Keeping your workplace floor clean could be important for keeping it presentable to clients and visitors. However, it could also be important for health and safety, helping to reduce dust levels and prevent falls. Many companies find cleaning floors to be a chore. However, there are many ways to make cleaning floors easier from hiring professional cleaners to installing new flooring. Below are just some of the best solutions for making cleaning floors easier.
Hire professional cleaners
If you and your employees are fed up with cleaning floors, consider whether it’s worth outsourcing this job to professional cleaners. Outsourcing cleaners can prevent staff having to stay on later after close to clean up. Make sure to hire a company that you trust – particularly if you’re giving them keys to come in out of work hours. On top of regular cleaning, you could also consider paying for deep cleaning.
Place doormats in front of entrances
A lot of dirt that can accumulate on flooring comes from outdoors. If you receive high levels of foot traffic each day, you could find that mud and outdoor dust is constantly being dragged in. Adding doormats to entrances can encourage visitors to wipe their feet upon entry. You can also add signs asking customers to please wipe their feet.
Use rugs and mats in other mess prone areas
There could be other messy areas where you can protect the floor with mats and rugs. For example, if you have a coffee machine in your office and there are often spillages around, consider whether it’s worth placing a rug or rubber mats under it to catch spillages. This could protect the flooring underneath from stains (which could be important with stain-prone flooring solutions like carpet).
Upgrade your cleaning equipment
Could you afford a better vacuum cleaner? Could you be using a better mop? Cheaper cleaning equipment will typically do less good a job and may even be more awkward to use. Industrial vacuum cleaners and industrial mops could help you to do a more thorough job. Alternatively, you could find that it’s worth upgrading to an industrial floor scrubber for more heavy duty cleaning.
Clean your flooring regularly
If you’re not cleaning floors regularly, dirt will build up and become harder to clean off. Make sure that you are cleaning floors often enough. In many mess-prone work environments like restaurants, factories and gyms, cleaning the floors should be something that is ideally done every day. In an office, you may be able to get away with cleaning floors once per week. However, you should still try to clean up spillages as soon as possible to stop them turning into permanent stains.
Know when to install new flooring
You should consider if your workplace flooring is the most appropriate option. Many workplaces are starting to do away with carpet because it is such a nuisance to clean. Laminate, rubber, vinyl and polished concrete are all much easier to keep in good condition. Remember that all types of flooring will eventually start to wear – and at this point they’ll usually become harder to clean. Carpets should be replaced every 10 years, while laminate or vinyl flooring may need to be replaced every 20 years.