Why Commercial Cleaning Companies Love Linoleum Floors

Linoleum floor have been around for over 100 years and it's been continuously used in commercial and domestic areas. Commercial cleaning companies have had a love affair with this product for probably just as long. For a while there, it lost popularity because it was considered very old fashioned and maybe rightly so. With modern building designs, the aesthetics of a building took precedence over functionality but thankfully, in recent years, linoleum has made a come back. But just why have commercial cleaning companies favoured these types of floors over most others?

There are a few reasons and the biggest one of them is that linoleum floors are tough and relatively easy to clean and maintain on a regular basis. What could be easier than mopping a linoleum floor with a damp mop and then buffing it to a high gloss shine if necessary? And on a regular schedule, strip and seal the floor. Terracotta tiles for example on a floor are very porous which makes them hard to keep clean every day. While they might look fantastic, they are just not practical in a commercial setting. Besides, linoleum floors are now available in many different looks and styles so there is one to suit every building type. they even make them now to look like real timber flooring.

Because of its surface resilience, it has inbuilt anti slip characteristics which also provides a surface that is both soft to walk on and very quiet. Part of its renewed demand with architects is because of its extremely good fire ratings, gives off less toxic fumes when alight and it generates no static electricity which makes its use perfect for hospitals and electronics and various circuit board manufacturing places.

If you have a commercial cleaning business, be grateful if you have linoleum floors to maintain. Office cleaning in general is hard enough without having to worry about grout in between floor tiles looking really grubby. In a commercial setting, linoleum is very long lasting, easy to maintain for the commercial cleaning companies that are employed to clean them. As well as that, with new designs and technology making them even more attractive, linoleum floors are definitely here to stay.