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Floor Care Facts: A Pound of Prevention Can Prevent Ten Pounds of Dirt |
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Ten dirty floor facts you didn't know - and what they mean for your office cleaning budget |
It’s well known that high-traffic areas such as entryways and lobbies get particularly dirty. How
this problem can impact your floor care budget isn't as obvious, and it has proven difficult to
measure the value of preventive measures you can take. Here's a list of facts taken from popular
cleaning industry sources that illustrate the scope of the problem, and will point you in the right
direction for actions you can take to keep your environment clean and your cleaning services
budget under control.
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70-80% of all the dust, dirt and grime in public buildings came from outside.1
- In one month - 20 working days - 1000 people will track about 24 pounds of dirt through a building
entrance.1
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A single square yard of commercial grade carpeting can hold one pound of dirt over a one-week period and up to
twice as much during inclement weather.1
- For each dollar spent trying to prevent dirt from entering a building, 10 dollars will be saved on trying
to remove it.2
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Removing one pound of dirt from a building may cost more than $600.2
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In a typical floor mat, the three feet closest to the entrance will trap 30% of the
dirt.1
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A 15-foot floor mat will trap almost 85% of the dirt tracked into a building.1
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A typical floor mat should cover 5 to 6 average adult footsteps: about 15-18 feet in
length.2
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$100 billion is lost every year as a result of lost worker productivity due to poor indoor air quality and
“Sick Building Syndrome”.3
- Floor care accounts for almost 40% of a custodian’s time.4
1 ISSA
2 Cleaning & Maintenance Management
3 Consumer Federation of America
4 National Housekeepers Association
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cleaning business in Massachusetts and New Hampshire since 1985. We service commercial buildings, office buildings,
medical buildings, small to medium businesses of every type, schools, nursing homes, apartment and condominium
complexes.
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