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Cleaning Your Trash Chutes and Dumpsters in the Fall & Winter is Still a Must

When you think of things at an apartment complex or condominium that tend to get the messiest and grossest out of all other areas, what do you think of? If you are the maintenance supervisor of one of these facilities, you know the answer is the trash chutes and other trash holding areas. While you may think that these areas only need attention during the warmer months, think again.

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Is Your Business Making the Right First Impression?

When you first walk into a business what are some of the things you notice? Does it smell nice? Is it clean? Are there friendly faces ready to assist you? Walking into a business is the start of a customer’s first impression of the business and having it looking clean, polished, and odor free is important to how professional and respectable your business will be perceived. That’s why cleaning of your main entrance, elevators, and other public areas should be essential.

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Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring a Commercial Cleaning Company

You’ve made the decision to hire a commercial cleaning service, or maybe your current service provider just isn’t taking care of things the way you’d like them to. Whatever the reason, you probably already know that it is important to have the right service provider for the job. Today we’re going to discuss some of the biggest mistakes people make when choosing a service provider to handle their commercial cleaning and how you can avoid making them.

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Are Your Services Being Outsourced? You Might Want to Think Again.

One of the most important factors tenants consider when leasing a residence is cleanliness. That includes everything from the odors they smell, carpet cleanliness, how clean public and private areas of the building or complex are, and whether trash holding areas are maintained and clean. Building managers and owners must decide the most effective way to ensure all areas of the property are maintained, clean, and odor free. Just one bad review can damage a property’s reputation. That makes it even more important for building owners and managers to know exactly who will be handling the cleaning tasks when they contract with a company.

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Man opening a trash chute to throw a garbage bag in it.

Questions About Your Trash Chute? We Have Answers!

A trash chute, also known as a garbage chute, is a tube typically made of galvanized steel that allows trash to fall from higher areas of a building to lower levels. Chutes must be one length from top to bottom and must be installed and maintained by the National Fire Protection Agency. Now that you know the basics of trash chutes, lets discuss some of the frequently asked questions when it comes to these building workhorses.

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Trash Chutes – More Important Than You Think

Trash chutes offer an easy, safe way to dispose of the large amounts of trash created in a multi-story building, whether that building houses apartments or businesses. That’s why keeping them clean and operating smoothly is more important than you may think.

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Rodent Proof Your Business This Winter

As winter closes in and temperatures drop, you’ll no doubt be working to winter-proof your business. As you stock up on ice melt, find your shovels, and put out door mats, don’t forget to add rodent-proofing to your list. Our experts at Fresh Foam can also help clean up your dirtiest areas like trash chutes, compactor areas, dumpsters and more to help eliminate any existing areas that might attract rodents. Contact us today for more information.  

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