5 Cleaning Tips to Help Lansing Business Owners Before Summer

With the summer almost upon us, you might be starting to consider getting your office ready for those hot summer days. Each and every season has its special effect on the workplace, as well as on the people using that workspace. Indoor air quality, coupled with bad state of flooring, is usually what will be the first issue arising with the coming of summer. In order to help you cope with those pesky summer days in the office, Diamond Shine Cleaning Service came up with a few proven ways to eliminate most, if not all, of the ailments connected to spending your summer in the office.

Don't Skimp on the Spring Cleaning

While the majority of people are already done with their spring cleaning, if you didn’t get the chance to do that yet, there’s still time. Most people have a spring cleaning routine for their homes, but that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t have one for the office, too. With the bad weather almost completely gone by now, it might be a great idea to do a spring cleaning. By doing this, you will ensure that the air quality is better and the workplace is clean. This is important, as clean and neat workplace will ultimately motivate your employees to perform better.
 

Choose the right cleaning system and matting

The flooring of your office is one of those things you think not many people notice, but that’s not actually the case. Interior flooring of your company’s space is a valuable investment. If you have adequate matting, you will ensure that you are protected from all the dirt and even moisture people can bring as they enter your workplace. Mats are best employed at the entrance of your building and serve as the first obstacle to all the dirt out there. It also prevents slips caused by wet weather, which are not that common during the summer, but it can happen even then.

Perform regular maintenance of your carpets

Regular maintenance of all of your flooring is something that you should be doing if you are not doing that already. It will help you achieve and maintain a healthy looking work environment, as well as improve that first impression people get when entering a new building. However, the benefits of regular flooring maintenance are not purely aesthetical, it also ensures the wellness and health of your clients, customers, employees, and visitors is up to standard. Even if you are already performing regular flooring maintenance, it might be a good idea to do a thorough and deep cleaning session, before the summer.

Ensure the air conditioning is working

Let’s face it, chances are that in your lifetime you have come across some pretty bad office spaces. While the exact reasons for an office space to be dubbed as bad can vary greatly, if you find yourself working in a space without air condition on a hot summer day, you are not going to be happy about it. The temperature of your working place is one of the key factors, which determine not only how satisfied you will be working in your office, but also just how productive you are really going to be.
In order to avoid sloppiness and general discontent, you should set some time and resources aside to ensure that your office is ready for those long summer days. However, the temperature is not the only reason why you should do so, although it is probably the main one. The other reason is that by ensuring air condition units are clean and ready for work, you are also taking all the steps to maintain a healthy air quality for your most important asset ( your employees ).

Encourage your employees to be more eco-friendly

Last, but definitely not least, you should encourage and even educate your employees to be more “green”. For example, if you decide to switch to the paperless working environment, you will not only be cutting costs tied to buying paper, but you will also get an office space that’s cleaner, as a result. Stacks of paper have to be stored somewhere and it’s usually not someplace with a lot of dry air. Instead, old accounting books and similar are held in dark places, such as basements or attics. This can cause mold to form on the paper, which will not only destroy your work, but it’s also quite unhealthy.