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Hi, I’ve got a great offer for you from JanitorJoes Blog. If you sign up to our regular email updates and you are still on our subcription list on the 30th April 2009 we will send you completely free 4 Megaman low energy Light Bulbs.

Bayonet B22(standard fitting)

These are twin packs so you will recieve 2 x 11 watt and 2 x 15 watt bulbs. They are currently only Bayonet B 22 fittings. The actual specs are 11w equivalent to 60 watt old style and 15 w equivalent to 75 watts. Longlife approximately 10,000 hours. DONT WORRY IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SUBSCRIBED So long as you are still on our subscription list on the 30th April 2009 you will still be able to claim these free low energy light bulbs. Only one set per customer. This is a great offer and just by quickly browsing the internet you will find you can be paying anything from £20 to £40 for the same top quality light bulbs so sign up now? We will be giving hundreds of Bulbs away but should we run out it will be on a strictly first subscribed first served basis, so sign up asap

Janitor Joe

Janitor Joe

Hi I am trying to make some more improvements to JanitorJoes blog to help every one get the most out of it and make life easier. I have started to produce a links page that will continue to grow with sites that are packed with helpful information. The first main  page is for schools and educational establishments, I would welcome your comments. Thanks Janitor Joe

Sometimes it amazes us in this industry and particularly in these tough economic times that some supply companies do not understand the meaning of service. Today we had a call from a company who buys 20 cases of Deb-soap cartridges a week from a major distributor of Deb products. Would you believe when they asked if they would send them some spare keys for the dispensers they refused and said they had to sort it out themselves! Unbelievable and you can imagine what the customer said and did. Anyway, in his anger he came across our sister site www.deb-soap.co.uk and they supplied him with some keys to tide him over and they have arranged for Deb to send him some extra keys as well.
It’s worth knowing that they are pretty helpful at www.deb-soap.co.uk and if you are having any problems with dispensers or difficulty sourcing any deb skin care products then its worth a visit. They will also help supply you with MSDS sheets, although to be fair its probably best if these are downloaded direct from Deb the manufacturers site so you know they are 100% up to date. Deb can be found at www.deb.co.uk .
Sorry about the rant, but Deb is a superb product and as with anything that is top quality, its a shame to see it let down by a minority of suppliers. Janitor Joe.

Meltblown Wipe

Hi, we had a chemical manufacturer call us today asking about absorbant wipes. They have been using cotton rags to wipe up minor spillages in the labs, however a Health and Safety meeting pointed out that some of the concentrates could cause some unwanted effects such as the rags catching fire once they are discarded due to the oxidising nature of some of the chemicals they use, also the rags are variable in size and can be cumbersome to use.
They asked what we recommended. So I pointed them to http://www.cleaningproducts.co.uk/rags_&_wipes.htm , due to the selection of Wypeaways which are a specialist range of wipes for several different industries and uses. Not knowing the chemicals they use, the people at the Janitor Ltd have sent them some samples for them to try.
It occurred to me that I should point out that the guys at the Janitor Ltd will send samples out for most things if you really arent sure whether it will be right for the job. There is nothing worse than buying a load of stuff thats not quite right for what you want and I think they understand that at the Janitor. Hope you are having fun in the snow,    Janitor Joe.

Hi, I had an interesting problem raised by a school regarding the Boys toilets, which I thought would be good to share with you. Apparently they are getting the wc pans over flowing because the water is not running away quickly enough.

Janitor Joe

The reason it was interesting was that they had spent a lot of money getting the drains surveyed by a camera and found no blockages whatsoever. I had a look at it today and found that two out of three sets of toilets have 6″ soil pipes and they lead to the other set of toilets that only have a 4″ soil pipe as a runaway to the main drain, this means that if there are several toilets flushed at the same time this could easily over flow the toilets. However it seems that it may be even more problematic because they are using a good quality toilet paper manufactured by a well known company. However, with the extra quality comes the extra strength and the paper does not break down very quickly at all. This makes the situation worse at the 4″ bottleneck .
I have recommended that they switch to Bay West toilet paper because it is still high quality but it is designed to break down very rapidly and generally leads to far fewer blockages ( www.bay-west.co.uk ).
Also I noticed in the nursery toilets the cisterns supplying the water to the WC Pans were huge, possibly up to 15 litres each. So I suggested that they use a water saving device such as the Hippo ( Normally you can get these free from the local water authority- but you will have to check first) - The Hippo is a plastic bag designed to take up to a litre of water from each flush or even a house brick sealed inside a polythene bag..also about a litre. 

