We visited Attic Queen, on-site, just outside of Tampa, Florida. She owns the largest of insulation vacuums and it comes with a lot of hoses. Her crew averaged a 50-90 minutes setup. To understand why this was taking a long time, we needed to see what their struggles are and then make recommendations.
Their Struggles for Efficiency
50-90 minutes is a lot of time for setup. That sounded extreme. We watched what they were doing and noticed some real time-killers.
Essentially, the problem was one person was assembling the hoses, looking for hose clamps, looking for a drill with a 5/16 hex driver and struggling with the large hoses and connections. Another person hooked up a bag. Others were standing around, waiting for the hoses to be connected.
Their Success for Efficiency
We were able to help this crew reduce their set-up time to 8 minutes 48 seconds. Here is what we did.
- We assigned responsibilities to each person.
- 1 person was tasked with hooking up the diverter and vacuum bag.
- 2 people assembled the hoses to go into house. Having two people work on the connections goes much faster, especially when having to work with the 8” hose connections
- 1 person was in attic, receiving hoses as they were put together and taking them to the extreme ends of the attic.
- Before arriving on site, each person knows exactly what they are going to do.
- Each person has their own drill with 5/16” hex driver
- Each person has access to the hose clamps
When it comes down to it, we found that when the workers knew their task and had their own tools, things were accomplished much faster. It sounds so simple, but it saved this crew at least two hours on the jobsite.
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