Published by MopRoute
Field craft, pricing math, and US compliance for owners running small residential and commercial cleaning crews.
practical guide
Drive time is the one hour nobody pays for. Here is how small cleaning companies cluster accounts, match stops to client access windows, and size crews so a week of work actually fits the miles.
numbers and benchmarks
A production rate turns square feet into hours and hours into a price. This is where published task times come from, how density and fixture counts change them, and how to build your own house rates.
case study
One building, one bid, start to finish. We walk a medical office, write the scope, convert tasks into labor hours, load the hourly cost, then test the monthly price against dollars per square foot.
comparison
Both bring back gloss, but they use different chemicals, different machines and very different amounts of tenant downtime. Here is how to choose, and how to price each per thousand square feet.
mistakes to avoid
A disinfectant only works the way its label says it works. These are the shortcuts crews take with dwell time, dilution, pre-cleaning and mixing, and what each one costs you in results and liability.
regulation and compliance
The hazard communication standard applies to a two-person cleaning company the same way it applies to a factory. Here is the written program, the data sheets, the labels and the training, in plain terms.
checklist
A turn clean is graded by a property manager with a punch list, not by a homeowner. This is the room-by-room task list, in the order a crew should work it, ending with photo proof and signoff.
trends and outlook
Scheduled minimum wage increases, paid sick leave accrual and sector rules for janitorial employers all land on the same hour of labor. Here is how to see the increases coming and reprice ahead of them.
field report
A minute by minute account of a typical two-person office route, from badge access and trash pulls to paid drive time and the final lockup, with the time budget for every stop laid out in the open.
From reading to routing
The Route Sheet is written from the same ride alongs that shaped the product. If you want the working version rather than the reading version, bring one real service day and we will build it with you.