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10 Reasons Why You Should Perform Routine Cleaning Inspections - Reason 6: Reward Good Cleaning

All too often in the cleaning industry employees are met with negative feedback. It’s easy to walk into a facility and see everything that has been missed or has not been cleaned according to the site specs. It’s much harder for a supervisor...

Posted to SmartInspect by Ben Giordano on 09-08-2010

Periodic maintenance - health & safety

I've talked occasionally about the desirability of including periodic hard-floor maintenance in one's janitorial package - that neglecting to burnish, and to occasionally scrub and topcoat (refinish) vinyl tile, and also to machine scrub stone...

Posted to BobCroft by Bob Croft on 09-07-2010

Filed under: scrub, ceramic, janitor phoenix, sanitize, disinfect, safety, sanitation, damp mop, janitorial phoenix, Buff, burnish, wash windows, refinish, scrub ceramic, disinfectant, restore

10 Reasons Why You Should Perform Routine Cleaning Inspections - Reason 5: Accurate Reporting

Performing cleaning inspections once in a while is great, and certainly better than nothing. However, you are really missing out on a lot of the best data if you are only inspecting once every few months. Think about it, inspections are most valuable...

Posted to SmartInspect by Ben Giordano on 09-07-2010

Carpet Maintenance DIY

The key to a Planned Maintenance Program. Work with these items when organizing your ongoing maintenance program. Selecting the best cleaning system and cleaning frequency to maintain your carpet. A PLANNED MAINTENANCE PROGRAM WALK OFF MATS Placement...

Posted to cafernie by cafernie on 09-03-2010

Filed under: Carpet Maintenance

Cleaning Chemical Categories Part 2

The previous post listed the EPA Toxicity Categories 1 2 3 4 and the routes of exposure, inhalation, oral and dermal. This post will discuss the " Signal Words " that must appear with significant prominence relative to the front panel text and...

Posted to thecleaner by Brad on 09-01-2010

Filed under: janitorial, toxicity, toxicity categories, signal words, cleaning companies

Talking to folks who cut back a few months ago...

I'm afraid summer is about over; time to buckle down and get back to work. Also, time to look around the office or work place with a view to the image you present to your customers and, even more, the impact your building's condition will have...

Posted to BobCroft by Bob Croft on 08-31-2010

Filed under: touchpoints, janitor phoenix, sanitize, disinfect, safety, sanitation, janitorial phoenix, shampoo, burnish, wash windows, refinish, carpet clean, full service, touch point sanitation

Spectrum24, And the others

I have been doing some research regarding surface disinfectants with long lasting effectiveness. The products that have been recommended to me are Spectrum24, Spectsan24, IV-7, AG24, etc. Interestingly, all are "powered by SDC technology" Has...

Posted to deirdre by deirdre on 08-27-2010

Illegals in Parliament (no, not what you think...)

Caught an article in today's Building Services Management Weekly e-newsletter about suggestions that ten illegal immigrants have worked, for several months, in the cleaning crew at Britain's House of Commons. The problem with undocumented immigrants...

Posted to BobCroft by Bob Croft on 08-27-2010

Filed under: drivers license, background, applicant, Fake ID, janitor phoenix, illegal immigrant, court records, ID, janitorial phoenix, check identification, verify social security number, verify identification, security

Floor Buffers vs. Floor Scrubbers

Floor Scrubbers vs. Floor Buffers If you're just getting into the field of building service maintenance or office cleaning you're sure to face the decision of whether to use a floor buffer or a floor scrubber for your floor cleaning jobs. You...

Posted to Floor Care Tips by Linda on 08-24-2010

Filed under: floor machines, floor scrubbers, floor buffers

"Vacuuming Hard Floors an Alternative to Sweeping..."

Just caught an article in Contracting Profits , by Becky Mollenkamp, detailing the many advantages of vacuuming hard floors, compared to the conventional sweeping or dust mopping. Much of what I've advocated over the years is described: better dust...

Posted to BobCroft by Bob Croft on 08-23-2010

Filed under: vacuum, janitor phoenix, vacuum floor, janitorial phoenix, burnish, refinish, indoor air quality, allergin removal, allergen removal, dust mop, airborne particles

Hand Sanitizers and The 99%

Like most janitorial contractors, I sanitize my hands after I leave each building or before I start in the next building. I was surprised by an article in the December 16 2009 Wall Street Journal that featured hand sanitizer testing done by a University...

Posted to thecleaner by Brad on 08-19-2010

Filed under: janitorial, janitorial contractors

Dust in the desert - and in the kids' lungs.

Caught an article in the Montreal Gazette that dust from the desert, containing quartz and other substances and microorganisms that cause airway inflammation, can worsen asthma symptoms, particularly in children - more so than ordinary air pollution....

Posted to BobCroft by Bob Croft on 08-19-2010

Filed under: microfiber, janitor phoenix, environmental, string mop, vacuum floor, janitorial phoenix, indoor air quality, airborne particles, measure IAQ, indoor air quality reading

Waxing ceramic - not a good idea

Just back from a quick customer service call to a lab we clean in a small medical building (which we don't). Our client has vinyl tile; we just burnished it (we catch it twice per month, with an as-need top- coating, as part of our ongoing price)...

Posted to BobCroft by Bob Croft on 08-18-2010

Filed under: vacuum, ceramic, janitor phoenix, environmental, damp mop, vacuum floor, Microfiber mop, janitorial phoenix, scrub ceramic, Better Business Bureau, strip ceramic, measure IAQ, indoor air quality reading

It all depends on just what you're allergic to...

My post the other day got me thinking about dogs. Several weeks ago I got a call from a client, the manager of a mid-size building. A tenant, who treats asthma and other breathing-related sufferers , complained that some of his clients had experienced...

Posted to BobCroft by Bob Croft on 08-16-2010

Filed under: janitor phoenix, janitorial phoenix, American Indoor Air Quality Council, indoor air quality, allergin removal, airborne particles, mold, measure IAQ, indoor air quality reading

Customers Come in All Varieties...

As a commercial cleaning service in Phoenix, Az, we've had something of a variety of client experiences over the years, but a note I received from a gal I correspond with, who owns a medium size residential cleaning service in New Zealand, takes the...

Posted to BobCroft by Bob Croft on 08-14-2010

Filed under: janitor phoenix, screening, janitorial phoenix, security

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