PLANNED
MAINTENANCE
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Planned
Maintenance makes sense. Maintained carpet actually costs less.
The total
investment in floor covering in a commercial building is not only the initialcost
of materials and the installation.
LIFE CYCLE COST includes also the number
of years the carpet lasts, lost revenues during refurbishment, and maintenance
and costs of removal and disposal.
Typically product and installation cost
may represent no more than 50% of the LIFE CYCLE COST.
A programme of Pro-active
Regular Scheduled Maintenance will allow the carpet toretain most of its original
appearance over the planned life period.
Reactive, restorative maintenance,
carried out only when the carpet appearance is totally unacceptable, will result
in a shortening of the expected carpet life and significantly increase the LIFE
CYCLE COST.
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Carpet
costs less to maintain than otherfirms of floor covering.
In the commercial
environment cleaning is the highest labour-intensive operating cost in the maintenance
of floor coverings. Studies in the USA and Europe have shown that the unit labour
cost of cleaning is higher for smooth non-textile hard floorings than for carpet.
Additionally the inherent non-slip and cushioning characteristics of carpet help
to lower insurance costs, and the natural insulating properties in reducing the
cost of heating.
Care of the Working Environment makes Business Sense.
The increasing emphasis and attention paid to the Indoor Working Environment also
favourswell maintained carpet floor coverings. Retained good appearance, combined
with the natural acoustical properties for sound deadening, together with the
reduction of airborne dust particles, give an ambience that reflects favourably
on everyone with a vested interest in the success of the workplace.
STAINS
AND SOIL - THE ENEMY WITHIN
Stains and Soil destroy even the best constructed carpet
Unlike hard floors, carpet tends to catch and hold soil and spillages
where they occur. Hard surfaces tend to allow soil and spills to spread
further and faster.
Unless it is regularly removed, soil will discolour and eventually destroy
any carpet. Soil, typically found in carpet is filled with silica, high
concentrations of human and cellulosic fibres, and most vitally - concentrations
of fats, grease, gums and resins. It is these that act as ‘binders’,
attracting and holding all other dirt and soil.
Hidden Soil is the ‘Killer’.
Stains and Soil ‘walked-in’ below the carpet surface, may
be invisible to the eye. Unless removed, the ‘binders’ will
continue to attract more soil, and the combination of the silica particles
and abrasion of foot and wheeled traffic will flatten and scar the carpet
fibres and tufts. A well planned maintenance programmed will remove
the soil long before it can build up to levels that can seriously damage
carpet.
Knowing How, When and Where Soil enters the Workplace.
80-85% of the soil in a building is tracked in on shoe soles. Carpet
catches soil in key traffic areas - called ‘Track-off and ‘Funnel’
areas. Track-off areas are where people walk onto carpet from hard surfaces.
Oily soil from car parks, and dry soil from pavements, is tracked in
at entrance lobbies and then may be
‘transported’ deeper inside the building. Wax and dust from
internal hard, non-carpeted areas are tracked-off into corridors and
lift lobbies.
Funnel areas are where foot traffic is narrowed through concentrated
areas. Examples are found at doorways, lifts and vending machines.
Spillages are found wherever there are people. Whether it is coffee,
copy toner, potting soil or make-up, sooner or later it could end up
on the carpet.
Airborne soil gets into a building as inevitably as air itself. Industrial
fumes, car exhausts, tobacco smoke or pollens - all may find their way
indoors.
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