Winter is the Best Time to Clean your Carpets
Winter is the messiest season for floors. That’s why now is the time to step it up. While you may let your cleaning slide by just vacuuming your floors during the rest of the year, during this blustery, wet winter season, you’ll want to acknowledge the fact that carpeted floors are going to be extra dirty. They are going to take the brunt of the foot traffic coming in and out of the offices, and front entry ways, and will need proper care. Winter is the Best Time to Clean your Carpets Your carpets might not have been thoroughly cleaned after the warmer months, and now that pollen, dust and other indoor particles have built up from the last season, plus your work spaces are more closed up, and the heat is on… who knows what kind of dirty build up is in those carpets. All these reasons are why…
How to Find the Best Commercial Cleaning Service
It’s a new year and you’re looking for a professional cleaning service to help you keep your business in tip top shape. But, what types of cleaning services should you look for? What should you expect from the commercial cleaning service you hire? At the top of the list is, of course, a skilled, trustworthy, professional cleaning staff. A great crew to carry out the actual cleaning and organizing tasks is the most important. You also want them to have OSHA compliance when necessary for particular cleaning projects. How to Find the Best Commercial Cleaning Service Your Commercial Cleaning Needs From here, you want to think about your cleaning needs now and in the future. If you have a smaller office space with light traffic throughout the day, consider a cleaning plan that covers basic tasks on a regular or short term basis. Perhaps once a week the cleaning crew…
Why Winter is the Best Time for Cubicle and Partition Cleaning
We have talked about cubicle and partition cleaning in the past. We took a look at how dirty your cubicles really are, the difference between cleaning a cubicle and a partition, and what amount of cubicle cleaning your employees should be responsible for. Now we’d like to discuss why now – the winter season – is the time to get those office cubicles and partitions cleaned. Essential to a clean office environment, cubicle and partition cleaning should be at the top of an office’s cleaning routine. But, this is one area that tends to get overlooked. Cleaning cubicles and partitions is not something that really needs to be addressed monthly, but it shouldn’t be forgotten. Cleaning these areas can keep your partition and cubicle spaces and walls looking their best and in good shape overall. And, as mentioned above, winter may be the perfect time of year to tackle this…
Winter Window Cleaning
We’ve talked about cleaning windows for your business in the past. We’ve discussed why it’s important to have clean windows as it will help encourage more business and happy clientele. Guests, clients, as well as employees feel better when an office sparkles, including through its windows. We’ve talked about the importance of cleaning your windows at different times of the year as well. But now, we would like to focus on the forgotten time of year when clean windows often fall to the bottom of the cleaning list… Winter! Winter Window Cleaning for your Business Dirty Winter Windows Winter is the time of year when windows might actually become grubbier than any other time of the year. Window cleaning shouldn’t be forgotten or put off until it’s warmer. We know, it’s cold out and probably snowy, but this is exactly why your windows need to be addressed. During the chilly…
Bar & Pub Cleaning Checklist
When cleaning a bar or pub, it’s all in the details and making sure to do a thorough job sanitizing all the hard surfaces and touched areas. Keeping a bar looking its best means a regular and consistent cleaning schedule, giving your establishment always has a high appearance level. As a high trafficked area with food, drinks, and customers, bars and taverns are prone to get dirty, sticky, and down right sloppy if not kept up on a regular basis. Areas to address can be as basic as keeping hard surfaces like tables, chairs and countertops wiped and polished, to more detailed type areas like chair backs and foot rails at the bar. When approaching a bar for cleaning, it’s important to completely clean all sections that are handled by patrons – and could be spilled on by patrons – throughout a day and night. Below is a detailed list…
How Important is Regular Cleaning at Your Senior Living Facility?
Thorough cleaning is essential in a Senior Living community. Taking care to provide an overall sanitary and tidy facility is going to ensure healthy conditions for your patrons, their family and friends, as well as your staff. Clean surroundings for your facility is of utmost importance to ensure an enjoyable environment for your current patrons as well as others interested in joining your residence. How to Clean a Senior Living Community What Should You Focus On? At the top of your list, you want to make sure all washrooms and kitchen facilities are routinely cleaned and disinfected. Avoiding the spread of germs and bacteria in your senior living home will help to prevent illness. Make sure to thoroughly wipe and sanitize all countertops and kitchen cabinet, doors and light switches, including giving the sinks and faucets a good scrubbing. Wiping these areas to shine will also present a clean and…
How to Maintain a Clean Medical Office
When you walk into your doctor’s office, you expect it to be clean, tidy and as germ-free as possible. You are coming in to either get healthy or stay healthy, after all. It’s important to note, many people coming into the doctor’s office are sick. So, keeping your medical office and waiting rooms extra clean and sanitized is incredibly important to ensure germs aren’t spread around. So, where should you focus your cleaning for your medical office? The obvious places like patient waiting rooms and bathrooms must be disinfected and remain picked up at all times. Also, the exam rooms should be cleaned and sanitized on a regular basis throughout the day. But, what about the rest of the office? It’s more than dusting and vacuuming in the usual type of office work space. How to Maintain a Clean Medical Office Hidden Germs in a Medical Office A lot of…
Specialized Cleaning for your Industrial Facility
Cleaning for an industrial-type environment typically requires specialized safety knowledge and guidelines. So, what is involved when you need these types of work spaces cleaned and kept looking good? Let’s take a look. What to Consider When Cleaning an Industrial Space Some of the factors to consider when devising a cleaning plan for your industrial space: Safety Size of the industrial area to be cleaned Floor specifications Customary work, office and bathroom spaces First of All… Safety Safety is paramount when cleaning an industrial space. So, you’ll first want to address any safety concerns for the cleaning staff plus proper equipment handling procedures. When to clean, where to clean and how to clean needs to be thought through, as well as safety around equipment and any special cleaning products that need to be used. Perhaps special uniforms or times of day are something to need to think about, too. Extra…
How to Properly Clean a Government Office Building
The office is getting dirty and it’s time to bring in some help. The office space, bathrooms, kitchen, and hallways all require regular cleaning attention, while some areas can be sensitive security-wise, and require special accommodations. You know everything needs cleaning regularly, but what should be involved for which areas of your government building, and how often should someone take the time to tidy up? “When your environment is clean, you feel happy, motivated and healthy.” – Lailah Gifty Akita You know everyone wants to work in a clean and tidy environment, so what does that mean for your government office building? How to Properly Clean a Government Office Building More Than Dusting Cleaning an office environment means more than dusting and vacuuming. Cleaning also involves other high traffic areas like restrooms, employee kitchen and lunch areas, as well as lobby, hallway and reception areas. Tackling every space as a…
How to Clean your Gym & Fitness Center
Stretch and reach, and one… and two… Your clients are working out and getting in some good exercise time with your gym equipment. The last thing they want to think about as they workout is if the equipment they are using is germy and sweaty. When they come in for a workout, they expect to come into a nicely-kept, clean establishment. And that’s what you want to provide for your clientele! How to Clean your Gym & Fitness Center Cleanliness should be at the top of the list to keep an exercise facility in tip top shape. Many sweaty people will be moving in and out of your facility every day. Make it a point to keep your as clean and disinfected as possible. Imagine you’re the one working out… how do you want the facility to look? And how often – and how deeply – would you want it…
