6 Speed Cleaning Tips From Professional Toronto Cleaners
Cleaning, for many, is a chore that seems to never end. Fortunately, this feeling of defeat and resentment can be averted by speed cleaning.
By putting in place a few simple strategies to help you along the way, you can avoid some of the repetitiveness of cleaning and make things go a lot faster. Now, let us discuss six speed cleaning approaches from the experts.
1. Forward planning
As with most other tasks, being organized and setting a regular date and time for the cleaning not only gives you a window in which you can clean, but also helps you prepare.
For example, if you realize that you are running out of a particular cleaning product, you can plan when to purchase more of it before your next clean. This prevents any excuses and/or procrastination.
You can also ask other members of your household to help with the daily and weekly cleaning chores. If everyone is on the same schedule, then this doesn’t have to be a lonely job.
2. Cleaning task allocation
Even having just one more person available to help you clean can speed things up. You can either tackle the same room in half the time, or divide and conquer multiple rooms between the two of you.
Not every room needs to be done all at once, either. You can effectively clean every room when the job is spread out over a week. For instance, you can set an hour maximum for each room over the span of seven days.
3. Stock up on cleaning supplies
Your cleaning supplies should be checked regularly. Have two of each item on hand, so if one runs out during the cleaning process, you have another product to help you finish the task, and then give you the time you need to go and purchase more.
Do not overstock on cleaning products, though. Keeping two of each item on hand is great, but having five different varieties of the same cleaner for the same job is unnecessary. It also uses up space and money—neither of which you can afford in abundance.
4. Prepare a cleaning tool belt
Professional cleaners may seem to carry a lot of different cleaning products. However, if you look closely at their carts, totes, and aprons, you can see that aside from cloths and bags, there are only about four additional cleaning items.
If specialist cleaning services have been requested, or the nature of your property is such that the average cleaning products are not sufficient, then this is an exception. For most residential and commercial buildings, however, the cleaning item list is short.
By carrying only a few essential cleaning products, you can clean a room quickly and effectively. These essential items should include the following:
- General Purpose Cleaner
- Glass or multi-surface Cleaner
- Disinfectant Cleaner
- Bathroom Cleaner/Descaler
- Degreaser
Cleaning services in Toronto will usually have these four to five staple products (or something similar) in their tool belt. Along with some garbage bags, cleaning rags, a duster, and a vacuum in tow, you will be ready to fight the dust and germs.
5. Pick up litter as you go
Fostering the habit of picking things up as you go drastically reduces the cleaning time needed on cleaning day. Asking others to adopt this habit will also decrease your cleaning time even further, making such tasks a breeze.
It is easy enough to think that someone else will just pick up the litter you may notice, or empty an overflowing garbage can, for example. In reality, however, everyone else has probably had the same thought, so the trash never gets thrown out.
Making it your role to remove trash when you see it makes things go so much faster. When the rest of the home residents or office staff are onboard, you then create a cleaner environment and working ethos.
6. Reduce distractions
These days, it seems like we all have shorter attention spans, so it is really easy to get distracted from your tasks. This can result in longer cleaning times, or repeating the same job multiple times if you have doubts about already completing it.
Let others know you will be cleaning so you will not be disturbed. Then, crank up your favourite tunes to help you get into the groove. Without external distractions and with some music on, you can get the job done much faster.
Choose the Right Cleaning Services in Toronto
RBC Clean (Royal Building Cleaning Ltd.) has been the cleaning team of choice for cleaning services in Toronto and the GTA for several decades. Our expert staff consistently provides exceptional cleaning to our clients.
We offer janitorial cleaning services, emergency quick cleans, and deep cleaning, to name only a few. Whatever your needs are, we are ready to meet and exceed them.
You can call us at 1-855-493-9259 and speak to a member of our professional team. Alternatively, you can visit us online for a free quote and start your cleaning journey off on the right foot.