Monthly Archives: February 2013

You’ve probably heard of waterless urinals.  As you would expect, they use less water than regular urinals.  This saves money and has environmental benefits.  Unfortunately, they can be expensive to purchase and install. I recently discovered an interesting alternative.  Did you know that you can convert a urinal in your building into a waterless urinal [...]

Your janitorial service is only as good as the people who clean your building.  When you’re working with a janitorial service, you need to find out what screening processes they use to find their cleaning personnel.  Here are some questions you should ask.  Does the janitorial service generate a lot of applications, or do they [...]

Would you like to be able to prevent massive amounts of dirt from entering into your building?  Over 75% of all dirt and debris enter a building on people’s feet.  There is a simple and inexpensive solution to this problem – floor mats.  You can keep A LOT of dirt out of your building by [...]

Mistake #1:  Failing to use floor mats.  If you’re not using floor mats, your building will be dirtier than it needs to be. Advice:  Use floor mats.  They prevent A LOT of dirty from entering your building. Mistake #2:  Using an old fashioned mop and mop bucket to mop your floors.  Mops and mop buckets [...]

A clean and organized facility is a safe facility. Your employee slips, trips and falls on the job and then files a workers’ compensation claim against you. Your customer slips, trips and falls while visiting your facility and then files a negligence action against you. You don’t want to be involved in these types of matters. [...]

Using Microfiber cleaning products can cut in half the amount of time you spend mopping or dusting. Microfiber is a tiny, tiny fiber that is woven together and then used to create cleaning tools, such as cloths, towels, mops, dusting mitts, and dusting wands. Microfiber attracts and traps dust particles.  Microfiber has sharp edges that [...]