Flooring maintenance is essential to keeping your flooring looking its best. In fact, failure to invest in a proactive maintenance program can cause premature floor replacement, which is bad for the environment and an unexpected cost. Regularly scheduled cleanings are recommended by the manufacturer to not only improve indoor air quality by removing things like allergens, bacteria, and dirt from flooring, but also to extend the life of your investment.
- The BFC Carpet Maintenance Program
- Understanding what you're up against
- When it comes to carpet, it is important to know that different soil types affect carpet in different ways. Dry soils can destroy carpet fiber, but fortunately, most can be removed by regular vacuuming. Oily soils, like resins, gums, greases and fats, are the binders that attract and hold other types of soil to the carpet. The result is a carpet with a dingy gray or brown appearance. Oily soil is the primary reason for poor carpet appearance and, because it adheres to the carpet fiber, it can't be easily removed. Hard surfaces have their own idiosyncrasies, too, so it is beneficial to have the experts at BFC in your corner to show you how to keep all of your floors properly maintained.
- Develop a comprehensive daily program
- Preventative maintenance:
- With that in mind, preventing soil from entering the environment is easier and less expensive than removing it from the carpet.
- Here are just a few of the simple actions you can and should take:
- Use walk-off mats, grates and removable carpets; vacuum these areas daily, clean frequently and change often for best results
- Use chair pads to protect desk areas
- Designate eating, drinking and smoking areas
- Use lids on open beverage containers
- Routine maintenance:
- Next, a regular scheduled maintenance program helps to remove soil before it can build up and damage carpet fiber. Restorative cleanings are too late to bring a carpet to a "like-new" appearance. Instead, it's likely the carpet would have to be replaced prematurely causing life-cycle costs to increase.
- Vacuuming
- Two key elements of a successful program are knowing the frequency that vacuuming is needed and the correct type of equipment that should be used. We recommend moderate to heavy traffic areas, such as entrances, elevators, and lobbies be vacuumed daily, while low traffic areas, like offices or conference rooms, need vacuuming two or three times per week.
- It is also important to have the right vacuuming equipment, like dual-motor vacuums for heavy traffic areas, and we can help advise just what is right for you.
- Develop a regular deep cleaning Schedule
- Finally, there are many common methods of cleaning available. You should choose a cleaning method based on what will be the most effective and compatible with your floors and their respective traffic levels. BFC will help you determine what exactly is best, and create a regular schedule of deep cleaning maintenance to keep your floors in tip-top shape, while keeping the disruption at a minimum.
- We are ready to help
- Burton Floor Care is here to put together a custom maintenance program based on your company's specific needs. We will personally inspect your building, noting areas which need immediate attention, high traffic areas and trouble spots which need more frequent cleanings. We will provide a cleaning schedule along with a price quote and action plan for your review. Once the plan is in action we will also be there for unexpected on-site repair needs from any unexpected accidents that take place, and we can also help in the education of in-house janitorial staff on daily care.
