In a salon the footfall is high, the contact with skin is direct, and the work has to fit into the time when the salon is closed.
Three conditions set a hairdressing or beauty salon apart from an ordinary office or shop.
Another factor typical of salons is chemical smells: dyes, ammonia, sprays, acetone and solvents. They build up in textiles, curtains and upholstered chairs, and not infrequently become a reason for client complaints. If the ventilation is weak, airing alone will not remove them — ozone treatment helps there, because it acts on porous surfaces too. More on the causes: odour removal.
The fourth condition is the fit-out. Salons almost always contain a great deal of porous, hard-to-clean material: soft chair seats with seams, imitation leather coverings that crack over time, textile screens between workstations, rugs in the waiting area. It is precisely the seams, the cracks and the porous surfaces that daily wiping does not reach — and precisely there that both microorganisms and smells accumulate.
The order of priority in a salon is clear: first what the client is in direct contact with, then what everybody touches.
| Surface | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Headrests at the wash basins | Direct contact with skin, permanently wet |
| Wash basins and their undersides | A wet zone, the commonest source of smells |
| Client chairs and armrests | Prolonged contact, often porous material |
| Working surfaces and trolleys | Everything used in the work ends up there |
| Door handles and switches | Touched by everyone — clients and staff |
| Card terminal and reception | Every client touches it at the end |
| Waiting area and soft chairs | Accumulate smells, rarely treated |
Tools and instruments deserve a separate mention. Treating them between clients is the staff's daily work under the salon's own regime, and we do not replace it. If instruments are stored on the workbenches, we remove or cover them before treatment.
Our work is the premises and their surfaces — periodic, deep treatment that there is no time for in the daily routine.
The floor in a salon is a case of its own. Hair clippings, drips of product and dye, and water from the wash area reach the floor all day. It is swept daily, but at the junction of floor and wall, under the chair bases and around the feet of the wash basins there remains a zone where wet organic residue builds up. If the salon has a smell that is there in the morning before work starts, look at those places and the drains first.
If the salon also has mould — usually by the wash area, under the sinks or in the bathroom — we address that separately, because there the cause of the damp has to be established first.
Ventilation in a salon comes last but is not least. In many salons, particularly on the ground floors of residential buildings, the extraction is connected to the building's shared riser, and its capacity was never calculated for the load of a colouring and washing area. The result is that smells and moisture do not leave the space quickly enough — and some of it reaches the neighbouring premises too.
If you have had complaints from neighbours about smells, treating the salon will clear what has already soaked in, but it will not stop the transfer through the ventilation; that is a building-level matter, and we say so openly.
We work outside the salon's opening hours — in the evening after the last client, or on a non-trading day. That is not a matter of convenience: after treatment the space needs contact and airing time, and that cannot be squeezed between two appointments. Before the work we agree what time we start and from when the premises are ready — so that you can safely book clients for the next day.
There are a few things we ask you to prepare beforehand. It all takes a few minutes, but without it some surfaces cannot be treated and the job stays incomplete.
For every treatment carried out we prepare a record stating the date, the scope and the zones treated. It can be filed with the salon's hygiene documentation. We do not write the salon's internal hygiene regime and we do not issue opinions on it — we carry out the work and document it so that it fits within your existing system.
We assess the area, the number of workstations, the wet zones and the ventilation.
We settle work after hours or on a non-trading day.
We remove or cover instruments, cosmetics and open products.
We treat chairs, headrests, working surfaces and handles, observing the contact time.
We treat the wash basins, sinks and the floor around them separately.
If there is a persistent chemical or other smell in the textiles, we treat the space as a whole.
We air the space, give you an exact ready time and prepare the paperwork.
Frequency depends on the footfall and the premises. In a small salon with two workstations and a moderate number of clients, deep treatment a few times a year is usually enough. In a large salon where several stylists work full days and there is also a manicure or cosmetology area, a shorter interval makes more sense.
We suggest a specific frequency after an inspection, but the final decision stays with the salon's management — we do not set it for you, and we do not tie a quote to a more frequent schedule than the site actually needs.
Salons, more than most sites, are better served by scheduled treatment than by a one-off. A contact surface stays a contact surface, and with heavy footfall one treatment a year changes little. We draw up the schedule by the number of workstations and the footfall: regular treatment. Other property types: all property types.
Commercial sites are priced by area: up to 100 m² — €1.20/m², 100–300 m² — €0.90/m², 300–1000 m² — €0.70/m². For most salons that means the first rate. Ozone treatment for chemical and other smells €1.20/m², minimum €60. For regular scheduled treatment we prepare a separate quote with a volume discount. Travel within Riga is included.
Usually not. We work in the evening after the last client or on a non-trading day, and the work together with airing fits before the next morning. We give you the exact ready time before the work.
No. Treating instruments between clients is the staff's daily work under the salon's regime. We treat the premises and the surfaces — instruments are removed or covered before the work.
Yes, a record with the date, the scope and the zones treated. It can be filed with the salon's hygiene documentation.
Describe the situation — we will tell you whether treatment is needed at all, and which one.
Fill in the form — we will call you on the number you provide, ask a few clarifying questions and propose a solution.
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