Winter Cleaning and Maintenance Tips: The Importance of Indoor Cleaning
Winter office cleaning and maintenance are crucial for employee health and productivity. Learn winter office cleaning tips from Strathcona Cleaners experts.
As the weather gets colder, you dig out snow shovels, purchase sidewalk salt, and hunt up mats for the office entrance. You hire a company to remove snow and ice from the parking lot. But have you made plans to keep your indoor space clean during the winter months? Why is indoor office cleaning critical during cold weather? The following are the benefits of winter cleaning and winter cleaning tips for successfully maintaining your office space.
Why Keep Your Office Space Clean During Winter?
During the winter, indoor cleaning is crucial. It helps:
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Reduce seasonal illness: Viruses, germs, and bacteria live on surfaces such as workstations, tables, and desks for up to 48 hours! A desktop frequently holds 10 million bacteria, keyboards retain 3,000 microorganisms per square inch, and the computer mouse typically has three times the germs of a toilet handle. Maintaining a clean workspace reduces the possibility of contracting the flu or catching a common cold. To prevent the spread of disease, consider hiring a commercial cleaning company. Daily professional cleaning keeps your employees healthy by slowing or stopping the spread of illness.
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Increase productivity: Office air is frequently contaminated with particulate matter, continuously circulated by the heating system. Polluted air reduces cognitive function, resulting in a drop in productivity. If you desire productive employees, hire a commercial cleaning service. Look for a company that provides green products and uses equipment that removes particulates.
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Boost morale: A clean workspace helps employees feel happier, engaged, more creative, and enthusiastic. It boosts workers’ morale. Happy employees speak highly of the company, leading to good reviews and increased business.
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Maintain a good reputation: Winter mess tracked through your office makes your space look neglected and run down, tarnishing your business’s reputation. Keeping a clean workspace tells potential customers and/or clients that you are competent, responsible, and reliable. A commercial cleaning company helps you establish a good reputation and maintain a professional appearance.
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Keep the outdoors outside: Slush, snow, and sidewalk salt drag into the office, ending up on the mats, floors, and carpets. This debris causes damage and looks unattractive. A commercial cleaner helps mitigate the damage and maintains the attractiveness of your workplace.
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Reduce costs: Winter office maintenance is a preventative measure that reduces costs by protecting flooring from salt damage, reducing the possibility of litigation due to falls/accidents, and boosting business income via the maintenance of a good reputation.
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Reduce the incidence of bugs and/or rodents: When the temperature dips, bugs, and rodents look for a cozy indoor space to withstand the winter months. Regular commercial cleaning keeps your office sanitary, deterring bugs and/or rodents from entering.
Winter Cleaning Tips
Strategically place mats
Prevent the spread of salt, mud, debris, and water by placing anti-slip, heavy-duty, waterproof mats at all entrances. Rotate the mats as needed. While one rug is soaking up slush, have a second dry mat waiting to switch out. Ask your commercial cleaner to replace mats when necessary.
Prepare entrances
To manage the mess that migrates indoors during winter, make sure you have the following on hand:
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A wet floor sign
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Extra mats
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Mop and bucket
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Snow guard on the door
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Snow shovel outside the door
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Salt for the parking walkways and parking lot
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Storage for wet boots
Establish a routine
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Vigilance keeps the office inviting and clean during winter months.
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Place wet floor signs before people begin to arrive
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Make sure mats are dry
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Switch out mats when wet
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Mop the floor after people stop arriving
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Wash and dry the floor and replace the mats, after work hours have ended
Remove salt
Crusty, hard salt deposits damage floors and carpets. Use salt-neutralizing cleaners that have a high pH to dissolve grime and salt.
Pay attention to the parking lot
Keep the parking lot free of ice and snow, reducing the dirt and debris that tracks into the office. Make sure sidewalks and paths are cleared. Stock up on ice melt compound, sand, and snow shovels. Hire a commercial cleaning company that provides parking lot and sidewalk maintenance services.
Use green cleaning products/methods
As windows are closed and more time is spent indoors, indoor air quality becomes a concern. VOCs linger in the air causing headaches, respiratory issues, and decreased health. Green cleaning products and methods create better indoor air quality. Speak to your commercial cleaners to ensure green cleaning products are used and ask for vacuum cleaners that capture particulates.
Hire a day porter
With slush, snow, and debris tracking in, floors/rugs become unsightly and/or damaged. To make sure floors/rugs are mopped/vacuumed frequently, hire a commercial cleaning company that has day porter services.
Use the services of a professional cleaner
Engage the services of a professional cleaning company to simplify the process of keeping your space clean. They have the products, equipment, knowledge, and experience to ensure your office is clean, dry, and comfortable. They will help present a good image to customers/clients, instilling trust and confidence.
Don’t let winter weather affect your office. For your professional reputation and your employee’s health, safety, and productivity, have a commercial cleaning company maintain your workplace.
Want help keeping your office clean this winter? Call Strathcona Cleaners Ltd (403-237-8355) or email us at info@strathconacleaners.com. We provide janitorial services to many industries. We tailor our cleaning and/or maintenance plans to suit your unique needs. We provide non-toxic products and eco-friendly equipment. Depend on us for quality office cleaning services. Contact us today!