If you own a business and the building(s) have carpeting, you’ve probably asked how often it needs to be cleaned and when you should replace it.
The problem with most carpet cleaning services is that they either can’t match your schedule or you simply can’t close down your business for several days while the carpet dries.
Not to mention your concerns about odours that most soap or chemicals leave behind after carpet cleaning.
Today, let’s talk about how often your carpet should be cleaned and how to avoid those toxic chemicals.
How Often Should Commercial Carpets Be Cleaned?
The frequency of carpet cleaning for commercial establishments varies, depending on several factors. The main thing to consider is the type of business and foot traffic the carpet receives.
Office carpet cleaning, for example, often occurs only once or twice a year. Of course, regular vacuuming and removal of unsightly stains are attended to quickly, but there is no real need for a deep professional cleaning every few months.
On the other hand, a restaurant gets heavy foot traffic and needs a commercial carpet cleaning service every other month on average.
Hospital waiting rooms or retail stores receive frequent cleaning of their carpets, while busy commercial premises often use professional carpet cleaning services every 3-6 months.
On average, you can expect to have your commercial carpets cleaned every 3-12 months.
If you aren’t sure about the appropriate cleaning schedule for your commercial carpets, call our friendly staff today.
Our professional team will be glad to discuss a regular deep-cleaning schedule based on your business.
How Often Do Hotels Clean Carpets?
If you’re thinking “Not often enough”, you’re not alone, but a typical schedule for commercial carpet cleaning for hotels is:
Lobbies/Hallways: These are very high-traffic areas that are often vacuumed several times a day (often at shift change) with close attention paid to removing stains and blotting up spills ASAP. These high-traffic areas are deep-cleaned only every 90 days on average.
Hotel Rooms: Everyone would like to have the carpets cleaned after every guest’s stay, but that isn’t feasible. Instead, most hotels rely on daily vacuuming, spot cleaning, and commercial carpet cleaning every 3-6 months.
Event Rooms: For general-use rooms, such as conference rooms or ballrooms, carpet cleaning frequency can vary tremendously. If food is served, the room will likely receive a deep clean immediately after the event. For other venues, most “office carpet” will be cleaned every 90 days.
Removing dirt, especially loose dirt, and doing a general cleaning with a rag and a bit of detergent spray can go a long way toward helping hotels keep their commercial carpet looking sharp and smelling fresh.
Most hotels have a regular cleaning schedule set up for carpet, upholstery, etc.
What is the Recommended Carpet Cleaning Schedule for Businesses?
While businesses vary, their carpet cleaning requirements can be broken down into three types:
- Heavy-traffic commercial establishments: hotels, restaurants, healthcare buildings
- Moderate traffic areas: banks, office buildings, and educational facilities,
- Low-traffic volume businesses: consulting firms, private office buildings, or small, independent retail stores
Based on the above uses, we recommend the frequency of commercial carpet cleaning as follows:
- For heavy traffic buildings: Frequent cleaning every 1-3 months to keep carpet fibres looking bright and not matted down
- For moderate traffic: A deep clean for the carpets every 3-6 months
- For low-traffic carpets: A commercial cleaning every year should keep the carpet looking fresh and clean.
There are a few exceptions:
During the winter months, heavy rains can often leave wet, muddy carpets even in an office building with few employees. Carpets may need more frequent cleaning during these times.
Also, some food industry and healthcare businesses must follow a carpet cleaning schedule set up by the health department. These guidelines should be followed, regardless of what the carpet looks like.
How Often Should Commercial Carpets Be Replaced?
The short answer here is “when it needs it”, but that is left open to interpretation, isn’t it?
Depending on the amount of traffic, most commercial establishments will replace carpets every 5-10 years, on average.
Of course, very high-traffic areas might need the carpet replaced every 3-5 years while lightly used conference rooms might see carpets that last 15 years.
Let’s not forget about carpet quality. Inexpensive carpets won’t last, regardless of how little traffic they receive.
How Do We Professionally Clean the Carpets at Your Business?
Here’s the method we use:
- Initial inspection. Our expert team will begin by doing a complete inspection of your carpets.
- Spot treating of all stains. We will pretreat all stains and take note of high-traffic areas and problem areas.
- Vacuuming. Next, we will use a high-powered vacuum to remove all unwanted particles from your carpet.
- Hot carbonation. We will apply the hot carbonation method and allow it to bring all dirt and grime to the surface for easier removal.
- Final vacuuming and inspection. We will vacuum again and do another inspection to ensure that we have provided a deep clean that meets your satisfaction.
We Also Clean Upholstery!
If you’ve got office space or commercial premises that include upholstered chairs, sofas, or other furniture items, did you know that we also clean upholstery?
Wool sofas, microfiber chairs, and even leather office chairs need regular professional cleaning!
Call today and ask how we can turn your commercial business into an island of freshness when we clean your office carpets and upholstery in a single day!
Super Fast Drying Times!
One of the best things about having Crystal Carpet Cleaners Perth take care of cleaning carpets at your business is that you don’t have to wait for one of the long holiday weekends and hope that everything dries!
With our hot carbonation cleaning system, we do not leave behind any toxic chemicals or annoying soap residue. We also use 80 percent less water than regular cleaning services, that’s why your carpet is dry and ready to walk on in only 3-4 hours, NOT 3-4 days!
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Commercial carpets that do not receive regular cleaning tend to smell bad. If one of your customers (or an employee) mentions a “strange smell” or “wet-dog smell” in your office, you’ll know that you waited too long!
Call our friendly staff today for a free quote for your commercial carpet cleaning and enjoy a fresher workplace tomorrow!
