FLOORING
HARD FLOORS AREN’T
HARD WORK
Thousands of people use London’s facilities each day, stomping into entrance halls and reception areas around the capital. The scale of this challenge means the city has become a centre
for best practice when it comes to keeping hard floors looking their best.
Chris Parkes, Operations Director at Julius Rutherfoord explains.
It’s easy to feel sympathy for facilities managers at this time of year, particularly after a prolonged damp and cold spell. The battle to keep buildings looking their best turns into all-out war in the winter, with the extra dirt, mud, salt and even snow being trodden into entrance halls, public spaces and offices around the country. And this is on top of the year- round challenges of litter, spillages, chewing gum and the like.
Door mats and other entrance floor protectors can only go so far, and every facilities manager knows that for every ten people who stop to wipe their feet, it only takes one to tramp in with mud- clogged boots before the reception area starts looking like a quagmire.
Hard floor care is not just about cleaning – often, it also involves maintenance and restoration. The relentless traffic seen by many of London’s public buildings, offices and schools means that the city has become a centre for best practice in contract cleaning, and keeping hard floors flawless is a significant part of this business.
The best cleaning companies will not only aim to get a facility’s hard floors clean again, but also to prolong their durability and life-span. At the same time, best practice dictates that
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the products they use should have as little impact on the environment as possible, while the cleaning operatives should be well-trained and security-vetted before hitting the floor. It’s no mean feat, so what should facilities managers be looking for when selecting a contract cleaner to take care of their flooring?
CORRECT TOOLS Specialist floor cleaning machines,
tools and products are required to get the job done properly, combined with well-trained staff. The best cleaning contractors will use custom cleaning machines and a wide range of treatments depending on the floor type. This could include sanding and restoration, cleaning, buffing, strip and polish, scrubbing, and extracting. Using cleaning products and treatments that are as sustainable and environmentally-friendly as possible is important whether this is a requirement of the contract or not. Greener floor cleaning products such as PH neutral chemicals, enzyme- based cleaning, pure water systems, microfibre cloths and diamond encrusted cleaning pads, not only benefit the environment by lowering or even eliminating the use of chemicals, they also bring health and safety advantages to both cleaning operatives and users of the facility.
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