On March 29th, A Brighter Day Chem-Dry took part in the 3rd Annual Trade Fair held in Raymond AB.  The day was spent socializing and networking with others.  There were many familiar faces and it was nice to catch up with those that we knew.  it was also a day of meeting new people and introducing them to our company.  We received many complements on our booth which is always nice to hear, and for you who couldn’t join us at the Trade Fair, we have added a few photos for your viewing pleasure.

Of course we held a draw for the The Chem-Dry Floor Razor, along with a Three Area Carpet Cleaning.  Stay posted to see our winners.

Day 7

1.     Garage – Autos

• Clean your home, your garage and your cars. Spring Cleaning Week is here.
• Spring cleaning is on the move when you ask your Chem-Dry technician to use their powerful Hot Carbonating Extraction tools to deep extract and clean your automobile’s upholstery. It’s no wonder many celebrities choose Chem-Dry for their routine home, auto and other transportation cleanings. Deep cleaning that’s green and safe.

2.     Get Everyone Involved

• Spring Cleaning is a Family Activity. Spring Cleaning Week.
• This spring, involve everyone in the house cleaning. As you go through every room in the home and give a deep cleaning, don’t forget to get the entire family involved with specific chore assignments. If you set aside time to work together – Spring Cleaning can be a fun and memorable part of your annual routine. Don’t forget to support local Goodwill stores instead of discarding items into the trash that may still be of value to someone else. It’s like cleaning and recycling – for a better community.
  

3.     Health & a Healthy Attitude

• Your mind works better with a clean home. Spring Cleaning Week.
•  Ever notice that you work better in a clean environment. A clean and healthy home makes for a better mental state – and a more healthy attitude. So make Spring Cleaning part of your annual rituals – for a better home and a better lifestyle. A healthy home… from the floor up – with Chem-Dry carpet cleaning.

Day 6

1.     Floors – Area Rugs

• Rugs need cleaning too! Spring Cleaning Week.
• Clean your area rugs with Chem-Dry’s unique process. Spring Cleaning time is here.

2.      Prepare for a Season of Transition

• Spring Cleaning leads to a healthy home for family summer fun.
• Spring Cleaning is in the air. The Spring Equinox has arrived – and it’s time to transition from winter’s cold and dreary into  the sunny fun of summer.
  

3.    Outside / Yard

• Don’t forget to clean inside and out – Spring Cleaning Week.
• In addition to cleaning inside your house, consider the spaces outside that need care for a better spring season. Trim back the fountain grasses; sweep off the patio; rake the dead leaves out of the lawn. Prepare your home’s outdoor spaces for spring with a good cleaning as part of Spring Cleaning Week.
  

Day 5

1.       Floors – Carpets

• Deep clean your carpets with Chem-Dry – Spring Cleaning Week.
•  Homeowners who want a healthy home select a professional carpet cleaner because some things are best left to the experts. Sure, you have a very busy lifestyle – but that shouldn’t compromise your family’s health. Chem-Dry’s expert technicians work to deep clean with the power of Hot Carbonating Extraction – for a deep down clean that’s also safe for kids and pets. Have any traffic areas that are extra dirty from winter traffic? Chem-Dry has the solution. Learn what makes Chem-Dry’s process so unique and effective here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4lsFdi1BTY.  Contact A Brighter Day Chem-Dry @ 1-800-375-0611 for your spring cleaning today.

2.    Floors – Tile

• Renew the clean finish and shine of your floors – Spring Cleaning Week.
• More and more homes are diversifying their floor coverings with tile, stone, marble, hardwood, rugs and carpets throughout the home. Cleaning tile is an essential part of keeping a healthy home. Chem-Dry’s specialty tile cleaning service works to renew tile and stone to like-new appearance. Often, the original color of grout gets masked with dirt and grime. Let Chem-Dry bring back grout to its original shade with their deep cleaning process – then apply a coat of sealer to ensure that your grout stays cleaner longer.

3.    Floors – Hardwood

• Clean your floors of all types – hardwoods and more.
• Chem-Dry’s unique cleaning tool, called The Razor, lets you clean your hardwood floors with speed and ease. Make Spring Cleaning simple with A Brighter Day Chem-Dry

Day 4

1.         Family Spaces

• A  healthy home for a healthy family. #CLEAN
• As part of Spring Cleaning Week, be sure to clean those spaces where the family congregates the most. Family and friends hang out in the kitchen, the family room and in the dining room regularly. Let the experts at Chem-Dry help make your Spring Cleaning simple and effective. From removing food spills from dining room upholstery to pet urine odors from your family room’s area rugs, the healthy home experts at Chem-Dry are prepared to clean, protect and sanitize the key surfaces in your home.
  

