The Importance of Regular Floor Cleaning and Maintenance

It is important for you to keep hard floor surfaces spick and span. If your floor is not well maintained, it can wear and tear fast. There are specialized floor cleaners that provide regular and daily floor cleaning services for your residential and commercial premises in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington & Christchurch. With professional cleaning, the floor does not become slippery and its durability gets enhanced. Select Home Cleaners, servicing those areas are licensed and maintain high polishing and cleaning standards for the safety of people.

Why Should You Choose Professional Floor Cleaners?

Not all flooring surfaces are alike. If you are not careful and use the wrong cleaning agents and chemicals, you will cause permanent damage to your floor. It is always wise to call in professional experts for your need. They know which floor surfaces need what cleaning materials and follow standard procedures for your costly wooden or stone floors. 

Comprehensive Floor Care Services at Affordable Rates
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• Polishing for vinyl floors

• Cleaning for vinyl floors

• Scrubbing for vinyl floors

• Tile cleaning and polishing

• Cleaning and polishing for marble floors

• Cleaning and polishing for textured and glazed tiles

• Cleaning for wooden floors

• Polishing wooden floors

• Cleaning and polishing of cork tiles

• Cleaning of laminated floors

• Polishing of laminated floors

• Treatment of marmoreal floors

• Polishing of linoleum floor

• Cleaning of linoleum floors

Regular and daily floor care services are not expensive. Select Home Cleaning in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington & Christchurch provides customers with affordable packages. These packages are beneficial to people who do not have the time and ability to clean and take care of floors themselves. Moreover, for stubborn marks and stains, it is important for you to hire professional floor cleaners.  

When you contact a floor cleaner in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington or Christchurch, you can check on the comprehensive floor care services available to you. This helps you to choose from the list of services offered. You can pick the ones that meet your requirements and save money if you do not require all of the floor care services mentioned in the list.

Select Home Cleaning Company is known for its professional customer support as well. It is important for you to ensure floors are cleaned and maintained regularly. This enhances the shine and sheen of the floor. If you are a responsible home owner, you should take proper care of the floors in your home. Like everything else, floors also wear and tear without regular maintenance, no matter how good the quality of the material will be. The interval needed between two floor cleaning and polishing sessions will be intimated to you by the cleaning professionals.

Types of Floor Cleaning Services

At Select Home Cleaning, servicing Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington and Christchurch, we have specialized floor cleaning technicians who can polish and clean almost every floor surface. They have the latest cleaning agents and equipment to effectively remove the dirt and debris on any floor. The following is a list of common floor cleaning services they generally provide in the region: 

Special floor cleaning and polishing services are also offered by professional floor cleaning service providers on request. In such cases, the prices will be higher than the regular services you select for your home or commercial establishment.

Switch to Green and Affordable Home Cleaning Solutions

Your home is your heaven on earth and it deserves the best when it comes to cleanliness and comfort. A clean home is a safe home for you and your loved ones. Today, there are many home cleaning professionals and companies in the market that make your home spick and span. However, a majority of them use harmful chemical based cleaning materials and products. This is detrimental to your health as most of these products are toxic and dangerous to health.

Switch to green home cleaning solutions

When you are looking for professional home cleaning companies, you should opt for a company that uses safe and natural cleaning products wherever possible. Today, green cleaning is being embraced by a host of professional companies across the globe. However, the term “green house cleaning” has diverse interpretations. For some homeowners, it means using natural agents and products to clean your home. Others believe it is expensive and involves costly procedures that are often out of the reach for common man. There are some people who have never even heard of it due to lack of awareness.

What is green house cleaning?

Green house cleaning implies the use of methods and solutions that are environment friendly, natural and safe. Green home cleaning products and materials will never harm elderly people, children and pets. 

For getting a “green” home, you should-

• Use natural cleaning products and microfibre technology.
• Reduce the use of cleaning agents and products with chlorine, phosphates, artificial fragrances, colors and surfactants. For stubborn stains, use orange based chemicals.
• Opt for a house cleaning service that gives emphasize to green cleaning.  
• Choose biodegradable and less concentrated home cleaning products.

