Office Cleaning: Dealing With The Task Of Office Cleaning

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

Before you start on any office cleaning task, make sure that you have all the cleaning equipment that you are going to need. To start with get a vacuum cleaner, a mop and a brush. Follow this up with a duster, old cleaning cloths, some gloves (health and safety will moan otherwise), floor cleaner (or dry foam carpet solution if you have carpets instead of tiles), some disinfectant spray, a toilet brush and maybe some air freshener. Most of all, bring your energy (a couple of red bulls work for me).

Step 2 : Know what needs to be done

Start by letting some sunshine and fresh air into the room. Get the windows open! Once you do this you will notice that the job doesn’t seem to be as bad. Look at the job you are facing and see if there is anything that requires special attention (grease marks, stains on the floors or furniture). Set yourself a goal in terms of how long you will take to finish the job and then start at one end of the room. Make sure that your cleaning equipment is close by but not in the way.

Step 3: Get rid of the rubbish.

First get rid of all the food wrappers, papers and general office rubbish and empty the bins. Separate the recyclable from the other rubbish and place them into separate bags. This would already have made the office cleaner and the job will seem less daunting.

Step 4: Empty out the stationery and office equipment

You need to make sure that all surfaces are clear before you can start cleaning properly. Disconnect lights, printers, calculators, computers and the like. If possible move all of this out to a separate room so that you have more space. Any small furniture such as bins, chairs etc should be moved out of the way and don’t forget to take out anything that might be cluttering up the area like pens, books, stationery etc

Phase Five: Start by dusting the office

Your office should be looking rather empty by now except possibly for a few bits of larger furniture. Wipe down all the surfaces and make sure they are free of dust. Remember to dust the high places first since you don’t want furniture you have already dusted getting dirty again.

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.

Phase Seven: Un-holster your spray bottles

Finally it is time get start attacking the area with your furniture and disinfectant spray. Make sure that you get to all window sills, furniture and office working areas. Depending on the manufacturer’s instructions for the spray you are using you might have to wait for 10 to 15 minutes before you can wipe down the cleaned area. After this you can start bring all the office equipment that you removed earlier back into the office but make sure that you clean each piece as you bring it in. Be careful not to get furniture polish on the computer monitors as you will regret it later. Sit down, relax and enjoy the feeling of a job well done.