The History of Alpine Cleaning and Restoration
Our story
By Chris Harris
Owner/Operator/General Contractor
As a young married man with two little children, I was always looking for ways to subsidize my income that I received as a local restaurant manager. One afternoon I was reading in the newspaper and stumbled across a classified ad that read, "Carpet cleaning van and equipment for sale $5,000." Being a financially strapped father, $5,000 was an impossible amount to come up with. Several weeks later, however, the same ad appeared with the new price of $3,500. Something told me that I was to buy this equipment, so I begged and pleaded with the bank for a loan and Alpine Cleaning and Restoration Specialists, Inc. was born.
In the beginning I did all of the carpet cleaning myself. I went out and talked to several restaurant, rental property, and business owners about Alpine cleaning their carpets. Surprisingly, I had a great response and started working with a lot of businesses from the very beginning. From a small room in my basement my business began to grow. Since I worked a fulltime job, I often cleaned carpets until 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. to keep my business going.
Fortunately, after two years I was able to bring on a couple of employees to help with the growing workload that we had. I purchased another truck and equipment, brought on two more technicians and continued to grow. In the fall of 1992, we moved our business from our basement to a small shop and office in Logan, Utah. In our fifth year we added our third truck, more technicians, and had outgrown our shop and office and moved into a 6,000 sq. ft. shop and warehouse facility. After working under a general contractor for several years, I was able to obtain my general contractor's license after passing the test. As we steadily grew, we began to develop strong relationships with several insurance companies and our fire and water damage restoration work began to take off. After nearly four years, we had outgrown our 6,000 sq. ft. shop and office and had to move again.
In 1999, we moved our business to our existing 17,000 sq. ft. warehouse and office in Smithfield, Utah. This has been one of the best moves we have ever made. Since moving to our new location, Alpine Cleaning and Restoration Specialists, Inc. has grown to over 65 employees, 25 trucks and is the largest full-service disaster restoration company in northern Utah. In 2007, we opened an office in Kaysville, Utah to serve the growing Davis County area. In the beginning of 2009 we added an office in Rigby, Idaho allowing us to cover all of southern Idaho.
The management of our company is founded by employees who started out years ago working in the field as technicians. This has allowed them to gain a great knowledge of cleaning, fire and water damage restoration, and all other aspects of our business.
I have always invested in my employees by keeping them trained and certified and I take pride in knowing that Alpine Cleaning and Restoration Specialists, Inc. has always provided quality services. I look forward to many more years of growth and serving our great customers in our home of northern Utah.
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