New Year, New Business Cleaning Habits

Have you started thinking about your New Year’s Resolutions? Instead of only making personal life resolutions, have you considered a few business resolutions as well? One simple resolution to make is to keep up with business cleaning in the Twin Cities area. The easiest way to succeed in this resolution is to hire All Source for all your business cleaning needs, however, here are some tips from the experts on how to personally achieve better business cleaning habits!

Stop Messes Before They Start

Want to know our #1 tip about how to keep messes from getting out of hand? Clean as you go! Notice papers piling up? File them away properly as you go! Notice a spill? Wipe it up before it dries or becomes sticky. While getting in the habit of cleaning as you go may seem annoying at first, it will save everyone time and leave things nicer in the long run. Plus, a habit of putting things away can help you keep things tidy in your personal life too!

Properly Dispose of Food

In an office space, one of the worst things to have to clean up is food that wasn’t disposed of properly. Whether leftovers were left in the fridge until they went bad or plates with food remnants were tossed in the sink and not rinsed – leaving food to sit and spoil makes a bad atmosphere for everyone. By cleaning up food properly – discard food into proper trash receptacles, rinse plates, put everything away – you create a cleaner, happier environment for everyone else around you. No more worrying about if the kitchenette will ruin your appetite based on cleanliness and smells.

Keep Entrances Clean

Do you sweep at the entrance of your building? Or wash away de-icers or mud that has accumulated? How long has it been since any rugs or mats were washed? All of these things can contribute further to mess inside your building. As employees and customers alike walk through pollen, de-icers, mud and more, it gets stuck to their shoes to be left anywhere they walk throughout the building. While it is impossible to guarantee that no dirt ever makes its way inside, you can minimize the amount that does by being strategic with mats and regularly cleaning around the entrances.

Hire a Professional

Considering that this is just scratching the surface of everything you have to keep clean, you aren’t alone if you think this sounds overwhelming. That’s why we at All Source are proud to offer business cleaning services to the whole Twin Cities area! You can simply check off your New Year’s Resolution of keeping your business clean by giving us a call today to schedule your regular cleaning services!

Do you have questions about how to implement new business cleaning habits in the Twin Cities area? Call All Source at 952-473-3228 or you can request a free estimate.

Fall Cleaning Tips from Office Cleaning Professionals

With the start of fall, change is inevitable. Leaves begin changing color, many of us switch our closets around to feature our warmer clothes, and it is also time to change our office cleaning habits! While many only associate deep cleaning with spring, fall is the perfect time to complete another round of deep cleaning to make sure your offices shine and impress potential customers.

We specialize in office cleaning services for Minnetonka and the surrounding areas. This fall, we’ve consolidated a list of cleaning tips from our professionals.

1. Purge and Declutter the Office

Each season, create more space in your office with purging and decluttering. If items don’t work or won’t be used – get rid of them. If they can be donated or recycled, it is even better! Once everything you cannot or will not use is out of the way, focus on cutting the clutter. Leaving your office cluttered only creates more nooks and crannies to be cleaned all year long – and if they are missed, they can accumulate dust, leaving you and your employees sneezy.

2. Spot Clean Furniture

Have you noticed a spot or stain on any furniture in your office? If you have, now is the perfect time to take care of it! While spots are easier to treat if you do so right away, you can still take the time to use your favorite cleaning product or hack to try to scrub out those stains.

3. Clean Light Fixtures, Thoroughly

Light fixtures can easily be overlooked when performing your own office cleaning, but they are a hotspot for dust and bugs. At least seasonally you should ensure that your light fixtures are thoroughly cleaned to protect the health of you, your customers and employees.

4. Clean Computers

While you are already in a cleaning kick, look at your computers! Chances are your screens, keyboards and mouses have some dust and dirt built up. Not sure how to clean them effectively? Check out our guide to cleaning office equipment!

5. Clean Carpets

If your office has carpets, they are probably long overdue for a thorough cleaning. With employees and customers tracking in dirt from their shoes every day, carpets can house a lot of dirt and increase allergies even in the off seasons! We recommend having full carpet maintenance performed, or at minimum using your best carpet cleaner to get out what dirt you can.

6. Wash Walls

For offices with painted or wood paneled walls, seasonal cleaning is a great time to wash your walls as well. Employees and customers may lean against or slide their hands against walls while walking along, which can cause dirt and germs to get stuck to them.

7. Wash Windows

Finally, fall is a perfect time for a full window washing service! We highly recommend hiring a professional for this step, as washing the outside of second-story or higher windows can be dangerous without the proper equipment and training.

8. Hire Professional Office Cleaning Services

This list may sound like a lot to complete on top of your normal tasks at work, but don’t worry! The professionals at All Source can take care of most of your seasonal checklist for you, without you having to lift a finger. Don’t get bogged down with the extra work, instead let our professionals help you complete this list and more!

If you need office cleaning services in Minnetonka or the surrounding area, call All Source! You can request a free estimate or call us at 952-473-3228.

Are Your Business Property's Windows Ready for Spring Sunshine?

Spring is finally here so it’s time to hit refresh! Is your business ready for the warmer months ahead? After a long, cold winter there are many spring cleaning tasks to help dust things off and brighten up the work place. One of the most important tasks for this purpose is commercial window cleaning. Minneapolis business trust All Source Building Services and Supply Co. for all of their commercial cleaning needs. 

As you prepare the interior and exterior of your commercial building for the warmer months ahead, don’t forget to call a professional commercial window cleaning service to get rid of the dirt, dust, spider webs, pollen and leftover winter debris. Sparkling clean windows are always better than panes of glass with a thin film of dirt. Clients and prospective business partners use the exterior of a building to judge how your company might manage and care about the business that they bring. Give them the right impression with commercial window cleaning. 

 

Dirty windows can also hinder morale. Dirty windows decrease the amount of natural lighting that enters a window. Studies show that when there’s an abundance of natural light in a building, workers are more positive, energetic and productive. 

 

Here at All Source we understand how important it is to have a clean and productive office. When you call on us for commercial window cleaning, you can count on a professional job. We have years of experience in cleaning various sizes and types of offices. We will customize our commercial window cleaning services to meet your specific needs and schedule. 

 

It is recommended to have windows on a commercial building washed at least once a quarter. At a minimum, hire professionals to clean your property’s windows—inside and out—twice a year. However, also consider that there are some conditions that may require cleaning more frequently than this including significant amounts of pollen in the air, location is near a busy street or your industry requires more frequent cleanings. For example, restaurants and health care facilities should have commercial window cleaning performed every two weeks. 

 

A great time of year for professional window cleaning is the spring or early summer, when the chances of rain decrease and pollen levels increase. So spring to it! To learn more about commercial window cleaning for your Minneapolis business, call All Source at 952-473-3228 or contact us to get a Free Estimate.