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How to Find the Best Cleaning Commercial Company?

On September 11, 2013, in Cleaning industry, by admin
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92-cleaning-cornerstone-of-successNowadays many of the business owners are looking for a reliable Office Cleaning company that will maintain the cleanness in the office. There is a great number of companies that propose commercial cleaning services, but, of course, you need to understand that not all of them meet the standards of your company.

That’s why the choosing and evaluating of the cleaning company is very important. Business owners should understand that there are many aspects to properly cleaning an office. Here are several guidelines and tips that will help you to understand that you hire the most appropriate company that meets your needs.

A cleaning company should have references

References that indicate that a company does high-quality work are very important while searching for the best commercial cleaning company. Before hiring a cleaning service a business owner or a manager who is searching for the company should check their references to ensure that companies have had great experience with this cleaning crew. You can also speak directly to the previous customers of the cleaning company and once again make sure that they liked and were satisfied with the work of the cleaning crew you want to hire.

A cleaning company should hire professionals and provide extra training for them

Commercial cleaning is the area of work that differs from home cleaning, for example. That’s why a good commercial cleaning company should hire professionals and at the same time provide extra training for its employees. This training helps the employees of the cleaning crew to understand the needs and requirements of the job. They learn how to use the special cleaning equipment that is used while cleaning offices and non-residential premises.

A good commercial cleaning company should develop a special custom cleaning plan

The best cleaning company before cleaning the office should meet with the manager or the business owner and to provide a checklist and, in addition, it should develop a custom cleaning plan where your specific preferences, requirements and needs are indicated. This plan indicates your expectations from the cleaning.

Sometimes when people start to search for a cleaning company, they feel frustrated because they don’t know where to start and what to look for. For more information about hiring the best commercial cleaning service for your specific requirements and needs, you may contact our professional cleaning company, we will gladly answer your questions and will try to help.

 

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All You Need to Know about Cleaning if You Have Allergies

On September 10, 2013, in Cleaning advice, by admin
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7-cleaning-for-alergicsNowadays allergies are very common problem, especially among children. People who suffer from allergies almost all the time are dealing with such problems as running nose, watery eyes and sneezing.

In order to minimize the number of allergy triggers you need to know what causes the allergies.

Very often dust mites are causing the allergic symptoms. In order to get rid of them, sprinkle special dust mite killing powder.

If you have rugs at the office, you need to pay special attention to them. Usually they are full of dust, and you need to clean them on a regular basis, in order to minimize allergic symptoms of your workers.

If you are a cleaning person, and you know that you have allergies, you need to wear gloves and a mask when you dust, vacuum, in order to limit your exposure to allergens and irritants.

And, of course, if you have allergies, you need to try using green or ecologically friendly cleaners that do not cause allergies. Most of the manufactured cleaners and detergents contain strong and harsh chemicals. But it is understandable that the cleaner the area is the less dirt, dust and germs are accumulated there. As a result, you breeze easier, no sneezing or coughing occur!

Another way to keep you allergies under control is to keep your office furniture clean. Be sure to perform additional cleaning if needed.

Allergies are the most unpleasant, uncomfortable things. Fortunately, there are several ways and tips that help to decrease the level of dust, dirt and germs that cause allergies.

As for the cleaning, if you have allergies and you cannot clean your office or house; our crew will surely help you with this.

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Post Construction Cleaning: Benefits of Hiring a Cleaning Company

On September 9, 2013, in Office area, by admin
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6-postconstruction-cleaningMost of the commercial cleaning companies provide post construction cleaning services that are of high demand among organizations and offices that have finished renovation and remodeling of the territory.

 Improvement of the office is a great thing, but for the post construction cleaning it’s much better to hire the cleaning company that provides post construction cleaning services.

It’s not a secret that in order to enjoy the renovation, the area should be thoroughly cleaned. If you decide to do the post construction cleaning yourself, you will need to start with the trash removal.

Trash is the major part of the cleaning. There are tons of building materials, garbage and other stuff that should be collected and removed from the building. It’s very interesting to see the results of your work, so many specialists recommend taking pictures before and after.

After you have cleaned the area from the trash, you need to pay attention to the windows. Usually during the reconstruction they become really dirty.

Windows and glass surfaces should be cleaned with a glass cleanser or some other mixtures that are considered to be eco-friendly.

