Cutting down on the deep clean
Daniel Took, Head of Professional Product Marketing at Kärcher UK, discusses how to save time and money by implementing an effective daily cleaning routine that guarantees results.
Deep cleaning is a necessary part of facilities management to ensure that facilities users have an excellent first impression from their moment of arrival. However, the challenge facing facilities managers is that the deep cleaning process is labour intensive, costly, and time consuming, distracting attention from wider requirements across cleaning and maintenance throughout buildings.
To help reduce the need for frequent deep cleaning, it’s imperative that facilities managers adopt an effective cleaning method to tackle dirt. The PDIR cleaning model has been carefully designed to help save on time and reduce cleaning costs. Standing for Preventative, Daily, Interim, and Restorative cleaning, the PDIR method enables facilities managers to adopt effective cleaning strategies that boost efficiency and keep on top of dirt build-up.
During the ‘Daily’ cleaning section of the PDIR method, facilities managers will carry out a thorough cleaning routine that reduces the need for intensive cleans over the longer term. Tackling dirt at the source, daily cleaning is fundamental to productive facilities maintenance overall. The right equipment is the lynchpin to this process, enabling facilities managers to deliver more efficiently, with reduced downtime and producing optimum results regardless of user.
Careful selection of cleaning equipment will also help to minimise disruption when cleaning is carried out. New technological advancements in battery-powered cleaning equipment provide the most efficient solution for daily cleaning. Kärcher’s Battery Universe supports daily cleaning requirements by tackling dirt efficiently and swiftly. With no need for a power point, machines powered by the swappable battery technology can quickly eliminate dirt regardless of the location.
For those working in office spaces or in the hospitality industry, the reduced noise output and no trip hazards due to cables, means battery powered machines have a major advantage as it enables them to be used throughout the day in highly frequented areas with little disruption.
A further benefit of utilising battery power is the dual functionality they offer, suiting both surface-level daily cleaning and further cleaning for more stubborn dirt. With limited budgets to purchase equipment, dual functionality machines are key to reducing overall costs, such as the T 9/1 Bp vacuum cleaner from Kärcher with its built-in eco!efficency mode.
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This mode ensures the machine runs economically, ideal for daily cleaning and the removal of surface-level dirt. However, when further cleaning is required to remove stubborn dirt, its range of high-powered settings swiftly eradicate unwanted particles, leaving spaces clean and dirt-free.
For more targeted cleans, wet and dry vacuum cleaners – such as Kärcher’s Puzzi 9/1 Bp Pack Adv spray extraction cleaner – are ideal. Running off the same battery as the T 9/1 Bp vacuum cleaner, the Puzzi 9/1 Bp loosens carpet dirt by spraying extraction cleaner under high pressure into the textile fibres before sucking it back up. This enables users to easily remove stubborn stains as the combination of suction and cleaning agent displaces the dirt.
For daily spot cleaning throughout vast premises, backpack vacuum cleaners offer a unique solution. Offering effective suction power with minimal effort, lightweight vacuums such as the BVL 5/1 Bp Pack enable users to easily move throughout the building lifting dirt off carpeted areas and upholstery with little disruption to facilities’ users. Tackling dirt in this way helps to prevent a larger intensive clean in the long run, as dirt is removed before it builds up.
Utilising new battery technologies during daily cleaning practices is an effective and cost-efficient solution to reduce the need for enhanced deep cleaning. Adopting the PDIR cleaning model will help support facilities managers, save on costs, and reduce cleaning times, whilst battery- powered machines offer an effective and more sustainable method to tackle dirt.
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