Leasing a commercial floor scrubber is a quick and affordable way to improve your business. You can lease a new walk behind scrubber capable of scrubbing and drying 15,000 square feet per hour for as little as $136/month plus tax with no down payment. A nice battery-powered rider scrubber sweeper is capable of cleaning 30,000 to 40,000 square feet per hour. You can put one of those on the same type of lease for as little as $399/month plus tax.
Believe it or not, adding a floor scrubber to your business will actually make you money in the long run! Investing in an industrial floor cleaning machine has many benefits and will save you money, improve cleaning productivity, and increase health and safety for your employees and customers.
Can Using a Commercial Floor Scrubber Reduce Labor Costs?
Yes, using a floor scrubber can save you hundreds of dollars per month! You can easily make the case for leasing a floor scrubber when you consider labor savings alone. Using a traditional mop, a person can theoretically mop 5,000 square feet per hour. This does not consider stopping to change the water. Have you ever tried to mop 5,000 square feet? Consider how tired you or your employee will be after the mopping is done!
Manual Labor Costs vs Floor Scrubber Monthly Costs
Let us say your facility has 10,000 square feet to clean. At $15/hour it would cost $30 per day or $900 per month in wages/benefits if you mopped it every night. If you lease a Bulldog Scrubber to do the job, your labor cost drops to $300 per month. After the lease payment, detergent, and maintenance cost is added back you will still save over $400 per month in labor cost by leasing the scrubber.
Questions to Ask When Considering a Floor Scrubber Lease
If you are a small business owner and you are doing the mopping, (been there, done that) you must ask yourself, “What is my time worth?”
- Would renting a floor scrubber machine increase productivity and allow employees to do other things for your business?
- Are there tasks other than cleaning, that your employees can perform to increase profits for your company?
- If you spend less time on cleaning procedures, could you spend more time working on marketing or other activities to help grow your business?
- If your facility’s cleaning protocols took less time, could you get home to your family sooner and improve your work-life balance?
How Much Time & Money Can A Floor Cleaning Machine Save You?
Adding a ride on scrubber/sweeper in a larger facility like a plant or warehouse has an even more dramatic effect on monthly savings. In a 100,000 square foot building there is usually at least 30,000 square feet to clean. First you have to sweep the floors - that will take about 2-3 hours. Mopping 30,000 square feet will then take approximately another 6 hours. Basically, it would take a full-time employee an entire day to clean the facility properly. That would be about $120/day in labor cost.
Cleaning floors in a large warehouse or industrial facility with a small ride-on scrubber/sweeper can take as little as one hour! If your labor cost are $15/hour, you’ll only spend about $15 to clean nearly 30,000 square feet of floor. If you clean 3 times per week, your monthly labor savings will be about $1,080 per month. After the lease payment, detergent, and maintenance you will likely save over $500/month.
Countless Health & Safety Benefits for Your Workforce
Leasing a floor scrubber provides other benefits that are not as obvious, but they are numerous. Keeping your facility clean to protect your employees and customer’s health should be at the top of your priority list these days.
- Protect your employees and customers health - If a viral breakout starts at your facility it could cost your business dearly. Floors are generally the dirtiest thing in your building. If an employee or customer stops to use a restroom at a gas station on the way to your facility the dirt and germs from that facility will make their way into yours on the bottom of their shoes. A cleaning protocol has to start with your facility's floors.
- Spread fewer germs and diseases than a mop and bucket - If you are using a mop to clean your bathroom and other parts of the facility, it is likely spreading the germs from your bathroom everywhere. Also, automatic scrubbers do not spread germs because they clean with a constant supply of clean water.
- Improve Employee Morale - The appearance of trying to do all the right things to maintain a healthy environment is boosts staff productivity and trust.
- Customers are more likely to visit clean facilities - This has always been true.
Easily Maintain OSHA Requirements
Most major corporations have a strong focus on safety in their facilities. They are not maintaining an effective cleaning protocol just because they are nice people. Slip and fall accidents and poor air quality issues drive many OSHA investigations. Preventing these types of issues starts with maintaining clean and safe floors.
If an OSHA or EPA inspector walks through your door, they form a quick judgement of your operation in the first couple of minutes. If the facility is clean and bright with well-marked aisles and safety signage, maybe they will not dig as deep. If the air quality is poor and there are obvious slip and fall hazards, they will be looking a lot closer. Avoiding fines, lawsuits and other painful expenditures will keep your bottom line much healthier.
Leasing a commercial floor scrubber just makes sense, not only for your budget but also to ensure a safe experience at your facility for your employees and customers. Our floor cleaning experts at FCE can help you find the right machine to fit your needs and a lease that will work for you. Give us a call today!