The Benefits of Winter Break Deep Cleaning for K-12 Schools and College Campus Buildings
Winter break and other breaks between semesters are critical times for performing deep cleaning and specialized cleaning throughout schools and educational facilities. But because kindergarten buildings, elementary schools, high schools, college, and university campuses have so many spaces to clean and services to perform in a short period, working with a commercial cleaning company is a cost-effective and time-saving way to ensure educational facilities are ready to welcome students back when the new semester begins.
Often the needs of educational facilities go beyond basic cleaning, especially when buildings are empty and more intensive work can be performed. From addressing health and safety needs to addressing hard-to-reach areas and more intensive cleaning duties, keep reading to see how MasterCorp’s teams can support your janitorial staff and prepare for students and staff to return.
Floor Care Services in Educational Facilities
One of the key areas of concern to address for any elementary school building, community college facility, or private college during the semester breaks is flooring. With multiple types of floor surfaces to clean, it can become a challenge to care for floors carefully and thoroughly with the level of detail each requires.
However, the break period between semesters is the ideal time to address all flooring areas while traffic is reduced. MasterCorp’s expert floor cleaning services provide multiple options for all types of flooring surfaces and go well beyond the daily and weekly cleaning work done by your in-house staff.
For instance, flooring surfaces common in schools and educational facilities, such as vinyl composition tile (VCT), luxury vinyl tile (LVT), linoleum, and ceramic tile all have unique cleaning and care needs. This is especially true when it comes to deep cleaning performed in between semesters while buildings are not occupied. MasterCorp’s decades of floor care expertise include training, tools, and techniques to care for these and many more flooring types. Whether stripping and waxing, pressure washing, deep cleaning, grout restoration, or a combination of services are needed, the winter break is an ideal time to bring in an expert team for this kind of work.
Because no two flooring surfaces have the same needs, we believe in developing a customized specialty care program in partnership with facility managers and maintenance technicians. This differs in many ways from the one-size-fits-all services offered by many providers and ensures the highest quality and most cost-effective facility maintenance program for your facilities. From commercial carpet cleaning and maintenance options to hard surfaces, stone, hardwood, tile, and grout, to advanced needs including diamond polishing stone and terrazzo or caring for advanced epoxy and urethane floor coatings, MasterCorp’s specialty floor care team can evaluate each space and recommend the right process.
College and University Facility Cleaning Services
Having a healthy, safe, comfortable space leads to numerous benefits for students and educators alike. Winter break, spring break, and other pauses between semesters are ideal times to bring in a specialized cleaning company to assist with deep cleaning options that may not be practical during the semester.
Some of the areas and deep cleaning tasks that benefit most from working with a commercial cleaning expert during these break periods include:
- Stripping and waxing floor surfaces: Many educational facilities feature flooring surfaces that need regular stripping and waxing to maintain their appearance and safety. The period between semesters is an ideal time not only because of reduced usage and traffic but because it makes it much easier to move furniture and work by areas to restore flooring surfaces.
- Pressure washing: Both interior and exterior spaces are candidates for specialized pressure washing services. The ability to close off buildings and areas during the break periods allows for deep cleaning with pressure washing equipment and specialized chemicals that remove dirt and debris while also protecting and preserving.
- High-traffic floor cleaning: Vinyl composition tile (VCT), linoleum, luxury vinyl tile (LVT), and other engineered flooring surfaces see a great deal of wear. This means that dirt can very quickly become embedded in the flooring material, making it more difficult to remove. Deep cleaning synthetic material floors is easily performed during the winter break, which brings back the appearance and preserves the flooring against accelerated wear.
- Carpet and upholstered surfaces: Rows of upholstered seating and carpet flooring in lecture halls, libraries, auditoriums, and other areas all see significant traffic during the semester. The winter break and other times when the campus is closed allow for deep cleaning of these spaces including commercial upholstery deep cleaning.
Commercial Cleaning for Hard-to-Reach Areas
Given the need for specialized equipment, cleaning areas such as vaulted ceilings, elevated windows, lighting fixtures, and other high areas in high schools, K-12 buildings, and college or university buildings presents a significant challenge. High-area dusting is one of the types of facility maintenance that is best performed between each semester and during break periods. These areas are important because the accumulation of dust, allergens, and bacteria in these areas not only affects air quality, but also deteriorates window seals, fixtures, and hardware. In turn, these items can wear out prematurely, causing breakage and unnecessary expensive repairs or replacements.
The winter break period is also an ideal time to focus on hard-to-reach exterior areas such as gutters, downspouts, and more. Gutter cleaning performed by MasterCorp ensures that gutters are open and free-flowing, which prevents water from backing up and causing leaks into the building or deterioration of exterior surfaces.
Trusted Cleaning and Maintenance Solutions for College Campuses
MasterCorp’s team of expert cleaning professionals and maintenance technicians combines decades of experience with our in-depth training program to offer the highest quality services to support every college. Large or small, our team focuses on customer service, partnering with educational facilities to develop just the right commercial cleaning program that meets the needs of students, staff, and facilities managers. From winter break or summer break deep cleaning to regular