It would seem that the difference between general and maintenance cleaning is obvious. In the first case – a global cleaning of the space from contaminants. And in the second case – the ongoing maintenance of cleanliness in the house. However, when contacting cleaning companies, customers are often unable to determine the volume of cleaning. Let’s figure it out together.
What is maintenance cleaning?
Supportive cleaning is called regular daily cleaning. It is needed to maintain cleanliness, sanitary norms. The purpose of cleaning is to clean daily household dirt. The frequency of daily cleaning depends on the degree of contamination of the room. Cleaning in an apartment is performed 1-2 times a week, in a large office – every other day or every day. Specialized production areas are cleaned several times a day.
Supportive cleaning of residential areas usually includes:
- removal of cobwebs;
- dusting of appliances, furniture, tables, interior items;
- cleaning of dust from window sills, heating radiators;
- polishing of mirror and glass surfaces;
- cleaning with a vacuum cleaner, wet cleaning with detergents.
- garbage removal.
Cleaning of country houses or office premises includes additional items.
Current cleaning does not include cleaning inside cabinet furniture, cleaning hard-to-reach places and other activities.
Peculiarities of general cleaning
Such cleaning is performed once a month or several months. It takes a lot of time, sometimes more than one day. General cleaning is aimed at maximum cleaning of the premises from all possible contaminants. For cleaning it is desirable to have specialized cleaning equipment. It will significantly reduce the time spent.
General cleaning usually includes:
- removal of dust and dirt from ceilings and walls, cleaning light fixtures, washing windows, doors and openings;
- removal of dust and dirt from furniture, radiators, cornices, switches, sockets, ventilation grilles, air conditioners, etc;
- additional processing of particularly dirty places with special agents (greasy surfaces, removal of oxidation, fungus);
- polishing furniture, mirrors, glass surfaces;
- cleaning of household appliances;
- cleaning of floors and mats.
General cleaning should be performed as a whole throughout the house, apartment or office. This will help to cope with all the dirt at once and then maintain cleanliness by daily cleaning.
The differences between general and maintenance cleaning
The price of daily cleaning in a cleaning company is many times cheaper than the general cleaning. Maintaining, unlike general cleaning, does not take much time. But global cleaning in any room cannot be avoided. Since it is unlikely that full-scale cleaning of all surfaces is needed weekly.
It is worth remembering: the quality of maintenance cleaning depends on the duration and frequency of general cleaning.