2.      Bedrooms

• Spring Cleaning means deep cleaning bedrooms as well. #CLEAN
• In addition to a good cleaning of family rooms and other shared spaces, Spring Cleaning should include routine deep cleaning activities in bedrooms – cleaning that is beyond your weekly and monthly routines. After all, we spend 1/3 of every day in our bedrooms. Deep clean carpets with a professional system such as Chem-Dry – for a deep clean that’s also green. Consider an application of Chem-Dry’s anti-allergen and sanitizer. Ask your Chem-Dry technician about additional services that can help keep your home’s bedrooms cleaner.

3.       Closets

• Don’t forget to clean the bathrooms, laundry and closets in Spring Cleaning Week. #CLEAN
• Spring Cleaning Week is the perfect opportunity to plan out your home’s deep cleaning ritual. Every room should be considered – including laundry rooms, bathrooms and closets. Clean and organize each room and ask the experts to help with deep cleaning tasks such as carpet cleaning, rug cleaning, tile cleaning, stone floor cleaning, and grout cleaning. Even the smaller spaces in our homes need cleaning too.
  

Day 3

1. Kitchen – visible surfaces

• The kitchen gets a Spring Cleaning update! Deep clean those counter-tops daily. #CLEAN
•  Your kitchen has a variety of surfaces that need deep cleaning. Start by reaching out for professional help with a deep-cleaning service for your tile or stone floors. Special cleaners are designed to bring tile, stone and grout back the original color, shine and luster with a special clean and seal service from Chem-Dry.  In addition to your daily wipe-down of your kitchen countertops, use an ultra-deep cleanser from time to time – to ensure your surfaces are clean and safe. Since counter-tops come in a wide variety of surfaces that react differently to different chemicals, follow your installer’s guidelines. Be sure to sanitize all your surfaces.

2.  Kitchen – hidden surfaces

• Spring Cleaning Week is the perfect time to wipe down your cabinets, inside and out. #CLEAN
• In addition to a deep cleaning of your highly visible surfaces such as tile or stone floors and counter-tops, your spring cleaning activities should include organizing and cleaning your cupboards and drawers. Before wiping down the inside surfaces, take out the stacks of plates, the racks of spice, and the pots and pans. Consider installing a cabinet liner for an added layer of protection. As items go back, place those pieces that are most often used in the most-reachable locations. Organize spices and cooking supplies in ways that maximize your access and function, especially in small kitchens. Consider children and pets, who may try to access items that are accessible. Don’t forget to wipe down the inside of the cabinet doors as well as the outsides. Nothing compares to the fresh smell of a thoroughly cleaned kitchen.

3.  Kitchen – Fridge

• Is your fridge PLUM out of space, then LETTUCE get cleaning. #CLEAN
• If you CARROT all that your fridge is PLUM out of space, then LETTUCE get cleaning with Spring Cleaning Week well under way! Your fridge requires routine cleaning – deep cleaning – to sort through items and discard any expired foods, wash down all the surfaces, and keep foods at their freshest for your family. A fresh-smelling, clean fridge is an essential component in a healthy home. Additionally, deep cleaned tile floors, counter-tops, fabrics and leather furniture, and carpets can help round out the annual spring cleaning process. 

Day 2

1.      Inside the Home

•  Spring Cleaning Week means deep cleaning from room to room. #CLEAN
•  A healthy home starts in its heart – the family room and kitchen areas. As you celebrate Spring Cleaning Week, consider the benefits of having your tile floors, upholstery and furniture, area rugs, and carpets deep cleaned with Chem-Dry’s innovative processes. Trust the experts at A Brighter Day Chem-Dry to help you complete a deep cleaning inside your home. 

2.          Ceilings

• Don’t forget what’s above you this Spring Cleaning Week!  #CLEAN
•  Spring Cleaning requires attention to details – and getting surfaces cleaned throughout the entire home. Don’t forget to replace any burned out light bulbs, to wipe out the insides of bowl-light fixtures, and to wipe down the fan blades on your ceiling fans. Do you have high ceilings that you didn’t notice? Cobwebs and dust can collect on slanted surfaces – so consider extension tools that will let you reach high to remove any cobwebs. Unique feather and synthetic dusters can help you reach those hard-to-reach areas. Visit your local hardware store. And, once that dust is collected on the floor, be sure to vacuum. And, since vacuums aren’t able to deep clean your carpets, call A Brighter Day Chem-Dry to schedule a deep cleaning service with Hot Carbonating Extraction.

