Monthly Archives: August 2026

For schools, the summer holidays are a chance to reset. For our teams, they are one of the busiest periods of the year. Throughout term time, our cleaners are focused on the regular day-to-day work that keeps schools clean, safe and ready for staff and pupils. Classrooms need cleaning, toilets need maintaining, communal areas need attention and the whole site needs to keep running around a very busy school day. There are some jobs, though, that are much easier to tackle properly when the building is empty. That is where the school summer periodic comes in. Going beyond the everyday clean A summer periodic is not simply a bigger version of the usual daily clean. With classrooms, corridors, halls and other spaces out of use, our teams have the time and access to carry out deeper and more intensive work … Continue reading →

At first glance, jet washing a brand-new development might sound slightly unnecessary. After all, if everything is new, how dirty can it really be? The answer is: surprisingly dirty. Construction work creates a huge amount of dust, mud and fine debris. Vehicles and machinery travel across the site, materials are moved around, and footprints and tyre marks quickly build up across newly laid surfaces. Once the main construction work is complete, those outside areas often need a proper clean before the development looks genuinely finished. That was the job Dean and Kev recently took on, jet washing a large stretch of parking bays, pathways and surrounding paved areas. It was not simply a case of giving everything a quick rinse. Cleaning a large outdoor space properly means working methodically, controlling where the dirty water travels and making sure each section … Continue reading →