How Facility Managers Can Maximize Their Floor Care Budget

Hadley Glenn on April 9, 2025

Facility managers in corporate offices, schools, government buildings, and similar environments face the dual challenge of maintaining diverse flooring surfaces while adhering to their floor care budget. To ensure all areas receive adequate care without overspending, strategic planning and expert guidance is essential.

Assess and Categorize Your Flooring Surfaces

Different areas of your building may feature a variety of flooring types, including resilient flooring, polished concrete, natural stone, and carpets. Start by categorizing these surfaces based on usage and wear-and-tear levels. High-traffic areas like lobbies and hallways will require more frequent attention than less-used spaces.

Implement a Tiered Maintenance Schedule

Not all floors need the same level of care at the same frequency. Our specialist at DPM Care can work with you to create a tiered maintenance schedule, tailored to the specific needs of each surface in your facility. This helps ensure your budget is directed where it’s needed most, like the following sample carpet cleaning schedule.

Monthly cleaning for high traffic common areas such as corridors, lobbies, restrooms, and main entrances.
Quarterly cleaning for medium traffic areas such as conference rooms and reception areas.
Annual cleaning for low traffic areas such as individual offices.

Invest in Protective Coatings

We offer a variety of durable coatings that can significantly extend the life of floors like natural stone, resilient flooring, and terrazzo. These coatings act as a barrier against stains, scratches, and wear, reducing the need for costly restorations.

Prioritize Preventive Maintenance

Preventive measures like scheduled cleaning and minor touch-ups can prevent costly repairs or replacements. For instance, addressing scuff marks on resilient flooring or reapplying sealant to polished concrete in a timely manner can prevent larger issues.

Leverage Advanced Technologies

Our modern cleaning technologies can save time and labor costs while delivering superior results. For example:

Carpet: Our innovative technology removes stains, lifts carpet pile, sanitizes, and deodorizes. We can also apply our FiberShield™ to protect against stains and foot traffic.
Tile and Grout: Our state-of-the art technology cleans, sanitizes, and penetrates deep into porous grout to remove embedded dirt and organics.
Performance Coatings: These coatings reduce scratches and wear, add slip resistance, and reduce annual maintenance cost by up to 50%. These can be applied to VCT, Sheet Vinyl, Wood, Linoleum, Rubber Flooring, Terrazzo, and Concrete.
Furniture & Textile Care: We use a low-moisture process to remove soils and stains from your upholstery while also sanitizing and deodorizing. The quick-dry time prevents microbial growth, creating a healthier work environment, and our FiberShield™ will protect your chairs and upholstery from future damage.

Partnering for Success

At DPM Care, we specialize in delivering tailored surface care solutions for facilities like yours. With expertise across a range of surfaces, including carpet, resilient flooring, natural stone, and polished concrete, we ensure your floors receive the care they need without stretching your budget too thin. Partnering with DPM Care means leveraging professionals who provide tailored solutions for specific materials, from specialized grout cleaning techniques to polishing methods for natural stone. Our expertise ensures each surface is treated appropriately, avoiding damage and prolonging its lifespan.