There are affordable home cleaning services available for both daily and monthly schedules as per your needs. Some cleaning products have recycled packages and there are some brands that donate to environmental causes when you buy and use them. When choosing professional home cleaners, you must ensure that you checked their track records and credentials too, in addition to reading online customer reviews on their website and in the social media.

Choose affordable home cleaning service providers for your home

Some reputed home cleaning companies have turned environmental friendly and so they are creating lesser negative impact on the earth comparing to other house cleaners. After you have short-listed the house cleaner, you should meet their professionals and get an estimate of both weekly and one-time cleaning jobs before you begin.

You can easily find professional home cleaning companies on the internet that will serve your purpose. No need to waste time and money searching and enquiring in the local market! Only thing to note that you should select a home cleaning company that takes adequate steps to reduce the negative impact on our environment from petrochemicals and solvents. SelectCleaning strives to be as green as possible by using orange based chemicals & microfibre technology wherever possible.

What is the Best Way to Keep Wooden Floors Clean?

Wooden floors look very beautiful when maintained properly and therefore, they are a popular choice for most of the people these days. Wooden floors need great cleaning care to keep them looking great for a long period of time. When it comes to wood, use of too much water for cleaning cannot be the right strategy as it can even ruin your beautiful floors. Moreover, excessive water patches can stain the wooden floor and can even result in expansion and deformation of the laid down wooden boards. The correct technique and appropriate usage of mop will increase the beauty and life of your wooden floors.

Following are the tips for cleaning wooden floors:

Use soft-bristled broom to sweep the floor: A soft-bristled broom removes large particles such as grit or sand that may scratch the floor if caught beneath a mop. Other way to sweep the wooden floor is to vacuum the floor. Hence, it is important to vacuum or sweep regularly to keep the floor free from scratching agents and dust.

Choose right cleaning agent: pH-neutral water based cleaner should be used for general cleaning. These cleaners are good for vinyl floors with an acrylic polish. Choose soaps, detergents, alkaline water-based cleaner or a bit of baking soda dissolved in water so as to dissolve the dirt and grease. Remember that alkaline solutions will make your wooden floor look dull over time. To dissolve mineral deposits or hard water, use an acidic water-based cleaner. Vinegar mixed with water is a good rinsing agent to be used for this purpose. Do not use abrasive cleaners, ammonia or bleach to clean wooden floor because these materials can damage the wood.

Dilute your cleaning agent: Dilute your chosen cleaning agent in a bucket containing water. You can also use distilled water to prevent hard-water stains. Dip the mop in the water and run it over the floor. Spot-clean tough areas with a cloth. Scrub the stains with wet cloth by applying greater directed pressure.

Rub the floor with dry cloth: Rubbing your wooden floor with a dry cloth will add a glistening shine to your floor and thereby enhance its grace.

Protect your floor by rolling out carpets: When guests are coming to your home, roll out a carpet runner over your wooden floor in the most travelled areas. These elegant rugs will protect your floor from the trauma of heavy shoes and high heels that could leave dents on it. This type of protection will not only pack the dust and dirt but will also keep your floor hygienic which is quite a need if you have toddlers at home. If you do not want to use runners, then install a door-mat near the entrance because it will catch most of the dirt that your guests may bring in.

Don’t skip the regular maintenance schedules of floors: Ask your flooring specialist if your wooden floor needs buffing or waxing. These procedures will keep your floors shiny and radiant. If you are looking for DIY opinion, make sure to always start buffing from one corner of the room working your way towards the exit in a circular motion. The same method applies to waxing. After completing the procedure, avoid walking on the floor for at least one hour.

Whatever you do is limited to your knowledge and know-how in the field of wooden floor cleaning. It is thus recommended to opt for floor cleaning services once in every month. This practice may seem a little costly but ultimately, you are going to save good bucks as such floors are likely to last longer which can thereby save your wood floor renovation expenses.

Add Value to Your Property by Observing Basic Home Cleaning Procedures

Are you preparing your home for auction and looking for a reliable home cleaning company who will impart a fresh outlook to the entire property? Or are you planning a major seasonal clean-up?

In both cases, once you have assigned the job to Select Home Cleaning service, we won’t be supplying just a normal cleaner; what we provide will be a well trained Select Cleaning Franchisee owner. And you know what difference it makes! As they own their business, they are sure to take more care about the quality they deliver.

