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How did you learn your trade?
How did you guys learn your trade? Did you work under someone, grow up in a family run business, learn on your own?
Also, what are you doing now to continue your education?
Also, what are you doing now to continue your education?
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Prattville, Alabama
Posts: 740
trial and error...not good always but sometimes the best ...."school of hard knocks"
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Location: Lexington, KY
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Lots of reading and just getting dirty and doing it.
Michael Kreisle, First Choice Power Washing LLC
Lexington, KY 859-983-5955
We own and operate a great Cleaning Service in Lexington KY as well as provide
awesome Pressure Washing and Roof Cleaning services.
You can follow us on Facebook here...Pressure Washing Lexington KY
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Havertown, PA
Posts: 621
Started 18 years ago doing kitchen exhaust cleaning while in college. Left the business for many years doing the corporate thing. Went back to KEC with a company..became a partner...sold out and started pressurepros... got Phil Ackland certified (though I already knew what I was doing very well, just wanted the certificate) ... landed some nice accounts but got very tired of commercial work and switched to residential several years ago... found message boards, learned chemistry and here I am.
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and surrounding communities in Delaware County PA
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How did you guys learn your trade? Did you work under someone, grow up in a family run business, learn on your own?
Also, what are you doing now to continue your education?
Also, what are you doing now to continue your education?
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Prattville, Alabama
Posts: 740
looks like we have all paid our dues one way or another
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looks like we have all paid our dues one way or another
Senior Member
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Location: Prattville, Alabama
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hey mike ...i just got in .....good to see ya here in the good ole forum....gettin any rain your way....dry as a bone here
p.s. im trying to help ya get some post
p.s. im trying to help ya get some post
PROKLEEN POWER WASH
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hey mike ...i just got in .....good to see ya here in the good ole forum....gettin any rain your way....dry as a bone here
p.s. im trying to help ya get some post
p.s. im trying to help ya get some post
No rain here.
Senior Member
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Location: Prattville, Alabama
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just playing around about the post ...it seems like we are always all over running into each other....soon to bed for me i am way behind this week i have to double up tomorrow....no rain here either
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Posts: 1,087
How many of you guys have gained a lot of your knowledge from forums?
I know I learned painting in the field but I learned business through forums.
I know I learned painting in the field but I learned business through forums.
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Utah
Posts: 39
We started in industial cleaning for Nestle Foods and thought it would be great to go on our own tryed to get comm. jobs but couldn't find any so we started to go to new constuction site and started to get hits one after another great ever since lot of learning form the school of hard knocks.
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Location: Phx, AZ
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trial and error...not good always but sometimes the best ...."school of hard knocks"
Ditto
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 27
Worked for a franchise grout company.
Went off on on...went to the school of hard knocks for a bit...
Went to the Ceramic Tile Installation Foundation www.tileschool.org to learn basics of ceramics...
found internet website on grout cleaning/restoration www.dirtygrout.com met tons of contacts...asked TONS of questions...read virtually ALL of the archived topics (about 600-700+ threads) because active member of board, asked LOTS of questions....read read read some more on the internet...
Went to a training class with the The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification and got certified in Tile Stone and Masonry cleaning and restoration.
Made friends with people who know lots more than me.
Went off on on...went to the school of hard knocks for a bit...
Went to the Ceramic Tile Installation Foundation www.tileschool.org to learn basics of ceramics...
found internet website on grout cleaning/restoration www.dirtygrout.com met tons of contacts...asked TONS of questions...read virtually ALL of the archived topics (about 600-700+ threads) because active member of board, asked LOTS of questions....read read read some more on the internet...
Went to a training class with the The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification and got certified in Tile Stone and Masonry cleaning and restoration.
Made friends with people who know lots more than me.
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