Office Cleaning Tips from Top Commercial Cleaning Company in Sydney

Do you often find yourself wishing for professional help when cleaning your offices or commercial premises? Well, now you have it. We are here to share some of our best office cleaning tips and ideas that our cleaners use here at CLEANA Commercial Cleaning Company. If you need more help, feel free to call us to hire professional office cleaners in Sydney.

As important as it is to clean your office with a routine, it is more important to get a professional cleaner or team for the job. Office cleaning may require professional expertise and knowledge to achieve the desired results and meet your goals. If you are looking for the best return on your investment in cleaning services, call Clean Group Commercial Cleaning Company today to hire expert cleaners. But, if you want to do it yourself, these professional office cleaning tips will help you do a perfect job without causing any mess.

Office Cleaning Tips by Experts

Our office cleaners have many years of experience, impeccable skills and an eye for detail and can help you with all types of professional cleaning services. If you just looking for the best DIY office cleaning tips, here you go:

Remove the Carpets Before Cleaning the Floors

Always remove the carpets before you start cleaning. Your office carpets will already be getting so much dust and will add much more if you continue cleaning without removing the carpets first. As you go about cleaning the ceiling and the walls of a room, all the dust and dirt will fall on the carpets if you haven’t already removed them. While you clean the room, another cleaner can take care of carpet cleaning and vacuuming to save time.

Always Start from the Top

If you do not want to have to clean the premises, again and again, do start with the top and come all the way down to the floors. This helps by making sure that any dirt and dust you remove from the top part, i.e. ceilings, fans, walls, vents, windows, cabinets, etc. will come down and accumulate on the floors (assuming you’ve already removed the carpets), which you’ll clean at the last. 

The top parts of a space, including ceilings and vents, are also the most neglected areas in cleaning. Starting from the top will make sure you do not miss anything and clean everything from top to bottom.

Cleaning Hard-To-Reach Places

Cleaning hard-to-reach or less accessible areas of your office is as important as cleaning common areas and floors, even more so because these hidden areas will keep accumulating dirt for a long time before anyone minds cleaning them. Some examples include ceilings, vents, the top of cupboards, windows & doors, behind the toilets, under and behind the sofa, window tracks, etc.

The first step to cleaning hard-to-access places is to know about them. Most often, we miss cleaning these areas because we simply are not aware of them. Make sure that your cleaner is aware of and has the tools to clean such places around your office. 

For cleaning difficult-to-reach places such as under heavy furniture, they can use a vacuum machine with a flexible hose or a broom. Flat surfaces such as window sills can be simply wiped off using a microfibre cloth.

Disinfecting High-Touch Places

Routine disinfection of touchpoints such as door handles and lift buttons is also necessary to keep your employees safe from catching infections and diseases. Depending on the traffic and frequency of use, some touchpoints might need cleaning and disinfection more than once per day. 

Door handles, for instance, are touched by several people throughout the day so you need to keep them clean and disinfect them more often to keep germs from entering your premises. Other than that, you should routinely disinfect light fixtures, phones, toilets, water taps, water dispensers, lift buttons, handrails, and other high-traffic places in your office.

Clean One Place at a Time

Cleaning can be exhausting and stressful if not done properly. You need to have a cleaning plan and should clean one area at a time to keep your focus in place. Start with the room or place with the least traffic such as the dining area or kitchen and move on to cleaning other areas of the office. 

Rather than making your entire office a big mess at once, it’s better to target one area or room at a time. Clean it thoroughly and set everything back before you move on to the next place. Keeping your office organised at all times, even during cleaning, is necessary to maintain efficiency.

Empty and Clean the Waste Bins

Most people just ignore the waste bins when cleaning their premises, while they should be emptying and cleaning the garbage bins daily. When cleaning your office, make sure to empty the bins and properly dispose of the garbage once you’re done cleaning the place. This is a particularly important thing to do after cleaning the office, as there will be a lot of dirt in waste bins that you cannot simply leave unhandled. 

For better handling of your office garbage, consider using liners in the bins so that you only have to remove and replace the liner every time you are planning to clean. This will also reduce the need to clean the bins every day and you can just clean them once a week or so.

Organise and Maintain the Cleaning Equipment

Before you start cleaning the office, make sure that you have all the right tools and equipment for the job. A typical office cleaning job might need a range of cleaning supplies, including a cleaning brush, vacuum machine, microfibre cloths, broom, buckets, hot water, detergent, sanitisers, floor scrubber machines, etc. 

All these supplies you can purchase from your local convenience store. Also, make sure to keep the cleaning equipment well organised and properly maintained at all times so that they are always ready to use when you need them. Store all your cleaning supplies in one place with easy access so that anyone can use them when needed.

Eye on Details

While as an unskilled and inexperienced cleaner you cannot be expected to clean an office with perfection, the best you can do is produce satisfactory cleaning results and pay attention to details. In fact, the ability to focus on details will make your cleaning already better than many professional cleaners. 

What does it mean to focus on detail? When cleaning the office, look for places that are often missed or neglected in routine cleaning. This may include window rims, upholstery, fixtures, cupboards, and lights. Do clean these places and objects diligently to make your clean stand out and improve the look and feel of your office space.

Removing the Stains

If there are stains on your commercial property floors or carpets, you need to take a professional approach to clean them to minimise damage to the carpet/floor itself. Instead of trying to scrub the stain off, soak it in a soap-water or detergent solution overnight to get the dirt and debris loosen. If that doesn’t work, you can try rubbing baking soda and water paste on the stain to scrub off as much debris as possible. 

Then, use a vacuum cleaner to suck out the dirt from the stain. Finally, clean it up with a clean damp cloth and let it dry naturally. If the stain is still visible, ask for help from a cleaning professional. Avoid using any chemical-based carpet cleaners or stain removers that can damage the floor or carpet.

Follow a Cleaning Routine

Routine cleaning is the key to a happy and healthy workplace. Ideally, your office space should be cleaned daily, even if it only involves general vacuuming, sweeping and mopping. Cleaning your office toilets daily is also important, especially when there are a lot of people using them. You must also consider using air fresheners to keep the air fresh and smelling nice in the office, which will help you make a great impression on your office visitors.

Routine office cleaning with a plan is the simplest way to go about it and will make things easy and less stressful for you, as you already know which areas to clean and when.

Cleaners’ Secret: Check at Eye Level

One of the best and time-tested ways used by professional cleaners and companies to make sure that there is no dirt or dust on the surface is to check at eye level. The method is simple and you can do it yourself. Just crouch down and see the surface at eye level, horizontally, to check if any dirt or grime is present. 

If there is any dirt, wipe it clean using a microfiber cloth. The same method can be used for all kinds of surfaces, including floors. It’s a great way to make sure that no dirt is missed when cleaning your office.

Both routine cleaning and deep cleaning of your commercial premises are important to maintain an overall clean and healthy work environment for your employees. While you can perform minor cleaning tasks and routine cleaning by yourself, it is strongly recommended to hire a professional cleaning company for deep office cleaning and disinfection every once in a while.

Our cleaners are uniquely suited to meet your cleaning needs and goals. They have vast experience in cleaning all types of commercial properties, including schools, medical premises, gyms, childcare centres, offices, stores, and others and can provide the best personalised cleaning services based on your particular property type and cleaning requirements. Even if you have any special cleaning needs such as post-construction cleaning or disinfection cleaning, we provide these services as well. Contact us for a free office cleaning service quote.