Winter brings beauty of the fresh-laden snow, and all the hassle that comes with it.
Protecting your building and the safety of its inhabitants becomes a top priority.
A proper snow management plan with ice melt is the best guarantee for keeping people safe.
However, tracking in snow, rock salt and ice melt can also severely damage floors and carpets.
Protect your hard surfaces with a strip, seal coat and wax either in the autumn months (preferable) or during the winter months to ward off erosion. Boling Janitorial recommends a three-coat wax as a best practice of preventative maintenance.
Entryway mats are also firm defenders of safety, not only by soaking up excess water, but by absorbing ice melt before it hits additional carpeted areas. Boling offers a full line of commercial safety mats, as well as Wet Floor signs that can help ward off safety concerns, as well as effective building protection aids.
Carpet cleaning and extractions are also popular services during the winter months, to keep the buildup of salt at bay.
If your building is getting janitor service only part-time, you might want to consider increasing your service by an extra day or two during the winter months, to ensure that the entryways are getting the proper attention that they need.
Another alternative would be to add a day porter service. Boling Janitorial offers this service, where tasks such as restocking paper items, or mopping entries and bathrooms are handled everyday so that maintenance does not get behind.
With a good plan and some luck, we can survive the winter months safely.
