Office cleaning is no big deal and yet, if it is not done regularly and efficiently, the production of your staff is definitely affected. In a nutshell, a clean office is a happy office and so this article has been compiled as a guide to help to get you increase your profits by performing such a simple task. Crystal Clean Solutions has been around for the last 13 years. We have seen firsthand the effect that a clean office generates and we have countless written testimonies from our customers to prove it.
Phase One : Be Prepared
You need to make sure that you have enough equipment before you get started. Imagine your cleaning cupboard at home and this should give you an indication, after all your office is simply a big home. A mop, brush and vacuum cleaner should be the beginning followed by dusters, cloths, floor cleaning solution (or a dry carpet cleaning solution if you have carpets instead of tiled floors) and maybe a toilet brush. Speaking about the toilet brush don't forget the disinfectant spray and maybe some air freshener. The health and safety people would probably lock me up if I failed to mention that you should get some rubber gloves as well.
Phase Two : Get a feeling of what needs to be done
You should start by letting some sunlight into the office as well as some fresh air by opening the windows. This should help you get a better perspective on the job to be performed. Look for anything that will require out of the ordinary attention such as grease marks, carpet stains etc. Find yourself a starting point and give yourself a target as to the amount of time it is going to take you. Put all your cleaning equipment within easy reach but not in a place where it is going to hamper your efforts.
Phase Three: Throw out the rubbish
Start by emptying out the rubbish bins and throwing away papers, soda cans, food packets etc and make separate bags available for recyclable and other rubbish. This simple task will make the rest of the job at hand look a lot more manageable.
Phase Four: Move the office equipment and stationery
Everything needs to get out of the way before you can clean properly. This means unplugging computers, lights, printers etc and preferably moving them out of the room. Smaller furniture such as chairs, rubbish bins etc must be moved out of the way and articles which normally clutter the desktop such as books, pens, calculators and other stationery should be removed as well.
Phase Five: Start by dusting the office
Now that you have a reasonably empty space (all you should have left is some of the larger furniture) you can start dusting the entire office. Start with the higher areas such as tall bookcases and light shades otherwise the dust that you remove from these will float down to the surfaces you have already cleaned.
Step 6: Vacuum clean everything your eye can see.
The office area should now be clear so, if you can, try to move some of the larger furniture around so that you can get to those hard to reach places. You have already dusted and most of this will (hopefully) now be on the floor. Vacuum everything! Every piece of floor, every chair, curtain, blinds etc. Any empty drawers or cupboards can get vacuumed as well and once this is all done put all the furniture back into its original places before you continue with the next step.
Step seven: Lay on the magical spray
Everything should now be dust free so take your furniture spray or disinfectant spray and spray all the window sills, furniture and office working areas. Some spray products require you to wait a short while before wiping off the surfaces. Now you can clean all the individual bits of office equipment (computers, lights etc) properly before carrying it back into the office. A little bit of spray and a cloth should be all you need. Be careful with computer monitors that you don't use a furniture polish on them (you get special monitor cleaner). Finally scent the air with your air freshener and give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done.
About the Author:
Commercial office cleaning as well as exterior building cleaning, all done for you b y Crystal Clean Solutions. (www.crystalcleansolutions.co.uk)
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