The Bay west paper is  more economical than the current paper and the water saving means they will save water and save on water rates and save on having the drain company out, all in all a good visit.
Please feel free to make any comments about this problem or send me a question on any janitorial subject that you need help with

Janitor Joe

Hi Happy new Year a bit late I know, Thought I would let you know about some of our sites and some offers that are going on. www.cleaningproducts.co.uk are asking people to register for their special offers email and are giving 10% away on first orders  plus a chance to win a £100 pounds worth of cleaning products on line. They are also still running the Mr soapy Soap and the Deb Lime offers on the Following page www.cleaningproducts.co.uk/offers.htm for a couple of more weeks. And dont forget Erics Special Offer.

By the way a lot of people come to me asking where they can get Bubblegum scented disinfetant or sweet shop smelling or any other number of descriptions of the all time favourite cleaner. Well you can get it from www.cleaningproducts.co.uk/housekeeping.htm Its called candy deodouriser disinfectant and really does smell of bubblegum and it lasts and lasts which is great when you love that just cleaned smell. Best of all its still on offer of buy one get one free. Janitor Joe

Hi sorry Ive been away for a long time but there is a lot of exciting stuff coming up in the new year which I will tell you about later. But first I must let you know that even though every one is coming up with special offers and sales The Janitor at www.cleaningproducts.co.uk has come up with ”do it yourself offers”. The thinking is that it is impossible to come up with a package of products to suit everyone exactly and so if you phone them on 0800 542 8031 or email enquiries@cleaningproducts.co.uk with a small ideal list of related products that you would like then they promise to come up with a better priced deal than can be found by buying individual packages on the site or at least in different quantities that suit you better. The offer will then be published on the “Offers” page with your name beside it to allow you to buy on line with all the security offered by Paypal. If any body else takes up that offer whilst it is online they will also send you a free gift as a thank you! Janitor Joe

The people at www.cleaningproducts.co.uk have put together a list of special offers that they are running over a 10 day period and are already a couple of days in to it. The offers are based on a selection of great products in the form of a Hamper ie they have already put together a Wipes and Dusters Hamper and a Washroom Hamper and at the same time if you respond the same day they are giving away something free like one of the fabulous French Airfresheners.. PUSH PARFUM. This is only being done through an opt in emailing list so if you dont want to miss out then you should drop them an email at info@cleaningproducts.co.uk to get on the list. 

Extra Value Hamper www.cleaningproducts.co.uk  have now come up with a cleaning hamper that contains nearly every product you need to clean with and at a great case price without the need to buy lots of cases and of course they are sending it out with free delivery. There is also a set of free hand care products and even a Marks and Spencers voucher for £5. The reason it is such a great deal is that they want to hear your comments about the products. They are mostly Clover chemicals and Bio Productions products and so you already know they are going to be top quality. So grab your self a hamper and let them know what you think. Link to hamper here http://www.cleaningproducts.co.uk/featured_products.htm

How quickly things change every single one of our suppliers have now put up their prices to us, some justifiable, some panic struck and some just cashing in I’m sure. Would you believe that some are putting up their prices twice a year. I bet they dont come down twice in a year when everything settles down.  However what is undeniable is that all costs are going up, such as fuel, wages and raw materials and so it is with great pleasure that Janitor Joe can announce that www.cleaningproducts.co.uk is maintaining free postage. I am not sure if this is the only shop on the web that is doing this with no minimum order, perhaps you would like to let me know if there is any one else out there still crazy enough to offer free delivery.

I asked them at www.cleaningproducts.co.uk how they could still maintain free postage and it seems that they believe that increased sales and profits can only come from helping their customers through hard times. If their customers feel they can order more items from one place then they can make huge savings in the long run. For instance if a nursing home goes down the cash and carry route then even if the cash and carry is only 5 miles away, that would mean a 10 mile round trip which in town traffic could mean £1.50 - £3 per trip in fuel costs. The Staff member who goes to the cash and carry is possibly on £7.50 an hour and a 10 mile round trip could take 2 hours, to get there and back and to shop and possibly have a cup of tea while out, could mean an over all cost of £17.00 for just a a quick pop out to the shops. Compare that to free delivery from www.cleaningproducts.co.uk This means they believe that by maintaining free postage they can grow during hard times, importantly, by helping their customers also survive this period or at least not sacrifice quality and efficiency in the name of cost saving. Contrast this to increasing your prices twice a year which means profits would be maintained on individual items but overall turnover and customer numbers would inevitably fall… I would be interested in your comments!