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Phone: 303.565.1780
Fax: 303.565.1781
FloorPro® Floor Flatness F-Number Measurement Blog

Archive for September, 2011

Why the Concrete Polishing and Restoration world loves the FloorPro®

Written By: Carl Ytterberg

It’s a huge trend right now.  Getting rid of your old tile, your old linolium, your old carpet…and replacing it with polished concrete floors.

Remodelers worldwide are finding that polished, restored concrete is much more economical, and looks great.

The problem is that the company who installs the new concrete(or installed the original) often likes to take the money and run before the concrete has been fully tested, that it’s within tolerance.  Sometimes, it’s not even finished all the way to the wall.

But its not all their fault, they install the concrete, and get it all troweled, but a few months later the concrete has curled and the floor no longer is in spec.  And we’ve got a problem on our hands.

Fingers get pointed, and questions are asked.  The polishing company is often left holding the bag.  The owner expects the polisher to finish what the contractor didn’t and to overcome the curled edges all for a quote based on neither.  You need to back up your position.

The FloorPro® makes it easy to get the answer you need right away.  You can communicate with the owner right away and get paid for problems that are inherent in the slab before you start work.  You can even offer to measure the floor when the concrete is placed.  That way you know it’ll be right for polishing.

The concrete polishing and restoration world loves the FloorPro® because:

It’s Easy to Use.

Within 90 seconds, you can have a FloorPro® out of the box, and ready to do a run.  That’s by far the fastest time for all the floor measurement devices on the market, and it’s a no brainer.

The INSTANT runs.

Once you’ve setup the FloorPro® for its run, you just hit a button and the run begins instantly, on its own.  Instant measurements, being displayed as you watch on the LCD screen.  And what’s better?   Just let the FloorPro® run while you go and do something else.  Then get your results after it’s stopped and when you’re ready.

Cost.

The FloorPro costs 30% less than the F-Meter®.  Yet it is easier to use, and the accuracy is just as good (if not better).    What is the true cost of having to pull your machine across the floor day after day?

That it’s fast.

Because the FloorPro® is so fast (and so accurate)you can get more done and sooner.  The runs happen so quickly that you might decide to do a couple extra.  But you don’t have to…after all, you probably have some other things to attend to.  And now you can.

http://flatfloors.com/floorpro.html

Until next time,

Carl Ytterberg
CEO Ytterberg Scientific, Inc.

PS – The FloorPro® costs 30% less than the F-Meter®.  It is just as accurate (probably a lot more).  It runs automatically.  Why hold yourself back by tethering yourself to a string and having to tow something around?  Free yourself.  Click here:

http://flatfloors.com/floorpro.html

FloorPro® and TruFlat® are trademarks of YSI. F-Meter® is a trademark of the Allen Face & Company

New Lanes on the Highway

Written By: Carl Ytterberg

Today I was driving down the highway in a section
that had been in construction for what seemed like
forever.  Probably at least two years.

You know how it goes, they take the highway speed
down from 75 to 55, close down a lane, and everybody
gets jammed up.  After awhile you just start to
accept it and it becomes normal.

Things are slow, congested, and it’s just how it
is.  Nobody is really too happy about it but we all
just kinda live with it.

Then after awhile, usually after a couple years,
they finish the new lane on the road, and finish
painting the new lines on the pavement.  Then to
wrap it up, they let the cones sit out there for a
few more days, until finally you have a new lane open.

All of a sudden it’s like holy cow!  Everybody is
back to traveling at 75 MPH.

It’s like a big weight has been lifted off of your
chest.  You’re back to cruising at 75 miles per
hour, getting to where you need to go quicker.  And
it feels great to get moving again.

And after a couple months, it becomes the new normal.

Once you’re used to it, you don’t really think back
to how slow the highway used to be.  Or how narrow
the lanes were when they were under construction.

Well the FloorPro® Floor Flatness Profiler helps you
get things done a lot quicker than our competition,
while maintaining the same amount of accuracy.

