History of Alpine Cleaning & Restoration Specialists, Inc.

by
Chris Harris
Owner/Operator/General Contractor

As a newly married young man with 2 little children I was always looking for a way 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 $5,000.00". Being a financially strapped father, $5,000.00 was an impossible amount to come up with. Several weeks later the same ad appeared with the new price of $3,500.00. Something told me that I was to buy this equipment, so I pleaded and begged the bank for a loan and Alpine Cleaning & 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 began working with a lot of business 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 1-2 am to keep my business going.

Fortunately, after 2 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 2 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 3rd 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 really began to take off. After nearly 4 years we had outgrown our 6,000 sq. ft. shop and office and had to move again.

1500 N Logan in Fall of 2000

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 & 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. The management of our company is founded by employees who started out years ago working in 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 & 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.

Smithfield October 2007
177 S. Main Smithfield in October of 2007