RSK Home Cleaning Best Practices
In need of home cleaning services Whatcom County, WA? Our streamlined housekeeping process saves time and money while still maintaining a high level of sanitation and cleanliness.
Here are some things to keep in mind as we come out to clean your home in Whatcom County:
(1) IMPORTANT: If you or anyone in your home is currently sick, please call us to reschedule your service for 72 hours after the last symptom.
We cannot stress enough how important this is for your safety, our safety, and the safety of our other clients.
(2) Used Tissues - We will not be able to clear away used tissues and the like, and these will unfortunately need to be left in the same place, untouched by us. Please be sure to clear these before we arrive so that we can properly sanitize your space.
(3) Social Distancing - If you would still like to practice social distancing, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate you.
(4) Towels - We will bring highly sanitized towels to use. These towels have been run through a vigorous 2 ¼ hour laundry cycle with the hot water.
(5) Vacuuming - We use, and have for years now, medical-facility-approved equipment for vacuuming. Medical facilities require vacuum machines that will not leak particulate back into the air, and therefore our vacuums are some of the best on the market. Many vacuum systems although claiming to have Hepa filtration, do not meet the particulate filtration requirements to be approved for medical facilities. For this reason, we can no longer use your vacuums, and will continue to use our commercial Proteam 4 stage Hepa filtration machines.
(6) Bathrooms & Kitchens - Next to doorknobs and such, these are usually the height of surface transmittance for viruses. We will make a concerted effort to clean, sanitize, and disinfect accessible touchpoints and contact surfaces, along with our normal duties we’ve arranged with you.
(7) Hard Floor Cleaning - We have multiple processes for various types of floor cleaning. We own a commercial “I-mop.” An I-mop lays down the cleaning solution, scrubs the floor with brushes appropriate for the various floor types, and extracts (vacuums) up the solution, all in one step. If you feel you need to see the difference of what having an above-average clean floor can be like, watch this video on YouTube: “Traditional Mopping Vs I-Mop ATP Levels.” The difference in the results is staggering.
Using the I-mop is NOT a standard service approach as it is a slower process. The I-mop is a service upgrade.
(8) Non-Porous (Hard Surface) Surfaces - We will make every effort during our visits to clean accessible areas, and leave the area with a disinfectant to dwell. Note: leaving a disinfectant to dwell, can leave it hazy once dry. Not so much the polished look you may be accustomed to. This process must be weighed carefully against surfaces that don’t tolerate a long dwell time of moisture, such as a sealed wood surface. We will be prepared to have deeper discussion on this with you, if you would like, otherwise, we will use our chemicals and training with discretion for the best results.
(9) Carpets, Upholstery, and Mattresses - Carpets and upholstery can hold a great deal of soil, dead skin, and, even viruses.
Removing viruses from porous surfaces is significantly more difficult than for nonporous surfaces. That said, cleaning your carpets thoroughly can be a big help in producing a healthier environment. A properly done hot water extraction carpet cleaning will remove dry soils, apply a detergent (which solubilizes and emulsifies the soils away from the fibers,) and extracts the soils. During the extraction process, heated water (often 170+ degrees) flushes the fibers and extracts the soils, which also contain “now-emulsified” viruses. This works towards the life and health of your carpets mattresses and fabrics, and the overall health of your home environment.
We offer HWE steam cleaning and low moisture encapsulation cleaning.
(10) Area Rugs - We are capable of cleaning most common area rugs… occasionally we run across one or two rare types that I will recommend for a specialty approach. Reminder- none of these methods can sanitize or disinfect carpets to the satisfaction of the legal use of the terms, but we will always do our best to protect you and your home.
We will likely build on this as further developments unfold… and we hope this information encourages a communicative and trusting relationship between us as we endeavor to navigate forward.
Thank you for supporting local business by hiring us to be your go-to home cleaning services Whatcom County WA!
Disclaimer: We make no claims in the full legal application of the term cleaning, sanitizing, or disinfecting. We do our best to apply our cleaning model within the time we are allotted to improve your situation.
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