Janitorial

Janitorial & Housekeeping Services

• Vacuum all carpeted floors, moving all light furniture such as chairs and stands. All furniture will be returned to its original position.
• Dust mop all hard surfaces and tile floors using a treated dust mop and moving all light furniture. All furniture will be returned to its original position.
• In restrooms, spot mop all hard-surfaced and tile floors.
• Remove gum and other substances requiring use of a scraping device.
• Hand dust and wipe clean, with a chemically treated cloth, all furniture (tops, sides and legs) file cabinets, shelves, ledges and window sills removing dust, fingermarks, streaks, etc.
• Clean and sanitize, using a disinfectant solution, all telephones.
• All doors, jambs, walls and window mullions will be spot-cleaned to remove streaks, smudges, finger marks,
• spills and stains, paying particular attention to walls around switch plates and door jambs and doors around windows and opening edges.
• Spot clean all glass doors and partitions, removing fingermarks and smudges.
• Empty and clean all waste receptacles. Remove waste material to a designated area. Separate all non-recyclable materials from other waste material and bag separately.
• Clean private stairways as necessary including vacuuming carpeted stairways and dusting handrails, balustrades and stringers as necessary.
• Clean and sanitize, using disinfectant solution, all water fountains.

• Edge all carpeted floors with edging tool paying particular attention to corners, behind doors, and around furniture legs and backs.
• Move and vacuum underneath all furniture that can be moved.
• Dust and clean all chair rails, paneling, trim, baseboards, door and other architectural louvers, lattice and ornamental work.
• Wipe clean and polish all brass, stainless steel, metal and other bright work, using a non-acid polish.
• Damp-mop all non-carpeted hard surfaced areas including public and private stairways.
• Wash both sides of main entrance door and side panel(s).
• Buff or spray buff resilient tile floors and hard floors.
• Dust all vertical surfaces such as walls, pictures, frames, grilles, partitons, high moldings and vents not reached in nightly cleaning.
• Dust Venetian blinds.
• Wash all furniture glass.

• Dust all vertical surfaces such as walls, partitions, doors and other surfaces not reached in nightly cleaning.
• Dust exterior of lighting fixtures, removing all fingermarks.
• Wash all baseboards.
• Scrub and refinish resilient tile floors and hard floors including freight lobbies. All wax spills and splashes will be removed from baseboards, doors, jambs, molding and walls.
• Dust and vacuum all upholstered furniture.

• Strip and refinish all resilient tile floors and hard floors annually.

• Clean and sanitize, using disinfectant solutions, all sides of toilet bowls, urinals and washbowls.
• Clean and polish all glass and mirrors.
• Clean and polish all chrome and other brightwork, including exposed plumbing, toilet seat hinges, etc.
• Dampen and wipe all metal toilet partitions and tiled walls with a disinfectant. All surfaces are to be wiped dry so that all wipe marks are removed.
• Dust the top edges of all partitions, ledges and mirrors.
• Floors will be swept clean and wet-mopped with a germicidal detergent. All watermarks and stains are to be wiped from wall and metal partition bases.
• Remove scuffmarks and footmarks nightly.
• Wash and polish all shelves, dispensers, receptacles and any other metal accessories.
• All toilet tissue, soap, sanitary product and towel dispensers shall be filled nightly.
• Dispensers should not be overfilled, and supplies are not to be stored in visible areas.
• Empty all sanitary containers and sanitize container interior using a disinfectant. Install new liners.
• Remove all wastepaper and refuse, and sanitize container interior using a disinfectant. Install new liners.

• Washroom floors will be machine scrubbed, using a germicidal solution, followed with an approved floor finish. Hand-scrub the base of walls and corners with a brush. Remove watermarks from walls, partitions and fixtures.
• Clean, disinfect, and fill floor drains with water to avoid the escape of sewer gasses. Clean and polish all drain covers.
• Wash the partition walls using a germicidal solution. Wipe dry and polish to a uniformly bright, clean condition.

• Perform all the high dusting, inclusive of grills, diffusers, exhaust vents and light fixtures.

• Wash ceramic tile walls.