Contract Cleaners ? A Guide For Businesses. Part 2
In the first part of this article I put forward 7 questions that I believed were important to ask of your potential cleaning company. In this article I will explain the relevance of the first two questions and the answers you get to you as a business.What is your staff turnover?When the top 150 Cleaning Companies in the UK were asked this question the answer came back as 73%. That means that within a 12 month period 73% of their cleaning staff have left and been replaced. What is the relevance of this figure to you? If the figure you get back is higher than about 25% it is likely that if you engage this firm then you are unlikely to have the same cleaners for very long. You will have a constant stream of new cleaners.
This is not good for building up a working relationship or continuity. Worse still might be the answer ?I don't know exactly' because this probably means they are trying to avoid giving you an insight into the correct figure. They can of course lie!Do you provide verifiable training?Cleaners might simply be hired to cover a particular clean, shown what to do and left to get on with it. Verifiable means that the company has a recognised training scheme which is documented and you can see the date and times training of your staff has taken place. Is training necessary? You might think not.
Everybody should know how to clean because we all do it! Commercial cleaning is not like cleaning at home. The cleaner has a time limit in which tasks must be completed. They must be trained in how to carry out those tasks as quickly and efficiently as possible. Secondly not all the tasks will be assigned to every cleaning slot. Some tasks might for example be designated as weekly in the cleaning schedule or even monthly, for example cob webbing.
However the staff must be trained that if they see a cobweb they remove it then and there and not wait until the schedule allows them to do it! This may sound petty and common sense but not all cleaners are capable of working outside their little boxes and schedules without proper training.To you as a business it is actually quite important that your cleaners are capable of doing things as and when needed and not necessarily waiting for the appointed time on the schedule to come around. So ask the question and then probe a little deeper into the cleaning companies view on cleaning schedules..
David Andrew Smith has been working for many years in the cleaning industry and is the owner of http://www.wesparkle.co.uk, general cleaners and specialists in the cleaning and polishing of natural stonePreparing your Home for Showing
Remember that when you are preparing your home for showing to prospective buyers, you are painting a picture, no a work of art. When selling a home you are working on a person's emotions, so be sure to keep that in mind. This will be the place the buyer creates new memories.Organizing your homeThe first place to start is cleaning and organizing. The easiest way to tackle this is to have a plan. Organizing and removing clutter should be the first task.
Remove as much clutter as possible. You want to create the illusion of space without looking too sparse. If you have a buffet table with a lot of chatchkies on it, be sure to remove some of them to open up the area. If your living room is cluttered with a lot of furniture remove a few pieces. This will again give the illusion of a bigger room.Cleaning your homeNow that you have organized it is time to CLEAN.
Where I like to start is with the bathrooms. Be sure to clean the toilet bowls. This is a good indication of how the...
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Blow Away Your Soot!
A boiler that has been running for a long time is sure to have soot deposits on its tubes and furnace.This is especially prominent in boilers using heavy fuel oil for burning. Although the fuel will be heated and filtered before combustion, it still contains a lot of impurities. The by-products of combustion as well as imperfect combustion cause the soot to form. The soot is deposited on the heating surfaces.During the combustion of the fuel oil in a steam boiler, hot gases are formed. These hot gases are used to heat up the water in the boiler to form steam.
With the deposits of soot, a lot of the heat energy is not able to be transferred to the water, but instead is lost through the chimneystack. The soot layer acts as a heat insulator for the tubes and shells of the furnace. The heat is unable to reach the water. This not only causes the boiler efficiency to be lowered, but a more serious problem can also occur. The soot can catch fire!A soot fire can be detrimental to the...
Blow Away Your Soot!
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Making Industrial Vacuum Cleaners Safer and Vacuum Conveying Technology Safer and More Productive for 50 Years
Frank Pendleton knew the dust and lint surrounding oiled textile machinery was a time bomb ready to go off.
First hand experience taught him the fire hazard had to be safely and efficiently removed.
Existing electrical vacuums, however, were not only underpowered but also posed a real ignition risk due to sparking on start up.
And traditional compressed air hoses simply blew unwanted debris around.
So Pendleton teamed up with an inventor, and in 1954 introduced the first air-operated vacuum cleaner, or air vac, which was three times as strong as its electrical counterpart and posed no sparking hazard.
From his dedication to meeting industry's needs, Pendleton founded VAC-U-MAX, the world leader of industrial vacuum and vacuum conveying technology.
Now, celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Belleville New Jersey-based company continues its tradition of innovation to solve vacuum-related challenges in a wide range of manufacturing and...
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A Simple Solution for Cleaning Burner Pans and Covered Casserole Dishes
If your burner pans and covered casserole dishes look like mine did, they've got baked-on spots that no amount of scrubbing will remove. And if you're like me, even the thought of using chemical cleaners brings tears to your eyes and makes you want to start coughing, not to mention that the chemical cleaners are expensive.One simple solution that I've found works very well uses ingredients that are probably in your cupboard right now: cream of tartar and vinegar.Here are the steps to follow:1. Mix 2 teaspoons of vinegar and 2 teaspoon of cream of tartar in a small dish (use 3 or 4 teaspoons of vinegar and 3 or 4 teaspoons of cream of tartar if you have more items to clean or if you have larger items, such as a heavily soiled casserole dish and cover). 2. Use a cotton ball to apply the solution to your burner pans or casserole dishes and covers (Corning Ware casseroles, for example).
3. Let sit for 5 to 10 minutes.4. Scrub with a scouring pad and then wash in hot, soapy water.5....
A Simple Solution for Cleaning Burner Pans and Covered Casserole Dishes
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