Looking For An Office Carpet Cleaner .
If you are looking for professional office cleaners you will find there are a lot of carpet cleaning companies out there. Read the adverts and you notice none of them will suggest they are the second best cleaners. Why would they? But by following the tips we give later in the article you will discover how to find the right carpet cleaner to fit your needs.
There are several different methods of cleaning carpets each with distinct advantages but can also have some disadvantages as well. You will need to consider the type of carpet to be cleaned and then look at the method of cleaning being suggested to you by the different cleaning companies. For example a dry extraction machine will use chemical detergents, often in powder form, which will react with the stain and free up the small globules from the carpet fibres which can then be safely and easily vacuumed up afterwards.
Cleaners also sometimes opt to use a wet clean (sometimes sold as “steam cleaning” but usually just hot water) which involves spraying a diluted chemical extraction fluid under pressure deep into the fibres. The area will then be massaged by the hand-held lance or the metal bars of the machine to enable the cleaning chemical to bind around the dirt and allow it to be vacuumed out. Introducing a water spray like this will often result in a far deeper clean but leaves the carpet slightly damp and introduces risk of carpet shrinkage.
Unless you already have a firm relationship with a cleaning company you already use get a number of estimates. Even then, it does not harm to make sure they are not overcharging you. Make sure you know why they are choosing to use THEIR particular cleaning method on YOUR office carpet. Demand they give you official safety data sheets for all the chemicals they are using and read them to look at dangers to your staff etc. Does the cleaning chemical contravene your company environmental policy? How long will the process take and when can you use the room again?
Probably the most important thing, is to know who is coming to your office or home. You should always make sure that you know the history of the carpet cleaner as well as inquire if background checks are performed by the company.
Follow the above tips, and you’ll have no problems with finding the right carpet cleaner.
You may be surprised to discover after the carpet clean that a number of your staff will feel better afterwards. This is not just psychological thinking but could be down to them having an allergy which they did not know about. That increase in productivity alone could be worth the cost of the better carpet clean. What have you got to lose except of course that dirty looking carpet!
The author Ron Thomson works as the National Quality Manager for Clean Care Scotland one of the largest Scottish Commercial Cleaning Companies providing contract cleaning services to restaurants, retail stores, offices as well as some health groups. In addition he is teh Area Manager for Aberdeen Office Cleaning and one of the co-authors of the book “Floor Care Is Not Just Floor Cleaning”