Doors and walls are to be washed with warm water and cloth, of course, some soap can be added, but don’t forget to rinse the surface well.

To cut a long story short there is a short check list for a post construction cleaning which includes:

1.       Removing of all the trash

2.       Washing of all the surfaces

3.       Removing all the temporary protection labels

4.       Cleaning all windows and glass surfaces

5.       Cleaning all the storage areas

6.       Sweeping, moping the floors and vacuuming of the carpeted areas.

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Commercial Cleaning: Are You Ready for This Business?

On September 6, 2013, in Cleaning industry, by admin
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5-commercial-cleaningTo tell you the truth there are 3 main reasons to start a commercial cleaning business. First of all, starting up this kind of business doesn’t require much money, but it requires much determination and the desire to be successful.

And now let’s talk about these main advantages that can be good reasons for starting a commercial cleaning service.

1. Minimal Start-Up Expenses

It’s not a secret that you can start this business having $200 in your pocket. But you need to be surrounded by people who would love to help you in any situation and who will cheer you up if anything goes not the way you wanted.

2. The Market

It should be said that the market is huge, but at the same time the demand of cleaning services is high. As for the clients, you can find different opportunities here, from small offices to big companies. To tell you the truth, you should loo for a huge companies and businesses because you will need crew who will help you. It’s much better to find several, but small businesses that will help your company to grow.

3. Flexibility

This business is very flexible, because you can work either part-time or full-time. But in any case this business will bring you extra money. But you also shouldn’t forget about equipment that is needed.

You will need a good commercial-grade vacuum cleaner, floor buffers, rubber gloves, mops, a bucket, sponges and rags, cleaning products, a squeegee, garbage bags and other things. Don’t forget about a special cart to hold everything in. And of course, the most needed thing is the desire to work and help people. Only is you give yourself 100%, you will receive back.

 

 

 

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What Should Any Commercial Cleaning Service Do? Office Cleaning Check List

On September 5, 2013, in Uncategorized, by admin
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4-office-cleaning-checklistIt’s natural and understandable that when you pay for some kind of the service, you want to get it. In order to be sure that your office cleaning company does the job, ask for a check list from them. In such a way you will see how much they have done or haven’t done.

If the company doesn’t provide the check list, you can use the check list developed by the cleaning experts in Seattle.

Let’s start with daily cleaning. What should a commercial cleaning company do?

First of all any cleaning company should pay a special attention to the areas where customers spend most of the time – the reception area, lobby, etc. They get their first impression about the company sitting in the lobby, that’s why it should be clean, bright and shining.

Cleaning tasks of the reception area include:

  • Empty wastebaskets
  • Vacuum carpets and floors
  • Clean the dust on all the surfaces
  • Disinfect the surfaces using natural disinfectants
  • Wash the floors and disinfect them
  • Remove cobwebs from the ceilings and the front door
  • Clean and disinfect light switchers and door handles
  • Remove all the fingerprints from all the surfaces
  • Wipe all the mirrors and glass surfaces
  • Throw away all the garbage, papers, unnecessary documents, etc.
  • Make sure that the lobby is clean and well-organized

The next place that is considered one of the most important in the office is bathroom. It should be clean and free of germs and bacteria, this place should be especially sanitary.

  • Empty wastebaskets
  • Add or replace toilet paper, hand towels, facial tissues, hand soap or hand sanitizer
  • Polish all the mirrors
  • Clean hand towel, hand soap, hand sanitizer dispensers and hand dryers
  • Clean and disinfect basins, door handles, faucets
  • Wash the tiles in order to remove the splash marks
  • Make sure that all the surfaces are disinfected and clean
  • Toilets and urinals are to be disinfected on both sides

Every month a cleaning company should vacuum chairs and vents.

These procedures are considered to be usual and obligatory for every commercial cleaning company and they are to be completed by the janitorial company.


 

How to Motivate Office-Workers to Clean-Up after Themselves?

On September 4, 2013, in Uncategorized, by admin
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3-how-to-motivate-workersIt’s worth noting that the working place of your workers is so to say the “face” of your company. None of the customers wants to see piles of papers and dust on the desks of your workers.

A messy workplace is not one of the most productive places. And it happens so that in this mess the workers loose important documents and disorganize the work of personnel as a whole.

