Michigan Maintenance Supply Blog

You know the carpet cleanings services you offer, and you assume your residential carpet cleaning clients are aware of them. However, it’s important to speak with your customers before you show up with your van and truck mount, ready to get down to cleaning their wall-to-wall. Here are tried-and-true tips for the best things to communicate to residential clients before you clean their carpets.

This year, more than ever, school cleanliness is of utmost importance. More schools are opening, more children will be back in the classrooms, kids under 12 still aren’t vaccinated, and the coronavirus hasn’t gone anywhere. Cleaning classrooms, hallways, lunchrooms, bathrooms, and common-use areas is a job that is being entrusted, in many cases, to professional cleaning companies beyond even the daily school janitorial staff.

One of the most frequented areas in any commercial or business space are the restrooms. Customer and employee satisfaction revolve around the cleanliness of restrooms, which many people use as a gauge for how well the rest of a business is run while also influencing overall image. Keeping these areas clean and sanitary often falls to professional cleaning services hired to maintain the premises daily. Satisfy your clients by using these recommended professional restroom cleaning products.

Many office workers are still home and will only be going back into the office come the end of summer or early fall 2021. This means companies will be strategizing about the best ways to keep their environments clean and germ-free and keep their employees safe. Here are some ways to prepare for the increase in work that you can expect over the coming months.

“Green cleaning” has different definitions for different people. It can include biodegradable products, environmentally friendly ingredients, less waste, or all the above. Simply enough, green cleaning supplies are products that are safer for the environment and humans. When you run a professional cleaning business, it’s a good idea to consider making these products your go-to resources – or at least have them on hand for customers who request green cleaning.

When it comes to hi-pressure solution hoses, the manufacturers tell us that we should only crimp the hose when it is new.

You should always use a hose that is less than one year old as a lead line or first hose closest to the wand.  It is a safety concern, remember you are working with a chemical solution at 200+ degrees and up to 1200 psi around people, pets and maybe even children.  Not to say anything about furnishings.

Families spend far more time outside than inside during the summer, but that season can still take its toll on indoor carpeting. Some problems, in fact, are specific to summertime and professional carpet cleaners often find themselves hearing that customers have similar issues and want help making them go away.

If your cleaning business is relied upon daily, weekly, or monthly to clean a do a commercial cleaning of any kind – from offices to retailers – there are some services you’ll want to promote seasonally for the benefit of your clients. Seasonal cleaning offers are also an opportunity to snag new clients if you specialize in deep cleaning services.