Daily janitorial cleaning for your facility of any size is important, but perhaps especially so for midsized facilities in the 10,000 to 50,000 square feet range. The average private office size is 150 to 350 square feet while a cubicle is around 100 square feet per person. If you do the math, even being quite generous, a 25,000 square foot office building can quite easily host 100+ people in private offices and cubicles!

So what’s the deal with daily cleaning? You may be thinking to yourself that you only need to clean once a week. But if you think about it even if you don’t feel “packed in” with your fellow office mates, chances are, you need this facility to be cleaned 5-7 days per week.

In this month’s articles, we’re going to be breaking down the most important daily cleaning tasks and how Sonlight Cleaning Services approaches each of these tasks for the businesses and organizations we serve in the greater Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex.

Sweeping and vacuuming is probably the first thing you think of when you think of cleaning tasks but do you know why this step is crucial not only to the aesthetic of your facility but also to the health of your employees and the longevity of your flooring? Sweeping and vacuuming removes visible dirt for that “clean aesthetic” but also invisible dust and pollen that can wreak havoc on the noses and respiratory systems of your employees. Additionally, by sweeping and/or vacuuming daily, you lower the risk of damage to flooring. It prevents sand from grinding down the wax finish of your VCT or getting between the cracks in your LVT. And if you have carpeting, it prevents dirt from traveling deeper into the carpet fiber, extending the lifespan.

Mopping is essential for maintaining spotless floors as well as preventing slips and falls. Mopping can remove sticky residue, prevent staining from contaminants left for long periods of time, and even kill harmful bacteria and viruses when proper disinfecting solutions are utilized. The Sonlight Cleaning Services team is knowledgeable about which types of solutions can be used on which types of flooring, ensuring both your floor and the health of your employees are protected. 

Wiping down high-touch surfaces is perhaps one of the most cost-saving aspects of what the Sonlight team does for our daily janitorial cleaning clients. Why? Because your most valuable resource is your team and the greatest loss you can experience is for a cold, COVID-19, or the flu to sweep through your office, taking down dozens of team members along the way! High touch surfaces such as door handles, light switches, elevator buttons, handrails, and bathroom fixtures require daily attention (if not mid-day attention, such as that provided by a day porter service, which Sonlight also offers). 

Stay tuned for part 2 in this series as we discuss the myriad ways that daily janitorial cleaning care with Sonlight Cleaning Services can benefit your Dallas Fort Worth business.

By Laura Pulliam