Area types and floor coverings: why they determine cleaning
Two rooms with the same square metre count can cause very different cleaning efforts. The reason lies in the type of area: floor covering, room type and use determine how quickly and how often cleaning is needed.
The floor covering makes the difference
A textured covering is cleaned differently from a smooth hard floor, a carpet differently from linoleum. Every covering has its own performance value - i.e. an area that can be cleaned per hour. Without this mapping, every effort estimate remains inaccurate.
The room type determines interval and method
A sanitary room requires more frequent and thorough cleaning than a rarely used storeroom. A classroom, a gym, an entrance area - each room type brings its own requirements for interval and method.
Indoors and outdoors follow their own rules
Outdoor areas differ fundamentally from indoor spaces: they are weather-dependent, seasonal and managed differently. Anyone who also calculates outdoor areas must take these particularities into account.
Why clean mapping matters
- Only with covering and room type can the correct performance value be assigned.
- This results in a realistic, transparent effort instead of a rough estimate.
- In quotes, the differentiation makes services fairly comparable.
Conclusion
It's not the square metres alone but their type that determine the cleaning effort. easyCAFM records covering, room type and use for each area and automatically assigns the matching performance values - the basis for a robust calculation.
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