Abbey Cleaning Blog & Company News
Catch up with the latest news and read cleaning advice articles from office cleaning company The Abbey Cleaning Service:
How to Clean Office Radiators
As we leave summer behind and start to approach the autumn and beyond, it's time to start thinking about preparing your office for the months ahead. And cleaning office radiators is part of that prep. Yep, you read that right. Radiators. They need cleaning, too - just...
How to Clean Mouse Mats & Desk Mats
Mouse mats used to be everywhere. They came with every new computer purchase - like they were a vital part of the computer setup. Of course, this is from back when all computers were beige boxes, laid on desks with giant CRT monitors perched on top of them. Times have...
Cleaning Offices at Night
Cleaning offices at night is an absolute win-win. The office workday goes unimpeded by the sound of vacuum cleaners. Hard floors are safe to walk on, without fear of slipping (or leaving shoe prints) - and the air is dust-free. It's no wonder that at The Abbey...
Summer of Grubs: How to Clean Bins (& Avoid Bugs)
Ah, summer. What better season could there possibly be? Long, sunny days that bleed into warm, balmy nights. The season of festivals and barbecues, office parties and work outings. Summer really is the best. But of course, it's hot. And lately, it's been really hot....
Commercial Cleaning Vacuum Cleaners: Top Picks & FAQs
Can you guess when the vacuum cleaner was invented? The 1920s, maybe? 1900s? Quite unbelievably, the vacuum cleaner predates domestic electricity supplies - with manual, crank and bellows-powered vacuum cleaners doing the job from the 1860s. The first vacuum cleaners...
Small Office Cleaning Services – Worth It?
In teams working on the hybrid model (working from home with some office days mixed in), the humble office has shrunk down to a more cost-effective, manageable size. But its importance has only grown as a hub for information sharing, workplace culture and team...
WARNING! Don’t Make These Risky Office Cleaning Mistakes
Disclaimer: In this post we talk about bleach. We want to make it clear that The Abbey Cleaning Service's cleaners very rarely use bleach because of its implications to the environment (unless instructed by our customer). However, given that other cleaning companies...
Dentist Cleaners: What to Look for in Dental Practice Cleaning
Running a dental surgery is seriously hard work. Teams are usually very small, with high expectations for each member. Between the secretary, hygienist, nurse, and the dentist themselves, there isn't a lot of wiggle room (or time) to clean, beyond preparing and...
This is the PERFECT Office Fridge Clean-Out Email to Send to Staff
We recently wrote about the ultimate guide to office kitchen cleaning. The kitchen is one of the biggest parts of a cleaning job, and it's one of the most important, too. There's a lot of work - but it's mostly straightforward when you have a plan. There's just one...
Office Kitchen Cleaning: The Ultimate Guide
Picture the scene... Mouldy old food. A crusty microwave. Crumbs everywhere, and a sink full of half-finished tea and coffee mugs. Worse still, there's a weird smell in the fridge, and the sink's not too fresh either. To top it off, the coffee machine hasn't been...
How to Deep Clean an Office: The Ultimate Office Deep Cleaning Checklist
While our regular commercial cleaning service keeps spaces sparkling in day-to-day use, an office deep clean goes a step further. We get asked how to deep clean an office all the time - and people are always surprised at just how much work goes into it. In this post,...
How to Clean a Computer Mouse
Guess what? The dirtiest area in the office is YOUR DESK. Well, not your desk in particular - we mean everyone's desk. Even the cleanest, most fastidious worker in the office is all but guaranteed to be harbouring a googleplex of germs on the surfaces they work at....
Fogging – The Ultimate Deep Office Cleaning Method?
Carrying out a deep office clean with fogging was once seen as a pretty drastic measure, and an obscure cleaning method reserved for extreme cleaning cases, outside of its most common applications. That was, until the coronavirus pandemic. All of a sudden, fogging...
How to Get Coffee Stains out of Carpet
Quick Help Guide Get a towel, and blot as much coffee away, as quickly as possible. NO SCRUBBING! Mix 1 tbsp washing up liquid and 1 tbsp white vinegar into 500ml of water Dab the mixed solution into stained area of carpet with a clean cloth, blotting excess Dust the...
Cleaning for Solicitors’ Offices: The Laws to Follow
If you’ve ever been into a solicitor's office - or work in one - you'll know that on the face of it, everything is super clean and organised. Or at least, it should be! But for those who work in back offices, mail rooms, or on the non-client-facing side, it can be...
Call Centre Cleaning: Do Your Office Cleaners Just Phone It In?
You know, a lot of us have strange preconceptions about call centres. They often get lumped into one big category - but that's not how it should be. Having done the office cleaning at a fair few call centres in our time, we've seen that - actually - they're pretty...
Should Office Cleaning Change for Hybrid Working?
The world's changed a bit since March 2020. Little did we know, it was probably the last time that many people would be in an office for years. Fast forward to today, and remote working and working from home are still happening, long after lockdown. There's a lot to...
Office Carpet Cleaning vs. New, Cheap Office Carpet
Hard floors are not without their charms, and a lot of workspaces opt for hard flooring - be it wood, laminate, lino, or just bare concrete. Sometimes, they're a perfect match for the look and feel of a building, and the style of a business. They're really quick and...