But to tell you the truth, it’s very easy to motivate your employees to clean-up after themselves, and there are several ways how you can achieve good results.

First of all, you need to voice out loud that everybody in the office must clean up after himself. You can also assign special cleaning tasks to different employees.

But you can not forget about yourself, you also need to clean up and show them a role model how to act. You shouldn’t grumble while cleaning, do it with a smile, showing to the co-workers that it’s not difficult to keep you workplace clean and well-organized.

Your colleagues shouldn’t also forget about the food leftovers that rot and smell horribly. Explain to the workers why it is important to clean up, tell them that dirty office gives to the customers the idea of non-competitiveness.

It’s also a great idea to have a system of rewards and penalties. The boss may reward them financially or giving free lunch, etc. And employees who do not clean up for themselves may clean after everybody as a kind of a punishment. Hopefully, in such a way they will be able to understand that it’s much easier to clean up only after yourself.

A special cleaning schedule should be developed; it will give the employees a special time that is especially dedicated to the cleaning. Usually this time is given at the end of the day, 5-10 minute is quite enough to arrange the workplace.

It would also be nice to have special organizers for papers, pens, pencils, documents, etc. Try to encourage your workers to eat their lunches in a special canteen and not at the desk, where they leave lots of stains and crumps.

Very often people just forget to clean because of the busy day they have, that’s why it’s good to have special reminders.

If these ways don’t help you with the coworkers, our company would love to clean your office. Pro Quality Cleaning provides all kinds of  commercial cleaning services for your business in Seattle.

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How to Choose a Cleaning Service for Your Business

On September 3, 2013, in Cleaning industry, by admin
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2-cleaning-service-for-your-businessYour company has decided to hire a cleaning service? But be careful while choosing the right company. Nobody wants to spent lots of dollars on the commercial cleaning company and not to receive the results.

Here are several tips how you can indemnify your company while choosing the cleaning service.

Before meeting with the cleaning companies, you need to understand what kind of services you would like to get and how often you want the cleaning to be done.

For example, you need to determine how often you want the office restrooms to be cleaned, how often should the vacuuming be done. Make up a list of the needs and your desires as for the cleaning, the methods of cleaning, etc. Don’t forget to think about the minimum and the maximum of the budget that can be spend on the cleaning company.

While the meeting with the company, you are to ask a lot of questions. If they are professionals, they will give you concrete and clear answers.

The questions that you are to ask the future cleaning service providers:

1.       How long have the company been working? Ask about their specialties if they have any.

2.       Be sure to ask if the company is licensed and insured, ask for the documents that prove this fact.

3.       Ask whether they have control procedures.

4.       Ask for a written contract with all the detailed information about the company and the services they are to provide.

5.       Ask about emergency response policies whether they provide such services or not.

Be sure to meet with representatives of several companies in your region. If you research you’ll probably find the most appropriate company for your office.

Pro Quality Cleaning provides high quality cleaning services in Seattle and Seattle region.

Contact our company to get more information about cleaning services we provide. We will be glad to help you and make your office shining.

 


 

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Clean Office is the First Step to Success

On September 2, 2013, in Organizing tips, by admin
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clean-office-successI’m sure you will agree with me that working in a mess is difficult, that’s why clean office provides more productive environment.

Studies have shown that working in a clean office makes employees more focused on the task and to stay motivated.

That’s why the experts from our company recommend not to underestimate the importance of a clean office and a clean working environment.

It should be also mentioned that clean environment is vital not only for the workers, but also for the present and future customers.

Entrepreneurs should also understand that most of the customers judge the services you provide and the office you are working in by the cleanness and working environment in your office. None of the customers will like dirty floors and horrible smell in the restrooms and dirty windows.

Probably, you have too much work and you don’t have time to pay attention to these things, but customers do have time while waiting.

Don’t allow your customers to question the company’s credibility, keep your office clean and productive. If you don’t have time, we will gladly help you to clean your office in Seattle.

Here are several tips on how to keep the main areas of your office clean and well-organized.

1.       Reception

Be sure that the floor, the windows and the counters in the lobby are clean and free of dust and clutters. Make sure that all the surfaces in the reception area are cleaned daily.

2.       Restrooms

It’s not a secret that restrooms are considered to be the most difficult place to clean, but they should be cleaned. You must be sure that the office restrooms are clean and sanitary; you need to check it not only for your employees and clients, but also for yourself.

