated business here in the Twin Cities, MN
Our team is dedicated to provide you with superior service and high-quality work at an affordable price. We offer carpet cleaning for residential and commercial businesses throughout the Twin Cities Metro area of Minnesota.
We service all of Hennepin and Ramsey Counties, most of Dakota, Anoka, and Washington Counties, and significant portions of Scott and Carver Counties. (We also do larger projects outside these areas.)
Call us today for a free quote on your carpet cleaning 952-224-7222 or learn more about us at https://commercialsteamteam.com/
Carpet Cleaners And Good Choices
Everyone has seen the cartoons where the angel sits on one shoulder and the devil sits on the other fighting over the conscience of a wishy washy mind. Carpet cleaners, like everyone else, are not immune to temptation. I own a commercial carpet cleaning company in the Twin Cities Area (Minneapolis, St. Paul and surrounding areas) of Minnesota. My crews and I can be spotted cleaning bowling alleys and bars until 5 or 6 in the morning. It is so tempting for carpet cleaners who are out that late cleaning to cut corners and not do a quality job. How do I prevent my crews from taking the easy way out at 4am?
- I start by hiring idealists. Idealists, by my definition, are the kind of professionals who would do a great job whether anyone is looking or not.
- Next, I make sure to pay well enough that my employees value their jobs and don’t want to risk losing them. (employees that are paid poorly don’t want to lose their jobs but won’t go out of their way to make sure they keep them either)
- Bonuses should be won and lost based on customer satisfaction. The rewards and penalties should be big enough to be a big deal to the technicians.
- I give 10% of our profits to my employees at the end of every year. This ensures that my technicians take every client seriously for the sake of ongoing business and referrals.
- Lastly, these professionals should know that if they cut a corner today, they will be back to correct it soon after. They will not get out of work, instead they are creating more work and inconvenience for themselves
Temptation is a fact of life for everyone. I don’t believe life is about avoiding temptation or shielding people from it. I believe it is about understanding the temptations and making that temptation unappealing. These policies have really worked well for my company and also protected my employees from making decisions that could cause us no choice but to lose a good employee.
Gum Removal From Carpet
If you were to search the internet for ways to remove gum from carpet, and maybe you are, you will find countless remedies. This is because there truly are countless ways to remove gum from carpet. You can freeze it and smash the gum. You can use lemons, peanut butter, and any number of chemical concoctions. You can scrape, poke, prod, pinch, and pull. The truth is that when removing them yourself, any number of these will work. However some of these methods have a risk involved; Using utensils, brushes, and rags can all wear out the carpet around and under the carpet fraying the fibers. Any method using natural or unnatural chemicals can bleed, bleach, or leave an oily residue that will attract dirt. Pulling on gum can pull fibers out of the carpet leaving a hole or fibers that stick out higher than the rest of the pile.
The best method of course is to have a respected professional carpet cleaner with a direct drive truck mounted carpet cleaning unit remove the gum. These professionals will use citric acid on the gum to loosen the bond of the gum or “emulsify” it. After emulsifying, this professional will use the heat and pressure from their cleaning solution to strip away the gum and also rinse any potential residue away. This cleaner should rinse thoroughly and use extra vacuum strokes to dry the carpet as much as possible.
In extreme cases, due to the type of carpet, volume of carpet, type of gum, or a combination of the three, the complete removal may be not feasible.
Meet The Team: Russ Sr.
Hiring a carpet cleaning company is a big decision, and we want you to know who you will be working with. Today we focus on Russ Sr. He is one of the owners and does the carpet and upholstery estimates for commercial clients.
In addition to my business partner Russ Sr. is also my father. Raised in Hopkins Mn, he married a beautiful Hopkins native and elementary school teacher named “Mom”. Lol. j/k. Her name was Lynda Lee, now Lynda Zakariasen for the past 40 years.
Dad has had a varied work life since he was a child. He has done everything from ski instructor to gold miner, landscaper to stock broker. He has finally sat still in Burnsville MN for the last 13 years working with his two sons, Ryan and Russ.
Russ has a passion for the sport of Golf and has won many tournaments and club championships. Belonging to Northfield Golf Club, “Zak”, as he’s known at the club, has found the friendships and competition that he has always been looking for. I can say from watching my father that he has never been happier than he is now. Having found places that he truly belongs in both his social and work life he is bursting with joy.
Here’s a little Q&A to get to know him better.
Q. Why did you get into the carpet cleaning industry?
A. My two sons were working in the industry and I thought what greater dream could a proud papa have then to work side by side with my children.
Q. What do you like about the carpet cleaning industry?
A. I like that I can see the results on each job when we are done. There aren’t a lot of industries that have such tangible results.
Q. Why commercial estimating?
A. I do all the estimates because that is the best opportunity to meet and get to know every customer.
Q. What was most important to you when starting Commercial Steam Team?
A. That we treat every customer and every employee with respect and honesty.
Q. What is it like working with your family?
A. It is by far the best work experience I have ever had.
In a side note, Dad would pay our employees out of his own mortgage when we didn’t even have enough money to pay ourselves. This is one of the reasons that I am so proud to be both his son and his business partner. I would hope every client see him for who he is, one of the “good guys”.