Floors, and Cleaning them

• Household Services


  Activities that are required for the proper running and maintenance of the household
• Household Services


  Services done to keep a hotel or inn running smoothly like providing cleaning scheduling maintenance, and offering assistance with other needs
• Flooring


  The permanent lower enclosing surface of a room or hallway floor where one walks
• Types of flooring materials

  • Plank wood
  • Bamboo floor
  • Laminate floor
  • Hard floor
  • Ceramic tiles
  • Concrete or Cement floors
  • Granite tiles
  • Marble
  • Terracotta
  • Pebble Washout
  • Tile Flooring
  • Stone flooring
  • Mosaic
  • Terrazzo
  • Resilient flooring
  • Vinyl flooring
  • Rubber flooring
  • Linoleum flooring
  • Carpet flooring
• Plank wood


  • Durable, versatile, and near resistant floor surface that can be refinished whenever necessary
• Bamboo floor


  • Type of hardwood flooring that is durable and elegant
• Laminate floor


  • Floor covering that looks like hardwood but is made with plywood or medium density fiberboard core with a plastic laminated top layer
• Hard floor


  • Floor— a family of flooring materials that includes concrete or cement, ceramic tile, glass tile, and other stone products
• Ceramic tiles


  • Are clay products formed into thin tiled and fired
• Concrete or Cement floors


  • Are used for their ability to be treated to achieve different Textures and their durability such as polished concrete
• Granite tiles


  • Is an expensive and attractive type of floor
• Marble


  • Is a product processed from huge blocks and used for floors and walls. One of the most durable and versatile tiles to use, easy to clean and maintain and also comes in many colors
• Terracotta


  • Is a hard baked clay tile with red or reddish-yellow color
• Pebble Washout


  • Is a mixture of cement and river stones. The color depends on the stones used in the mixture and the cement
• Tile Flooring


  • Is a very old and common type of colored and glazed flooring available. It comes in many types like vitrified tiles, ceramic tiles, etc
• Stone flooring


  • Is a natural stone tile in different types like limestone, granite, Marble, sandstone, slate, travertine, etc. It is naturally cool, hard surface ideal for warm climates
• Mosaic


  • Is a very old type of flooring made from small round pieces of stones that form a design pattern and adds a beautiful look to a room
• Terrazzo


  • Is a concrete surface with a special type of marble embedded in it
• Resilient flooring


  • Made of materials with elasticity giving the flooring a degree of flexibility like performance surfaces use for dance or athletics
• Vinyl flooring


  • Is available in large sheets or pre cut tiles
• Rubber flooring


  • Is an environment-friendly natural product which can be textured or profiled
• Linoleum flooring


  • Is an environmentally friendly type with natural antibacterial properties
• Carpet flooring


  • Is a soft floor covering typically used indoors in both high and low traffic areas
• Floor cleaning and maintenance methods

  • Mopping
  • Scrubbing
• Mopping

  Floors should be mopped daily with a damp mop or a chemically treated dust mop
• Scrubbing


  Requires a stiff scrubbing brush or pad fitted to a rotary floor cleaning machine. The bristol tips of the brush scrape and cut the dirt to remove it with a circular motion
• Reasons for cleaning floors

  • To prevent injuries caused by tripping or slipping
  • To beautify floors
  • To remove stains, dirt, litter, and obstructions
  • To remove grit and sand which scratch and wear down the floor's surface
  • To remove allergens
  • To prevent wear to the surface by using wax or sealant