More than a year of forced coexistence with Covid has made us realize how crucial it is now more than ever to live in a clean environment: this is perhaps why cleaning companies have seen a significant surge in demand in recent months.Living in a healthy environment is, in fact, the tool for protecting your own health and that of others. 

From domestic environments to condominiums, including public offices, there is an ever-increasing number of private individuals and organizations who entrust the care of the places in which they live to professionals such as the Luminex cleaning service home​  in Maastricht.Whether indoors or outdoors, public awareness of environmental hygiene has grown, perhaps also thanks to measures taken to combat the epidemic. 

The Duties of a cleaning company

windows, floors, and rest rooms, and also removes trash.As for condominiums,the cleaning company takes care of washing stairs, landings and floors.They clean entrance doors, railings, windows, windowsills and balconies in common use; they take care of the cleaning of elevators and the cellar and garage areas, they also take care of Relying on a specialized company means, in fact, having the guarantee not only of a more thorough cleaning , but also that delicate materials such as marble or parquet will not be damaged by the use of inappropriate or overly aggressive detergents.Furthermore, the use of professional products and tools allows you to speed up the cleaning time and quality.It's clear, then, that the services offered by cleaning companies today are far more extensive than in the past. Let's take a closer look at what they consist of and which are the most requested.Let's start with house cleaning. A private individual can ask a company to help with one-off tasks due to a particular moment such as a move or renovation.You can also opt for constant help with domestic cleaning, in this case the company will work on a fixed schedule , pre-defined with the private individual and whose interventions are aimed above all at  cleaning surfaces , glass and floors , furniture , bathrooms and kitchens .Office cleaning is similar , but in this case the company dusts and cleans desks, chairs, bookcases, and shelves, thoroughly cleans telephones, computers, monitors, and keyboards, cleans  the decor and maintenance of external spaces such as courtyards and green areas .Industrial cleaning, on the other hand, is more demanding : in this case, the services to be offered must be calibrated according to the company's needs; for example, the machinery and products to be used will be determined based on the type of dirt to be eliminated.Generally, the services requested are cleaning of offices,bathrooms, refreshment areas and, sometimes, even floor polishing.

New services and skills for cleaning companies

This type of more "traditional" service has been joined by others, in particular the cleaning of photovoltaic panels  due to the widespread diffusion of these systems in recent years.Photovoltaic panels, in fact, must be kept clean to prevent dirt from limiting their functioning over time; just think that smog , dust and dirt that settle on their surface could reduce their efficiency by 20%. Hence the importance of relying on professionals who use detergents designed to protect the panels and prevent encrustations.The overview of cleaning companies' activities is completed by rodent control, disinfestation, sanitization , and disinfection : the first two are fairly well-known, while we have begun to become more familiar with the third in the last year.Sanitization consists of a series of cleaning and/or disinfection procedures to improve and maintain good air quality, also contributing to the health of employees .Not all cleaning company can perform sanitization, only those that meet specific demonstrable technical requirements.Finally, disinfection is a treatment to reduce the microbial load from surfaces , environments and materials .