The first few times you use it, it feels a lot like
the first time they open the new lane on the
highway.  You’re a little surprised with how much
time you’re saving and how much faster the job is
getting done.  And it feels great to get moving so
fast.

But after awhile, it just becomes the new normal.

All that time saved, and better service you’re
providing to your customer is just going to be built
in.  And that’s a good thing.

Because while your competition is asleep at the
wheel, slowly measuring a line with something like
the Dipstick® – you’ll be out there providing the
new normal.  Which means a higher level of service.

More efficiency.  And more profits for your company.

It’s really a good thing all around.

Don’t take my word for it.  Click here and see for
yourself:
http://flatfloors.com/floorpro.html

Of course, if you have questions and you want to
know more about what’s happening in the FloorPro®
world, and how it can help you provide a higher
level of service, you can just give us a call at
303.565.1780.

It’s up to you.  You can be the one who provides the
new normal – faster, more accurate readings.  Or you
can be the other folks who are slowly moving down
the street.

All I know is – whoever gets there first, is the
winner.

Until next time,
Carl Ytterberg, CEO
Ytterberg Scientific, Inc.

P.S. — We now are shipping FloorPro® machines
worldwide, directly from our website.  In fact, you
can start the process right now.  Here’s a link:
http://flatfloors.com/floorpro.html

P.P.S. — You can also order re-calibration and
other services directly from our website:  http://www.flatfloors.com/

FloorPro® and TruFlat® are trademarks of Ytterberg
Scientific Inc.  Dipstick® is a trademark of the
FACE Companies.

Why would anyone would use anything else?

Written By: Carl Ytterberg

Do you ever get a phone call out of the blue,
right when you’re least expecting it, and it just
makes your day?

That happened to me the other day.

I was sitting in my office and out of the blue
I got the coolest phone call.  It was from one of
our newest customers, a gentleman in Atlanta.
He was so excited that he made me promise that I
share his story with you.

Our friend in Atlanta has worked for many years
measuring floor flatness, however like most people
he was using a Dipstick®.  And for many years he
was perfectly happy to use the Dipstick®.  He’d
go to the job site, run his really long chalk
lines, and then begin the slow and tedious
process of measuring the floor.

It’s just how it was, no problem.  Then one day
he got his Dipstick® wet.  And the thing stopped
working.  So he called to get it fixed.  That’s
where the story gets really interesting, because
when he called to get the device repaired, the
price he was quoted was less than, um, reasonable.

Lucky for him, that’s when he came up for a
breath of fresh air and discovered the FloorPro®.

We talked with him, and let him try a machine
out.  (If you’d like to do that, we might have a
loaner available…call the office at 303-565-1780).

He had not owned the machine for more than 2
weeks, but he was already out in the field using
it all the time.

Excitedly on the phone he said, “This thing is
built like a tank, yet  I can’t believe how light
it is.  The way it looked I thought it would
weigh a hundred pounds.  It’s so light!”

“That’s great,” I replied.

He said, “This is so much better than the
Dipstick®.  We used to have a Dipstick®, and
accidentally got it wet on the job site.  When we
had to pay big bucks to get it fixed we started
looking around.”

And then he continued, “Everybody is gonna be
buying the FloorPro®.  After using this machine I
don’t see why anyone would use anything else!”

So you see why this phone call made my day.

Calls like this, and folks like YOU are why we
decided to make the FloorPro® to begin with.  To
make YOUR life easier.

http://flatfloors.com/floorpro.htm

Sincerely,
Carl Ytterberg

CEO Ytterberg Scientific, Inc.

PS – From time to time we have a loaner machine
that can be loaned out to folks who’ve never
tried the FloorPro®.  Unfortunately, it’s tough
to get one because they usually don’t send it
back (they buy it).  For you to just buy one,
click http://flatfloors.com/floorpro.htm for the
online store!

FloorPro® and TruFlat® are trademarks of
Ytterberg Scientific Inc.  Dipstick® is a
trademark of the FACE Companies.

 

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