3.          Walls

• Walls need wiping too! Celebrate National Spring Cleaning Week. #CLEAN
•  A damp rag with a gentle cleaning agent can help provide a fresh and vibrant scent to your home. Not only does dust collect on walls, but it also can collect in your carpets, deep down where vacuuming alone can’t remove it. Consider adding Chem-Dry to your list of annual Spring Cleaning rituals – so carpets and upholstery can get cleaned as well. Fortunately, Chem-Dry uses a green cleaning solution called The Natural – so it’s safe for kids and pets! Wiping walls and getting your carpets cleaned is essential for families who suffer from allergies and other illnesses.

Today, March 20, 2014  , marks the official start to Spring. For centuries, we’ve celebrated the Spring Equinox as we begin the transition from winter’s cold messes into a warmer, more active season. The deep cleaning activities that have become routine for many home-owners throughout the spring are celebrated by some in a a week-long event: Spring Cleaning Week.  So in keeping with this theme you will find at the bottom of this page my first three cleaning tips.  I will list three more each business day for seven days.  Hope they help.

“Spring cleaning is an essential ritual as we work to maintain a healthy home,” said Ed Quinlan from Chem-Dry carpet cleaning’s headquarters. Families who don’t regularly deep clean their homes may be more susceptible to illness and allergies throughout the year.

“This is the perfect time to get our homes in order after the stresses of winter,” Quinlan said. “There’s something very invigorating about going through and doing a comprehensive cleaning throughout the house. Whether you’re working in the kitchen, family room or bedrooms, a deep cleaning is part of getting rid of the dirt and mess that comes with winter’s weather – and preparing for a more healthy term before common seasonal allergies start.”

Some activities are safely and easily completed by family members, other activities are best left to the professionals, he added. “Build a list and decide which activities are more routine and you can tackle on your own and which will best performed by trained experts.”

While wiping down walls, ceiling fans and cabinets with a damp cloth can help collect dust particles so they don’t spread throughout the house, carpet cleaning is an essential part of deep cleaning the home. Because carpet surfaces catch and retain large amounts of dust in their fibers, a regular deep cleaning is core to extracting the particles that cannot be removed with vacuuming alone. Using a deep-extracting cleaning process at least once a year can be an important home-care ritual.

Carpet care experts suggest professional cleaning to ensure carpets are properly and thoroughly cleaned. These essential cleaning components can be summarized with the acronym: WATCH, which stands for Water, Agitation, Time, Chemistry, and Heat.

WATER: Chem-Dry, the world’s largest carpet cleaning company, uses the perfect amount of water to clean carpets with their Hot Carbonating Extraction system. Most steam cleaners can leave behind large amounts of water that can become a breeding ground for mould and bacteria. Less water means faster dry times.

AGITATION: Chem-Dry’s innovative Power-Head cleaning unit applies a carbonating cleaning solution, in which the carbonating bubbles work to break loose dirt from carpet fibers and help lift them to the surface where they are whisked away by powerful vacuum extractors.

TIME: Technicians allow the carbonating cleaning solution the proper amount of time to do its work before the rotating Powe-rHead extracts the water and dirt.

CHEMISTRY: With a strong commitment to home health, Chem-Dry’s core cleaner is an innovative, green solution called The Natural. So, home-owners don’t have to worry about dirt-attracting residues or surfactants being left behind – a common complaint among generic carpet cleaning customers. Spring cleaning doesn’t mean you have to use harsh chemicals – research the best companies and products to ensure that your home stays safe for the family, said Quinlan.

HEAT: Finally, the heated cleaning solution provides a deeper cleaning process, for a comprehensive clean that delights customers, Quinlan commented. “Chem-Dry’s Hot Carbonating Extraction process was designed with the family’s health in mind,” he added.

The smell of a freshly cleaned house represents the begin of the transition from winter to spring. From the floor up, having a fresh feeling and fresh smelling home is confirmation that your house is ready for the new season.

“People are ready for the official end to Winter,” said Quinlan. “Even in areas where the winter was uncommonly mild, folks are ready to remove as much of the dirt and grime that gets brought into the house as they can.”

With more than 2,200 Chem-Dry franchises throughout the United States and more than 4,000 franchises worldwide, Chem-Dry is the industry leader in carpet cleaning innovations. For more information on how to make your home healthy this spring season, please contact A Brighter Day Chem-Dry @ 403 394-3370 or simply fill out your information through our Contact tab and send this in to us.

Day 1

1.      Develop a Plan

1. Spring Cleaning can feel like a daunting task. Take a few minutes to create a plan. #CLEAN

• Spring Cleaning can feel like a daunting task, Take a few minutes to create a plan. First, make a list of each room in your home, be sure to include mudrooms, laundry rooms, large closets and bathrooms. Then, a list of key outdoor spaces and areas, including any flower beds that may need cleaning up after the fall or patio areas that may require some attention. Then, list all your Spring Cleaning activities. Depending on your situation, the list may be much more than a single weekend’s activities – or even an entire week. So, consider a timeframe that ensures your Spring Cleaning gets done as soon as reasonable – so you’ll be ready for warm weather. Consider hiring some larger activities, such as carpet cleaning, out to the professionals.