The winter has already set in, but if you have not yet done the preparatory winter cleaning procedures, you can have a look at one of our blog articles here.   

Given below are some general tips for maintaining your home neat and clean throughout the year:

Ensure that your cleaning job is done using the most effective and Eco-friendly cleaning products so the best result is achieved without harming the environment.

During a major clean-up task, make sure that the cleaning staffs pay attention to generally neglected areas in the home which are to be given a smart clean. It’s also the ideal time for de-cluttering. Check the entire house, especially the bedrooms, and get rid of any unused items and junk where dust can easily accumulate.  Stash all kinds of living room and family room miscellany such as toys, hats, gloves, magazines etc. into a plastic pouch.

Make certain that gutters that may have been filled with leaves over autumn are thoroughly cleaned. Doing this could save you a considerable amount of money over time as water seeping through damaged gutter can badly affect the building structure.

It’s advisable to do the major home cleaning two times a year rather than making it a onetime complete clean-up. May be the second one can be six months after the spring cleaning. The advantage of cleaning twice is that your house will remain cleaned and more organised for a longer time. It will also be easier to properly maintain it that way. Selecting the springtime for cleaning is the best approach because you’ll be opening up the house after the winter period and every nook and corner then needs the attention. 

Always remember that what you pay for house cleaning will come back to you in double profits in the form of peace of mind and extra time during weekends! A tidy, sparkling and elegantly kept home helps to reduce stress and increases your productivity.

Phone us on 0800 000 907 to get your free quote now! Or submit a simple form given in the Select Cleaning website to receive the no-obligation free quote from your favourite home cleaning providers in New Zealand.  

Winter cleaning

With the dropping temperatures and rain over most of the country we are starting to see winter closing in. This means more time inside and darker days.

There are a few things you can look at now that will brighten up the house for winter and also spread some of the deep cleaning you need to do each year out a bit.

• Give all your lights a good clean - there will be a build up of dust on some of them so now is a good time to clean this up and let the light shine. If you can take shades off them soak them in warm soapy water before wiping down and drying thoroughly. If you cannot take the shades off the use a damp microfibre cloth dipped in warm soapy water to clean the fittings. Be sure to not use too much water and make sure the lights are off......you do not want to get any water around the electrical fittings. If you have intricate chandeliers or such then you may need to call in an expert - talk to the guys at the shop you purchased the light from.
• Wash all your inside windows and frames. Winter is when you can get a build up of mold and gunk. Getting rid of any build up at the beginning of winter can help keep the build up down.  A good tool for the frames is a denture brush - these are often bigger and stiffer than a toothbrush and have an angled head on the top. They are great for getting right into the corners.
• Have  alook at all the high places in the kitchen inclusing the ceiling. In winter you are more likely to be cooking with the windows shut so you are going to get more residues on the ceiling and top of cupboards etc.  This stuff needs to be cleaned of 2 or 3 times a year and winter is a great time to do one of these cleans. Keep on top of this and you will have an easier job.

Of course if you have a home cleaning service now is a good time to get them to give you a price to do all of this. They will have all the right equipment and will get the job done quickly and efficiently.

Remember also that you should be talking to your cleaner regularly - if you think they are not doing the right things tell them.  I do not come across too many cleaner who do not want to please the customer. So make sure you are talking to them regularly.  If your cleaner will not listen then you have the wrong cleaner and you should either talk to the cleaning company and ask for a replacement or seek a new cleaning company.

Your relationship with the person cleaning your home is really important. be prepared to work on this but also realise that if you cannot get this running smoothly within the first 6 - 8 cleans then you won't be able to and you should look for alternatives.

Welcome to the Select Home Cleaning blog.

SelectCleaning provides home cleaning in NZ & Australia. All of our cleaners own their own businesses and are security cleared and trained.

They bring everything with them that they need to complete your home cleaning.

The service is based on an 80 point checklist that ensures your regular cleaning needs are met. We can also tailor a specification to suit any particular needs you might have.

From time to time we will post hints about cleaning and also suggest ways you can get the best out of your cleaners.