Maintenance, deep and interim cleaning: the differences
"Cleaning" is not the same as "cleaning". Anyone who plans and calculates the maintenance of a building must know the different cleaning types - because each has a different purpose, a different interval and a different effort.
Maintenance cleaning
Maintenance cleaning is the regular, recurring cleaning in everyday operations - daily, several times a week or weekly. It keeps rooms usable and hygienic: floors, sanitary facilities, surfaces, waste bins. It accounts for the largest part of the ongoing cleaning effort and is therefore the core of every calculation.
Interim cleaning
Interim cleaning lies between maintenance and deep cleaning. It refreshes more heavily used areas at longer intervals, without the full effort of a deep clean - for example a more intensive floor care a few times a year.
Deep cleaning
Deep cleaning is the thorough intensive cleaning at long intervals, about once or twice a year. It removes what accumulates in everyday use: floor coverings are deep-cleaned, partly re-treated or recoated. The effort per pass is high, the frequency low - it protects the building fabric and preserves value.
Special cleaning
Special work falls outside the regular rhythm: window cleaning, facades, post-construction cleaning or occasion-based deployments. They are planned and calculated separately.
Why the distinction matters
- Every cleaning type has its own interval - and thus its own annual effort.
- Only those who separate them cleanly get a realistic and transparent calculation.
- In quotes and tenders, the clear separation makes services comparable.
Conclusion
Maintenance, interim and deep cleaning interlock - each with its own purpose and interval. easyCAFM records these cleaning types separately and calculates the total annual effort transparently from them.
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