Are your carpets overdue for a professional clean? Sometimes it’s difficult to gauge how often you should be getting someone in to clean your office’s carpets. Particularly if you are operating a busy office space, it’s easy to accidentally neglect the carpets altogether.
Regardless of the state of an office space’s carpet, a thorough clean from trained professionals can always make a drastic transformation to the overall aesthetic of the office and the hygiene of the workspace.
So without further ado, here are seven tell-tale signs your office carpet needs professional cleaning.
1. There are “traffic tracks” across your carpet
If your carpet is visibly riddled with track marks, this means the fibres are swamped with dirt, grime, dust, oil and other contaminants that leave a lasting visual effect when walked over. Once your carpets contain enough contaminants to show traffic tracks, a deep clean is definitely required.
2. Your carpet has patches of discolouration
Any carpet that endures a high amount of foot traffic inevitably sustains a lot of wear and tear, but this isn’t always visible on the surface. What will reveal this deterioration is any discoloured patches you notice anywhere on the carpet. If you spot any patches that are darker or a different colour to the rest of the carpet, it’s time for a deep clean.
3. Stains and spills
This should be a fairly obvious one. While office environments aren’t generally exposed to the kinds of spills and mishaps that a restaurant or bar might experience on any given night, we all drop the occasional coffee cup or cause an inky mess with a broken pen.
The longer your office is hosting employees, the more stains your carpet is going to accumulate. At a certain point, it’s time for a deep clean to hit the reset button!
4. Your carpet has sustained water damage
Ironically, water can cause a lot more damage to your carpets than other liquids. This is because when left unaddressed, the water leads to mold and must, at which point your office carpet can actually become a health hazard. Pipe leaks and/or highly humid environments are common factors for water damaged carpets, and a deep clean can ensure your carpet is returned to its former dry and hygienic glory!
5. Unpleasant odours are a common sign your office carpet needs professional cleaning
Carpet fibres tend to capture things like pollen, pet hair, dust mites and other small particles that fall from our clothes or float in through open windows. These particles can then trigger people’s allergies, which is never fun when you’re trying to work. By getting your carpets professionally cleaned, you can ensure your employees’ allergies don’t flare up at the office. Check out this article which takes a deeper dive into the topic of the health impacts of uncleaned carpets.
6. You or others are experiencing allergies or hay fever in the office
This should be a fairly obvious one. While office environments aren’t generally exposed to the kinds of spills and mishaps that a restaurant or bar might experience on any given night, we all drop the occasional coffee cup or cause an inky mess with a broken pen.
The longer your office is hosting employees, the more stains your carpet is going to accumulate. At a certain point, it’s time for a deep clean to hit the reset button!
7. Your office carpets have never been cleaned since your business moved in
If your company has never arranged a professional deep clean since taking over the space, who is to say how long ago the former tenants delayed their carpet cleans (if they ever did so at all)? There’s just something all the more unsettling about “someone else’s dirt.” Clean office carpets reflect an organised business, and send a clear message about the professionalism of your company. Likewise, shabby or dirty carpets can impact your client’s impression of your business and disgruntle your staff over time. This post cites the findings of studies into the link between a clean environment and a person’s mental wellbeing.
Contact us for first-class office carpet cleaning services in Ballarat
At Ballarat Cleaning Specialists, we are passionate about exceeding our clients’ expectations with efficient and reliable carpet cleaning services that will have your office looking like a whole new space. These cleans can be scheduled out of hours so as to best suit your needs and to ensure that the carpets are totally dry and ready for traffic before the next business day. We understand that you will want to strike the right balance between maintaining a hygienic office environment and not disrupting the productivity of your workplace.
“You don’t want to unnecessarily sacrifice office productivity for office maintenance. Using top of the range hot water extraction equipment to provide the deepest possible clean, we are your premier destination for affordable and hassle-free office carpet cleaning services in Ballarat.”
Realistically, this is something that every professional office needs to outsource on a recurring basis – it is not something that should be undertaken as a DIY project or delegated to your staff (here’s why). So get in touch, let’s open a dialogue and find what schedule and arrangements for cleaning will best suit the needs of your business. We even offer 20% discounts for bookings that recur every 3 months or less. If you think you don’t need cleaning quite that frequently, that’s totally fine. We will advise you with our professional opinion – but at the end of the day, we are not pushy in any way and the final balance is that we will do whatever you decide is best for your situation.
Our team can also assist with outstanding window cleaning, upholstery cleaning, solar panel cleaning and residential home cleaning services.
To arrange a thorough carpet cleaning for your office in Ballarat or surrounding areas, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We provide a no-obligation quote free of charge, with upfront pricing for your peace of mind.
