Being responsible for a commercial floor or an entire piece of property can be a time-consuming and emotionally draining job. You may have concerns about safety, cleanliness, and aesthetic appeal on your mind but also those who control the purse strings trying to cut back on your budget year after year after year.
It can be frustrating, to say the least. You may have had to cut back on maintenance personnel, cleaning supplies, and even equipment. However, the type of equipment you have to keep those commercial floors clean has a direct impact on many other aspects, including how they look and how long those commercial floor surfaces last.
Having experienced personnel is essential, but it’s also important to have the right type of cleaning equipment on hand. For example, cutting corners and using a residential style vacuum cleaner to keep the floors of an office complex clean is not only going to be ineffective, it’s going to require more man hours to cover the entire floor surface. In an office, staples, paper clips, pens, coins, and much more often fall to the ground. If these get sucked up in a residential vacuum cleaner, it can easily cause damage, reducing the effectiveness of that piece of equipment.
The same holds true when you’re talking about commercial floor scrubbers, buffers, and waxes. Using cheap equipment will break down, potentially cause damage to the floor, and require more man hours, thus wasting more money in the long run. Finding ways to convince those who control the budget about the value of equipment can be tough, so when you’re looking into acquiring new equipment, it’s a good idea to have a list of the various brands, models, and longevity expectations for each of them on hand to show just how much investing in the right equipment can save through the years.