How to Clean Worship Facility Floors

Cleaning worship facility floors can be tricky. Along with prepping spaces for services, janitorial staff spend the rest of the week maintaining many other areas, often floored with a variety of materials. All while juggling lots of uncertainty.

“Unexpected events like funerals often disrupt our schedule,” explains Dennis Flowers, facilities director for Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church in this article . “I planned to clean the sanctuary carpet recently but then found out a funeral would be held that day. Of course, we had to reschedule.”

Staffing represents even more uncertainty. Some worship facilities have dedicated maintenance crews. Others rely on volunteers. This set up can lead to inconsistency and even accidental damage to expensive building materials.

Still, no matter the size—or experience level—of the maintenance staff, worship facilities need clean, safe floors to best serve their congregations. Here’s how tools from Kaivac keep worship facilities clean from the entry to seating areas to kitchens and more.

Multiple Rooms and Mixed Materials

Worship facilities come in many sizes, but 70% of churchgoers attend the largest churches with over 250 regular participants. Megachurches are even bigger, serving over 2,000 people per weekend. Yet there are still plenty of small and very small worship facilities throughout the US.

These worship facilities contain a variety of amenities including space for meetings, social groups, and childcare. Larger worship facilities include kitchens, sport courts, and locker rooms. Mega churches may layer on full food courts and bookstores.

These unique areas contain different building materials and finishes. Flowers lists the different floor types he must care for in his church, “We have brick pavers, stamped concrete, ceramic, carpet, vinyl composition tile, a suspended wooden gym floor, wooden and rubber dance floors, and slate flooring.”

Flowers understands that his janitorial staff must know how to clean these individual materials, or risk damaging expensive floors. “These surfaces cannot be cared for in the same way. Each has its own characteristics and requires an individualized maintenance approach.”

One Machine for Multiple Floor Types

The All Floor™ from Kaivac simplifies floor care for busy worship facilities. The advanced tool services a variety of flooring materials—from hard surfaces to carpet—without having to stop and change machines. This streamlined system makes maintaining floors easy for any cleaning staff, from the most experienced technicians to the most eager (yet untrained) volunteers.

Originally developed for a national specialty retailer, the All Floor lets one person tackle over 25,000 square feet of flooring per hour. No sweeper, dust mop, or wide area vacuum needed. Workers can transition the All Floor from hard floors to carpet quickly, removing the need to run to the janitor’s closet to grab a vacuum.

Accessories like a breakaway wand, 15-foot hose, and upholstery tool bring even more functionality. Cleaners can use the All Floor for high dusting, removing stains from carpets and upholstery, weather cleanup, and spill control. The breakaway wand and 15-foot hose make the All Floor flexible enough to maneuver around fixed seating.

Training on the All Floor is easy with the KaiNect™ app. This tool puts comprehensive training videos right on the cleaner’s device, empowering them to clean with confidence.

Ready for the ultimate floor cleaning machine for your worship facility? Learn more about the All Floor here.