3.       Office desks

Working places of your employees should be also well-organized and clean. Waste baskets should be empty, the surfaces should be free of dust, computer, the keyboard and the mouse should be also kept clean.

If you want to have your office shine Pro Quality Cleaning Service in Seattle will help you.

We have been pleasing our customers for many years. We know how to clean…

 

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The Importance of Keeping Public Restrooms Clean

On August 30, 2013, in Public cleaning, by admin
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It doesn’t matter where this restroom is situated it should be clean because it will be visited by a great number of people. Nowadays it’s very popular to hire a professional crew that will take care of your office restrooms. Companies in Seattle can be sure that our professionals won’t leave any bacteria and germs in the restrooms.

Here are several tips that the professionals of Pro Quality Office Cleaning Company in Seattle use while cleaning public restrooms.

First of all cleaning professionals know a lot about ecologically friendly products that help to keep the restrooms clean, and at the same time can kill the germs. These products kill germs everywhere, starting from the toilets and sinks and finishing with the door handles. That’s why entrepreneurs in Seattle who use the help of our professionals can be sure that the restrooms in their offices are in great sanitary condition.

The next thing cleaning companies in Seattle pay attention is the floor of the restroom. Here they also use special natural cleaners that help the floor shine.

Cleaning companies shouldn’t also forget about garbage bins. They must empty them every time they clean or even more often.

If a restroom has a mirror, usually they do have them, cleaning crew should make them shine.

After the main cleaning of the restroom experts should continue to check the supplies: toilet paper, towels, soap, etc.

And now it’s time to get rid of unpleasant odors. The main thing that helps to get rid of the odors is regular and thorough cleaning. Real professionals in Seattle know how to make the public restroom a pleasant place to walk in and not to die from the smell. Experts from Seattle use special solutions that help to keep the restroom clean for a long time.

Choose professionals and we will gladly help you!

 

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How to Remove a Sweat Stain

On August 29, 2013, in Stain removal, by admin
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Sweat stains on clothes can cause respect if these clothes belongs to the athletes, but yellows stains on a white shirt of an office clerk or a bank worker, for example, destroy the idea of an accurate employee. How to remove sweat stains from the shirts, giving them fresh and pleasant look.

Nowadays there are numbers of different stain removers, but here we would like to mention some of the “helpers” that can be found in any family and home.

• In order to remove sweat stains from wool, cotton or silk products use a usual saline solution. Dissolve 1 tablespoon of salt in a glass of clean water. Apply this solution on the stains and then wash your clothes according to the instruction written on the label. It should be said that this method is more suitable for white or light colored clothes; this method must be carefully applied to the colored fabrics, not resistant to chemicals. Regular salt is also used for the removal of stains from wine, blood, grass and fat.

• Sweat stains on white clothes can be also removed with the help of ammonia solution (1 teaspoon per glass of water). Apply solution on the stain and then thoroughly wash the clothes.

• Not old sweat stains on colored fabrics can be removed with the help of vinegar or citric acid solution. To prepare the solution dissolve 1 tablespoon of vinegar or citric acid in half a glass of water.

• Old sweat stains are removed with the help of the solution of ammonia. I order to remove engrained sweat stains you can also use a mixture of ammonia liquid and ethyl alcohol in equal proportions. After applying this solution on the stains, wash your clothes at the recommended temperature using a special detergent. Ammonia effectively removes not only the sweat stains, but also stains from grass, blood, tea and coffee, grease, glue, iron and rust.

• Sweat stains from silk fabrics can be removed with the help of hyposulphate solution (1 teaspoon should be dissolved in a glass of water). In order to remove stains from silk you can also use a mixture of 10% ammonia liquid and denatured alcohol (1:1 proportion). Denatured alcohol also helps to remove stains from wool, in order to prepare a solution you need to dissolve 1 teaspoon in half a glass of water.

• In order to remove yellow stains from collars and cuffs use petroleum-based soaps and mix it with ammonia liquid in equal amounts. Apply this mixture on a stain and rinse a shirt in warm or hot water adding a few drops of vinegar in it.

• Sweat stains from collars and cuffs can be also removed with the help of a solution made from ammonia liquid, sodium chloride and distilled water in the ration of 4:1:4.

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