When it comes to creating a contract for Bristol commercial cleaning services, many business owners know to include regular floor and hard surface cleaning, kitchen cleaning, and carpet and upholstery cleaning—yet they look straight past the fabric-covered walls of their employees’ cubicles. This is a grave oversight; like any upholstered surface, cubicle walls can be absolute magnets for dirt if not properly cared for.
When drafting a service agreement with Bristol commercial cleaning professionals, you should be sure to include provisions for cubical wall care for all of the following reasons:
-Dust mites love to take up residence in cubicle walls. Dust mites frequently hitch a ride in with employees in the morning, eventually travelling into the plush fibres of carpets, office chairs, and cubicle walls. Once established in their new colonies, they feed off of employees’ shed skin cells and multiply (incredibly, a single human sheds enough skin to feed about one million dust mites per day). This problem is more than merely aesthetic in nature: Many people are allergic to dust mites, so dirty cubicle walls often lead to an uncomfortable workforce and a lot of lost productivity (in fact, severe allergy symptoms are one of the top three reasons why employees take time off work).
–Allergens tracked in from outside often cling to cubicle walls. Pollen, mould spores, and pet hair frequently find their way onto cubicle walls, where they are trapped by the high-static fibres of the upholstery. Without regular cleaning, these allergens quickly accumulate.
-Cubicle walls can easily become stained. Over time, accidental splashes of soda and coffee can really add up, making cubicle walls look blotchy. Not only does this take away from how tidy and professional your office building appears to clients and business partners, food and beverage soils can contribute to the growth of mold and bacteria. Additionally, because employees touch their cubicle walls fairly often, dirt and grime from their hands often works its way into the walls’ upholstery, leading to an all-over dingy appearance.
-Cubicle walls can transfer germs from employee to employee. As mentioned above, employees’ hands frequently come into contact with cubicle walls: Workers often touch cubicle walls in passing, attach notes to them, etc. Each time a hand rests on a wall it deposits bacteria, and then there that bacteria resides—waiting to be picked up by the next person who comes into contact with that surface. Regular attention from a Bristol commercial cleaning service therefore helps to prevent the transition of illness from one employee to another via cubicle walls.
Make sure to ask your chosen Bristol commercial cleaning service for both spot cleaning and deep cleaning for your office’s cubicle walls. If you do so, your office will look better, feel better, smell better, and become an overall healthier place. Likewise, the small extra fee needed to cover cubicle wall cleaning services will quickly pay for itself in the form of enhanced productivity and fewer sick days.