Since purchasing Great Canadian Cleaners five and a half years ago, Keith Allen has continued to invest in his company. He has purchased newer and better equipment in order to best serve residential, commercial and business customers throughout the Powell River region, from Saltery Bay to Lund, including Texada and Savary islands.
“Not one piece of equipment is left from the previous owner,” says Keith. “Everything has been changed and totally revamped.”
The latest addition is the Rotovac 360i, a machine that uses rotary vacuum heads to deep clean carpets. “It has a scrub brush that helps restore carpets, removing stains, deep ground dirt and lifting carpet pile,” explains Keith. “It attacks everything.”
An average size living room carpet requires about 45 minutes for proper cleaning, but jobs can vary depending on circumstances and the number of rooms being serviced.
Also new and available for homeowners dealing with rooftop moss problems is a spray-on biodegradable cleaner. Moss absorbs the green-friendly product, killing the invasive plant during the process. Great Canadian Cleaners return to rinse the roof after drying is complete, or allows nature to take care of the rinsing.
“The longer you leave it on the better,” says Keith. “It will go into the roots, under the roofing tiles, allowing it to be absorbed; you get a better result that way.”
For exterior house cleaning, whether siding is made from wood, stucco or vinyl, Great Canadian Cleaners uses a soft brush and cleaning solution rather than a pressure washer, which can easily cause damage to the material and create water problems if caulking around windows is negatively affected. “We scrub the walls clean and rinse them off,” says Keith. “Whatever the siding is, we can clean it.”
Rather than waiting for green mold or algae to appear on exterior walls, some customers prefer to take a maintenance approach and have them cleaned every couple of years, says Keith. Gutters are also cleaned upon request, as are down spouts. “We wash down the outside of the gutters and down pipes and clean them right out,” he adds.
Keith recommends pressure washing for concrete driveways, sidewalks and walls, and patios or other areas made out of bricks or composite material. A flat-surface cleaner, part of Keith’s always growing inventory of equipment, is used in these circumstances.
“It’s on wheels, you just walk behind it; that speeds the process up and does a great job of cleaning,” he says.
Pressure levels are adjusted based on the surface involved to make sure the area is sufficiently cleaned while protecting surfaces from possible damage.
“A lot of people have landscape ties around gardens,” says Keith. “We can pressure wash those with low pressure and not damage the wood.”
Other services include: upholstery cleaning and stain removal; hard surface cleaning, including tile and marble; janitorial services for businesses; furnace and duct cleaning; move-in and move-out cleaning; and residential maid services.
“We clean washrooms or kitchens for customers or clean everything, whatever they want,” says Keith.
Great Canadian Cleaners is available for appointments Monday through Friday or on weekends in months ending with a Saturday or Sunday. Emergency calls due to floods or major staining issues are handled as well.
“We do what we can to get there and help out,” says Keith.
For more information or to book an appointment, call 604.223.1002 or visit greatcanadiancleaning.com.
