On properties with constant footfall, regular treatment gives a far better result than occasional one-off visits.
Regular treatment makes sense where contamination is renewed continuously — that is, where there is footfall or food handling:
What all these have in common is simple: a contact surface there stays a contact surface. A door handle touched by a hundred people a day is clean after treatment until the next person. So the point is not one perfect treatment but regularly bringing the number of micro-organisms down to a level that everyday cleaning can cope with.
A private flat does not need regular scheduled disinfection. We say so openly, even when it means a smaller order.
In a household the circle of people is closed and unchanging. There is no constant stream of outsiders bringing in new contamination, and everyday cleanliness with ordinary detergent does the same job. Disinfection in a flat is justified by an event — after illness, after flooding, after previous occupants, after renovation work. Not by the calendar.
| Property | Typical frequency |
|---|---|
| Food business, restaurant | As set by the hygiene plan, often monthly |
| Office | Monthly or quarterly |
| Nursery, school | During holidays + as needed |
| Medical facility | As set by the facility's own procedures |
| Gym | Depending on footfall, often more frequently |
| Common areas | Quarterly or more often |
We recommend a frequency after the inspection, taking account of the footfall and the specifics of the property. The final decision is yours — we say what is justified, not what suits us.
The table gives the typical frequency, but real properties differ from the typical. Four things determine the frequency, and all of them can be measured or at least assessed.
The starting principle is simple: begin with a justified frequency rather than the maximum one, and review it after a few months. If nothing changes at the property, the frequency can go down. If problems appear in specific zones, we adjust either the frequency or the list of zones treated. A schedule that is never reviewed usually means nobody is really using it.
For every treatment carried out we prepare a report with the date, the scope and the zones treated. Where we work on an ongoing basis we keep a record of the work done, which can be added to a company's hygiene documentation or produced during an inspection.
The report states the property and address, the date and time of the work, the area treated and the list of zones, the method used and the signature of the person who did it. That is the minimum that answers the question "when and what exactly was treated". A record covering a longer period shows the second thing — that the treatment happens regularly, rather than once just before an inspection.
We assess the property and recommend a justified frequency.
We agree the scope, the timing and the price.
We carry out the work at the agreed times, usually outside working hours.
We document every treatment carried out.
If the footfall or the needs of the property change, we adjust the schedule.
A practical note: it is worth keeping the reports together with the rest of your hygiene documentation rather than in an accounts folder with the invoices. An inspection usually asks for evidence of the work done, not proof of payment.
On commercial premises the treatment almost always happens outside working hours — evenings, nights or weekends. That is the standard rather than the exception, for two reasons: the premises are free and nobody interferes with observing the contact time.
If a property has several groups of rooms with different rhythms — a sales floor, a storeroom and staff rooms, say — they can be included in the schedule at different frequencies. There is no point treating the storeroom as often as the sales floor if two people go in there a day.
It is worth singling out in the schedule the zones where problems appear most often. In practice they are almost always the same ones: toilets, the staff kitchen, the waste room and ventilation grilles. If those zones go into a more frequent rhythm and the rest of the area into a less frequent one, the overall price often works out lower than treating the whole property equally often.
Regular treatment does not replace everyday cleaning. Disinfection works on a cleaned surface — on a dirty one it simply never makes contact with what needs treating. If the daily cleaning at a property is going through the motions, more frequent disinfection does not fix the situation, and we say so at the inspection rather than expanding the schedule.
For ongoing work we prepare an individual quote — the price depends on the floor area, the frequency and the scope of the treatment. For ongoing work we apply a discount compared with one-off jobs.
The contract sets the scope and the price, but we do not require unreasonably long terms. If the arrangement does not suit, it can be ended.
Yes, that is the standard. On commercial premises we usually work evenings, nights or weekends, so that the treatment and airing do not affect the operation of the property.
Per visit, yes — for ongoing work we apply a discount compared with individual call-outs.
Describe the situation — we will tell you whether treatment is needed at all, and which one.
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