Here’s How to Deal With Builders & Construction Mess & Cleaning
As part of our builders’ cleaning service in Birmingham and the surrounding West Midlands, as local Birmingham cleaners we come across all kinds of mess from construction works.
Whether that’s DIY jobs at home or serious project work at work, there are similar principles that help make this more manageable. This is for both occupiers and owners directly, or for working with contractors to help them with this massive task.
The sheer mess you see in this work can seem overwhelming, but once you break it down and get proactive, it all starts to click into place. Once the clean-up is complete, you not only have a great-looking property back, but the building work looks oh so much better.
So here are a few pointers to make the most of this:
1. The Dreaded Dust Factors
This is the real killer with cleaning up building and construction works mess.
The obvious bits are easy, but dust has a habit of getting everywhere. Not only upstairs or in other rooms that you never imagined, but even after you’ve got rid of it, then in a matter of hours it can still be coming down to settle again.
Therefore, in reality, you need to cover everywhere imaginable, and many times over, across a period of time.
2. A Helpful Wind Problem
Having a breeze through an area can help move the dust along nicely, even just a simple open door or window.
Make sure it travels the right way, with nothing blowing back, and that you don’t get too cold and wet.
3. Tackling the Floors
These tend to be worse because they take the brunt of the work and are where dust and everything settle.
You’ll probably need an initial sweep and clean to get the oversized items up, and ongoing vacuum cleaning or mopping to really sharpen things up.
And as above with the dust factor, make sure this is done several times, and that the equipment and filters in the vacuum machines are big enough to cope with the mess
4. Wipe, Wipe, and Wipe Again
Often, you need to do that – keep on wiping away surfaces. As you wade through the layers of dust and mess, you will get there, often just with good old hot water and a cloth to begin with, before getting the final ones done with the right cleaning substance
5. The Hidden Areas
Look out for all those hidden areas, like behind curtains and blinds, as well as any personal items and ornaments.
Ideally, cover them or take them away beforehand, or take the time and effort to clean and wipe them carefully afterwards.
6. What a Load of Rubbish
Yes, you guessed it – there may be literally piles and piles of rubbish to get rid of. Not only the usual items, but all the loose bits and pieces from the building job that got missed before.
Hopefully, these will all bag up, but even then, you may need to make special arrangements to remove or at least leave safely somewhere.
The key is to be proactive with this, and plan before you even begin the building works to accommodate all these points.
But don’t worry if you’re caught short with the mess now, our builders’ cleaning service in Birmingham and beyond is here to help.
