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What is the difference between a Janitor and Commercial Cleaning Service?
Fundamentally a janitor’s primary duties are focused on daily facility maintenance tasks that consist of both consumable restocking and tasks that could also be classified as cleaning through routine tasks like trash removal, dusting, floor care, and disinfection of high-touch or highly trafficked areas. Commercial cleaning has a stronger focus on deep and specialized cleaning that is a much more thorough process. Commercial cleaners essentially provide a thorough deep clean most commonly on a bi-weekly to weekly schedule that a janitor can then maintain with daily upkeep, supply and maintenance. The terms are largely interchangeable, although they do maintain their nuances. Dirt Doctors is a full spectrum professional cleaning and janitorial service that will facilitate your facilities unique needs and schedule. Call (412) 726-0800 or complete the form to schedule your free diagnostic cleaning consultation.
What does “consumable restocking” mean?
Consumable restocking is an industry term that describes the janitorial duty of replacing consumable goods before they are exhausted. This is perhaps the most definitive differentiator between the text book definition of a commercial cleaning company and that of a janitor.
In a commercial setting, these janitorial resupply responsibilities extend to every area where disposable products and everyday supplies are used. This includes refilling toilet paper, paper towels, hand soap, and hand sanitizer in restrooms; replenishing paper towels, dish soap, dishwasher supplies, disposable cups, and coffee filters in kitchens and breakrooms; and restocking facial tissues and hand sanitizer at reception desks, in lobbies, offices, and common areas. It also includes replacing garbage can liners throughout the facility, including recycling and compost containers, as well as replenishing other facility-specific hygiene and convenience products. We work with you to determine the best schedule to ensure we are proactively replacing items before they run out.
High Traffic Surface Disinfection & Dusting
Dust is the most obvious tell of a facility lacking in janitorial maintenance. Dusting and surface disinfection are essential janitorial duties that help maintain a clean and sanitary office environment between deeper cleaning intervals. Our janitorial staff follows a top to bottom cleaning process, starting with the highest surfaces because dust settles onto lower surfaces, ensuring a thorough clean from top to bottom. Ledges, window sills, window treatments, furniture, countertops, desks, and other horizontal surfaces are dusted and wiped down to prevent buildup. Particular attention is given to high-touch areas such as door handles, light switches, handrails, shared equipment, and frequently used tables and counters. These surfaces are treated with EPA-registered disinfectants, following product directions for proper application and contact time. Consistent attention to dusting and disinfection helps control accumulated dust, address frequently contacted surfaces, and maintain a cleaner, more presentable workplace.
Entryway, Lobby & Common Area Cleaning
The condition of your office entrance and lobby is a direct reflection of the workplace as a whole. Maintaining these areas is an essential part of a janitor’s daily responsibilities. Our janitorial team ensures entryways and lobby spaces remain immaculate, attending to every detail from streak-free entry glass and disinfected door handles to clean counters, tables, ledges, and dust-free horizontal surfaces. Janitorial duties are performed using a top-to-bottom approach, addressing elevated surfaces first so that falling dust and particulate are removed during the subsequent cleaning process. Floor care includes thoroughly vacuuming carpets and entrance mats, dust mopping and wet mopping hard floors, removing accumulated trash, and relining waste receptacles. High-touch areas, including door handles and counters, are treated with EPA-registered disinfectants to help maintain a clean, presentable, and appropriately disinfected entrance and lobby.
Restroom Cleaning & Consumables Restocking
Shared restrooms arguably require the most consistent and thorough janitorial attention to maintain proper hygiene and sanitation for everyone in your workplace. Our janitorial staff cleans and disinfects all restroom fixtures, including toilets, urinals, sinks, faucets, countertops, and stall partitions. Mirrors, walls, door handles, and other frequently touched surfaces are also cleaned and disinfected, with particular attention given to areas that see repeated daily use. Hard floors are dust mopped and wet mopped to remove dirt, residue, and tracked-in contaminants. Disinfection is especially important in shared restrooms, where frequent use creates ongoing opportunities for the spread of germs. We use EPA-registered disinfectants on appropriate surfaces, following product directions for proper application and contact time. Our consumable restocking services keep essential supplies readily available, including toilet paper, paper towels, hand soap, and toilet bowl cleaning products. Trash is removed, receptacles are relined, and restrooms receive consistent attention to remain clean, sanitary, and properly stocked.
Kitchen & Break Room Cleaning & Restocking
“Your mother doesn’t work here,” a line you have likely heard more than once throughout your life, and yet if you’ve ever shared an office kitchen you know those words can fall on deaf ears. Office kitchens and break rooms see consistent daily use, making routine cleaning and maintenance essential to keeping these shared spaces clean, sanitary, and ready for employees. Countertops, tables, sinks, and other frequently used surfaces are wiped down and disinfected, appliances are cleaned, and exterior surfaces are maintained to remove food residue, spills, and fingerprints. Our janitorial staff also addresses floors by dust mopping and wet mopping hard surfaces, removing trash, and relining receptacles to prevent accumulated waste and odors. Keeping these spaces properly supplied is equally important. As part of our consumable restocking services, we replenish essential kitchen and break room supplies to help ensure employees have access to the everyday items they need. Your mother doesn’t work here, but the Dirt Doctors are happy to answer the call.
Routine Floor Care (Mopping & Vacuuming)
“Cleaning and organizing is a practice, not a project.” Routine floor care is an essential part of maintaining a clean, safe, and presentable office environment. Pittsburgh receives a full spectrum of weather, with no shortage of rain, snow and grime that comes along with it. With employees and visitors tracking in dirt, dust, and debris throughout the day, flooring requires consistent attention to prevent buildup and maintain its appearance. Our commercial cleaning staff addresses each floor type using the appropriate cleaning method, with hard surface floors dust mopped to collect loose dirt and debris before being wet mopped to remove remaining soil and tracked-in residue. Carpeted areas are thoroughly vacuumed to remove accumulated dust, dirt, and particulate from the surface and fibers. Particular attention is given to high-traffic areas where dirt and debris accumulate most quickly. Through consistent mopping and vacuuming, our janitorial team keeps office floors clean, presentable, and properly maintained as part of ongoing facility care.
Hallways, Stairwells & Elevator Maintenance
Hallways, stairwells, and elevators are some of the most high traffic areas in any office, making their ongoing maintenance an essential part of daily janitorial services. Both employees and visitors pass through these areas repeatedly, creating constant traffic and a need for disinfection for frequently contacted surfaces. Our janitorial cleaning staff maintains these common areas by dusting wall hangings and décor, cleaning and wiping down furniture, and disinfecting water fountains with EPA-registered products. Stairwells and hallways receive consistent floor care, with hard floors dust mopped and wet mopped and carpeted areas thoroughly vacuumed. Elevator maintenance requires particular attention to the surfaces people interact with throughout the day. Mirrors are cleaned, stainless steel interiors are wiped free of fingerprints, control buttons are disinfected, handrails are wiped down, and high-traffic elevator floors are maintained. These spaces may not always receive the same attention as individual offices, but their condition is noticed by everyone who uses them.