Post-Construction Clean Up

post-construction clean up

After a large construction project on your home or business, you may be eager to move back in or go back to work. However, post-construction clean up is important to complete in order to get back to your everyday life. Here are the steps that must be taken in order to ensure that your home or business is properly cleaned after construction.

The Post-Construction Clean Up Steps to Get You Back on Track

First Cleaning

Construction projects may compromise the cleanliness of your home or office. The post-construction cleaning process begins with a rough first cleaning that focuses on removing all the leftover debris. This may include large chunks of materials or smaller substances and construction mistakes including dust, caulking, adhesives, and paint overspray. This debris gathers over the time of construction, leaving your home or office looking unpleasant and messy.post-construction debris

Next, you must clean all glass surfaces including windows, sliding doors, and any glass fixtures. Glass can become dirty easily during the construction process, as fingerprints and smudges appear when different people and objects come into contact with it. Glass must be sprayed with streak-proof chemicals and then wiped down with a microfiber rag in order to remove all marks.

The final step of the first cleaning phase is to wipe down window and door frames. This will help to remove excess grime that may be forgotten and that would have otherwise caused a dirty appearance in your home or business.

 In-Depth Cleaning

After the initial cleaning, a later in-depth cleaning is required to truly remove the dirty appearance caused by construction projects. All interior surfaces must be cleaned appropriately to remove debris, dust, fingerprints, smudges, and any other messes. This includes scrubbing countertops, wiping down floor trim and baseboards, dusting woodwork, and mopping or vacuuming the floor or carpet.

Secondly, cabinets and fixtures must be thoroughly scrubbed in order to restore them to their original appearance. Be sure to wash the inside, outside, and top of all cabinets and fixtures to remove any excess dust, debris, or caulking that may be hidden in the smallest cracks or float into other rooms. This includes fixtures such as toilets, bathtubs, sinks, faucets, showers, dressers, storage bins, counters, etc.

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Final Inspection

The third and final phase in post-construction cleanup is a later touch-up cleaning. At this point in the cleanup process, final bits of dust and debris may have re-settled on the floor, fixtures, or other surfaces. An inspection will be done to determine if there is a need for a final dusting, mopping, vacuuming, or wipe-down of these areas to remove all dust and debris that may be remaining.

Throughout the cleaning process, your glass surfaces may have become dirty again due to the constant contact with them. A final review will determine if there are any smudges or fingerprints on glass surfaces that require another wipe-down as the final step in making your home or business shine after a construction project.

These three phases of post-construction clean up will help restore your home to its usual cleanliness. A professional cleaning service such as D’s Cleaning Service can help save you the time and headache of cleaning your home or office by yourself. A professional company such as this has access to the proper equipment to deal with and dispose of larger construction debris, high-powered vacuums with filters to catch more dust, and professional cleaning chemicals to leave your house or business looking spotless. Call D’s Cleaning Service for help with your Baton Rouge or New Orleans area home or office.

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  1. My brother owns a construction business. I appreciate your advice here that after a project, there should be a really in-depth cleaning, but that there should also be a touch-up cleaning after that to make sure that everything is shining and pretty! Do most companies hire a post construction cleaning crew?

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