2.      Prioritize

1. There’s so much to clean in Spring Cleaning Week! Prioritize with basics first. #CLEAN

• Prioritize Your Spring Cleaning Activities. Does the ritual of Spring Cleaning stress you out? Think you have too much to do? Every major project, like Spring Cleaning, is easily accomplished with a simple plan and prioritization. Be sure to accomplish some big wins easy on. Call the experts to schedule your key annual spring services, such as tile cleaning, carpet cleaning and upholstery cleaning. These scheduled activities will ensure that your projects continue on the path to a fresh and healthy home. Start with common areas such as bathrooms, kitchens and family rooms – then advance into bedrooms and closets. Get everyone in the family involved – and a big project becomes light work.

3.     Organize as You Go

1. Organize your home during Spring Cleaning Week! #CLEAN

• Cleaning Week means more than just wiping areas down, but also includes sorting and organizing your items to facilitate a clean and organized home throughout the spring and into the summer. As you move from room to room in the home, consider where is the proper place for items as you clean them. In the kitchen, as you clean out cabinets and drawers, be sure to sort out and discard broken tools, reorganize drawers and areas where it’s hard to find items. A few extra minutes in organization now – as you clean – the easier it will be in the future to maintain a clean and healthy home. From fridge to closets, the organization of your home is almost as important as its cleanliness as you work to have a healthy and safe home environment. Create a home of order and health.

Look again tomorrow for three more cleaning tips.

A Brighter Day Team

It’s important to stay informed about your carpet’s warranty. According to an article by Tom Wolfe from Impressions Carpet Services, “A percentage of what you paid for your carpet went to cover the anticipated costs to the manufacturer for warranty claims. [These] claims are more often than not the result of poor, or improper, maintenance. Over the last few years, carpet manufacturers have begun to tie warranties to required maintenance by the carpet purchaser. This means that whether you are in the market for new carpet or not, you need to be aware that the requirements are become more strict for warranties. “The bottom line is that proper maintenance will help you get a greater return on your carpet investment, no matter when it was purchased,” the article goes on to say. Some of the main issues that manufacturers are addressing fall into 4 categories: 1. The proper cleaning method. Most carpet mills require the Hot-Water Extraction Cleaning process, which is the method that Chem-Dry uses to give your carpets a deep clean without damaging the carpet fibers. 2. The proper cleaning schedule. As a general rule, all major manufacturers have a minimum requirement that carpets be cleaned every 1-2 years. (keep your receipts as proof) 3. The proper cleaning system. Your carpets should be cleaned professionally by equipment that is tested and certified with the Carpet and Rug Institute. All Chem-Dry equipment is certified and rated GOLD with the CRI, providing your home with the best technicians and equipment to get your carpets cleaner than ever. 4. The proper cleaning technician. The single most important aspect in proper cleaning is to get the right person to do the job. All Chem-Dry technicians are trained and certified to deliver amazing results, while maintaining efficiency and staying affordable. Stick with these handy rules to stay up to date with your warranty and keep your carpet looking great – FOREVER!

There are many definitions of the word Family and what it means. The dictionary version is: 1) persons of common ancestry 2) group living together 3) parents and children 4) group of related individuals.
Some families are close and some are distant.  I like to think most are caring, loyal, and supportive.  They are there when you need them, and that is where my story leads to the feeling of family I get from A Brighter Day Chem- Dry.  Let me tell you why.

In July 2012, my husband and I relocated back to Alberta. We moved to an area where we had no family and no friends.  In January 2013, I began working for A Brighter Day Chem-Dry.  I had only been with the company five months when my husband was involved in a major motorcycle accident.  He spent a total of 92 days in hospital and had undergone five surgeries to put back together what was broken. He could not use his arms, he could not walk (he was a mess), then after being released from hospital, the recovery had to start. This is still ongoing and it will be a year in May since his accident.   He will never be a 100%, but he is alive and back riding motorcycles once again.

Roy and Pam Wood, the owners of the company, were there for us.  They didn’t worry about my not being in the office. They didn’t look for someone to replace me.  They worked with me and accepted what I could give in way of time in the office.  For the first little while, that wasn’t much; I needed to be with my husband, and even after he was stable, he still couldn’t feed himself. There were trips each day to feed him lunch and supper.  I managed to get the hospital to feed him breakfast. Roy and Pam were very helpful.  They gave me connections to people who could assist us during this difficult time.  They gave me moral support.  They understood when I was having a bad day.

They gave me a sense of family. They care about their employees and their families, and I am happy to be a part of this team.

Wendy
Office Administrator