Floor care
Floors that take a winter of boots and a year of carts
Periodic floor work for the floors in your practice, scheduled for a night with no patients.
Hard floors: strip, refinish, scrub and buff
Carpet: hot-water extraction and spot treatment
Entry mats and the first ten feet inside the door
A night with no patients, signs out and an odor warning in advance
Floor types
What we do on each floor
Vinyl and tile
Scrub, strip and refinish or buff, in sections so a hallway is never closed all night.
Wet floor signs out and in
Edges and corners done by hand
Floor dry before we leave
Carpet
Hot-water extraction in waiting rooms and offices, and spot treatment between visits.
Furniture moved only if you mark it
Dry time stated before booking
Fans left on a timer, if you want them
Entries
Mats swapped and the floor inside the door scrubbed, which is where the winter lands first.
Mat swap on a schedule you set
Salt residue scrubbed
Door tracks cleaned
Through the year
When floor work fits an Indianapolis practice
A starting calendar. Your own schedule decides.
- 01Spring
Step 1: March to May
Carpet extraction and a hard-floor refinish after the salt season.
- 02Summer
Step 2: June to August
Strip and wax in the weeks when schedules are lighter and doors can stay open to air out.
- 03Fall
Step 3: September to October
Entry mats, carpet and a scrub before flu season.
- 04Winter
Step 4: November to February
Salt control: a damp mop at the entry on every visit and extra mat swaps.
Questions
Floor work questions
Can patients be in the building?
No. Floor work is booked for a night with no patients, with signs out and the area marked off.
Will it smell?
Stripping and refinishing can leave an odor. We tell you which night, and which products, before we book it.
How long until a floor is dry?
It depends on the floor and the product. We state the dry time before we book and leave signs until it is met.