How to Deal with Wet Floors
- March 01, 2019
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There are tons of reasons why floors end up soaking wet – from various types of spills to plumbing problems to the excessive moisture that shoes track indoors during the rainy or snowy season.
What separates a wet floor situation from turning into a total floor disaster is how you deal with it.
The Problem with Wet Floors
Wet floors are never ideal for anybody, let alone a business where foot traffic is expectedly heavy. In such cases, wet floors are just disasters waiting to happen:
Slipping Hazards. Slip-and-fall accidents make up for the largest cause of lost days from work and are among the leading causes of workplace injury and costly compensation that come with it. Slipping on wet floors can pose serious threats to life and property and should never be taken lightly.
Floor Damage. Aside from being a work and business hazard, floor damage is also a very real concern. Lengthy exposure to water damages different types of floorings differently:
– Tile. Water damages the grout and causes the tiles to come loose.
– Wood. Water and wood are never a match as water causes wood to expand and worse, rot.
– Vinyl. Water eats at the adhesive that keeps the vinyl panels to the floors and causes the vinyl to come loose.
– Carpet. Perhaps the worst kind of floors to get water on as carpets end up musty, rotten, and moldy.
How to Deal with Wet Floors
Wet floors should not mean the death of your flooring or end up in a slip-and-fall lawsuit. We have some helpful tips on how to deal with wet floors:
Clean floors promptly after a spill. Never give water time to seep into the micro-cracks in your flooring and cause damage. Clean up spills promptly and with cleansing agents that suit your floor type.
Always dry floors properly after exposure to moisture. The biggest enemy of floors is not simply water; it is water that is left to sit on the flooring surface for long periods of time. Unfortunately, this can include that layer of moisture you leave on after cleaning with moisture, thinking it cannot do any harm. Prevent floor damage by making sure to give your floors a final swipe or two to make sure that no amount of moisture is left on the floor. Make sure to keep the right mops on hand at all times!
Invest in the right kind of floor mats. Floor mats are some of the best things you can use and invest in to safeguard your business against the hazards that come with wet floors. A good, quality entrance mat could already take off between 30% to 50% of moisture tracked in from the outdoors, preventing moisture from contaminating your floors. For areas that are more constantly bombarded with water, like commercial restrooms for instance, restroom and urinal floor mats are your best options. These kinds of mats are designed in a way that prevents build-up of moisture and effectively provides the shoe-to-floor traction that moisture takes away.
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