First Impression Last

Inside our houses equipment and appliances needs cleaning and maintenance to stay it on good shape and works properly. It adds more life to the equipment with a proper maintenance and cleaning. We all knew water, humidity, sunlight and other natural phenomenon damages electrical and mechanical equipment but the use of modern technology electrical and mechanical equipment can withstand variety of climatic conditions. This is true when you see equipment that is use in an open area. For example an escalator, there are escalators that are inside a building or underground railway systems and well protected against the wind and weather phenomenon. But there is also escalator that is completely running in open air, under the heat of the sun with any weather condition. Its components are especially made for extreme usage and weather conditions. It is necessary to check the materials use to see if they are resistant to any kind of conditions, checking if there are reaction to some chemicals, moisture and heat. As the escalator is situated outside, dirt, dust, oil and other impurities needs to be clean regularly as part of its maintenance procedures.

Escalator cleaning is a demanding job mostly carried out by specialized companies. Several cleaning system are used as well as variety of partially aggressive cleaning agents.  When you are entering a hotel or an airport or a shopping center an escalator is the first thing you will have to notice when roaming around the building. It makes a good impression when you see the escalator is well clean and taken care of, no matter how clean the other areas are, if the escalator is not clean people may have a negative impression of the facility.

There are lots of challenges to consider in doing escalator cleaning.  They require specific cleaning products and machines because escalators are not flat surfaces like floors and counter tops. The grooves or the design of the escalator steps are a magnet for impacted dirt and are hard to remove. Only professionals can do the cleaning with the use of specific chemicals and cleaning agents. If the escalator is always been use like in train station the timing of cleaning is another factor to consider, unlike for shopping malls you can re route the passenger or the flow of people to another escalator or after mall hours. Another factor is the cost ant the method of cleaning.

In doing escalator cleaning you must have a plan or schedule in cleaning your equipment. Most establishment and facilities prefer to clean and maintain their escalator during closing time. In some 24/7 establishment’s escalator cleaning is done during slack time or during the slowest traffic time. Regular cleaning and maintenance must be done regularly, because heavily soiled escalators requires more work and time of cleaning.

Selecting right equipment for escalator cleaning is the most important part of the job. Other escalator cleaning contractors suggesting to tear down the escalator bringing it out doors and uses high pressure washer to clean it, but it is rather costly and messy and the hours of cleaning are very long. You may consider another solution or method like dry cleaning; it is much safer to the escalator components and convenient also.