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Serving Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C. & the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia since 1995

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• Graduated from Temple University in 1987.
• Began his career in hospitality with Marriott International before founding the company.
• Brought hospitality-first service principles to commercial floor cleaning when he founded Scher Flooring Services in 1995.
• Guiding philosophy: “It’s YOUR money, you tell me what you want.”

• Graduated from SUNY Cortland in 1996; relocated to the Washington D.C. / Baltimore area in 2005.
• Co-founded Nu-Life Carpet Inc., a full-service floor cleaning and restoration company, and later acquired it in 2008.
• Aligned Nu-Life with Scher Flooring Services; the partnership has grown over 15+ years.
• Oversees all operations, staffing, and training, bringing 18+ years of industry experience.

Commercial floor cleaning, restoration & maintenance — “If you walk on it, we clean it.”

• Challenge: Newly installed Ecore Vulcanized Composition Rubber (VCR) tile that in-house staff could not keep clean by mopping.
• Service: A “Clean & Seal” program — scrubbing with Ecore E-Strip, extraction, pH-neutral mopping, then three coats of Ecore E-Finish (see rubber floor cleaning).
• Result: Restored floor cleanliness and enabled the in-house janitorial team to maintain the floors far more effectively (2022).

• Challenge: A full-hospital VCT Strip & Wax program the facility’s own staff could not perform; needed an outside partner.
• Service: Ongoing VCT strip & wax rotating from the ER through PACU and all patient and staff floors, then repeating.
• Result: Maintained service through the onset of COVID-19 (2019 onward), working at any hour in a 24/7 hospital and freeing staff to focus on sanitizing.

• Scope: Location-specific carpet and upholstery cleaning proposals across the group’s Washington D.C. metro restaurants (began 2015).
• Service: Shampoo & hot-water extraction for carpet; emulsifier pre-condition, extraction, force-dry and Scotchgard protection for upholstery.
• Cadence: Each location serviced four to six times per year on a recurring program.

• Challenge: Bi-annual carpet cleaning and VCT strip & wax across a multi-building senior living complex (since 2018).
• Service: Whittaker Smart Care low-moisture carpet system (low slip-and-fall risk) plus strip & wax on laundry, lounge and kitchen VCT areas.
• Result: Ongoing recurring program that lets the community outsource floor care with minimal disruption to residents.

Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C. & the eastern panhandle of West Virginia