We’re starting the week off right with a long read – about cleaning venues with a difference. You keep fit in the cleaning business. But do you keep fitter sports venues?
“Yes,” laughs Sean Cullum of CAS Carpet Care. “There’s a lot of walking involved!”
For Ware-based contractor CAS, ‘staying on track’ is what it’s all about. Not least at the spectacular Lee Valley VeloPark at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London.
The high-performance 250m indoor velodrome has capacity for 6,000 spectators and outside boasts a BMX course, one-mile road cycle circuit and 8km mountain bike trails. Inside are four fully accessible changing rooms, dedicated bike workshop and bike hire facilities, multi-purpose rooms for meetings, seminars, conference facilities and a café owned and managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.
CAS boss Sean Cullum and partner Danny Stone tackle this beast along with the nearby Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre.
“They’re both fabulous sites to be involved in caring for and it makes going to work a pleasure,” says Sean.
He came into the cleaning business in 2015 on the back of a promise. “I got told that I’d get cleaning work if I put myself on a course to find out how it’s done properly,” he says. “That took me to Prochem and in turn to the products they make.
“I’m a big fan of them all but my current favourite is Prespray Gold for its sheer versatility and the fact we are always using it on site for example on rugs at the Tennis Centre and on the upholstery in the VeloPark café. It’s got low pH, high dilution rate, is WoolSafe and packs excellent performance.”
CAS started in the carpet and upholstery business but recently added hard floor cleaning to its portfolio.
That took Sean back to Prochem where he attended a one-day hard floor training course.
“That’s a fantastic entry point to understanding the dynamics of hard floors and their maintenance – I’d recommend it,” says Sean.
Straight after, he went out and bought a new scrubber-drier and it’s been go, go ever since, Sean tells us, also tagging Ultrapac Renovate, Stain Pro and Fibre & Fabric Rinse as further strong contenders for the must-have solutions on board the van.
When he and Danny aren’t in the Park, they’re on the other side of London cleaning the Chelsea Old Town Hall.
“That’s another lovely job and one that’s completely different environmentally from the sports arenas, though at the end of the day, you’re still using the same quality solutions to clean them”, says Sean.
With this busy schedule there barely seems time to sell but, when they have time, the duo post testimonials of their work to social media. They are also on mumsnet: “we pick up a fair bit of business from its mum members, too,” says Sean.
Meantime, CAS Carpet Care is recruiting for more – fit! – cleaners to join him and Danny on the track. Check out the company Facebook page to learn more: https://b-m.facebook.com/CASCarpetCare/
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