The Difference Between a Deep Clean, Spring Clean, and General Clean

People throw these terms around loosely without really understanding the differences, this includes many cleaning companies too. It’s important that each cleaning company establish what they mean by the various types of cleans they offer.

We hope this blog post will help distill the semantics around the types of cleans that SCHMUCKER CLEANING offers.

1. What is the Difference Between a Spring Clean and a Deep Clean?

ANSWER: 

To Schmucker Cleaning, a deep clean and spring clean are exactly the same. The only difference is how the terms are used. We use “Deep Clean” for an individual item, where “Spring Clean” refers to the entire premises. 

So for example, we might say..we will deep clean your oven. And we might say…we will spring clean the bathroom.

Both deep clean and spring clean involve a pedantic detailed cleaning process.

2. What is the Difference between a Deep Clean/Spring Clean and a General Clean?

ANSWER: there is a huge difference between these two types of cleans.

A GENERAL CLEAN of a premises is usually a short clean (2-4 hours) involving the following tasks:

• Vacuuming and mopping all the floors without moving furniture
• Dusting furniture, not wiping.
• Wipe over external of surfaces in the Kitchen and Bathroom as high as we can reach, including sinks, tapware, cupboards, shower/bath walls
• Wipe the external of primary appliances
• Tidy beds (houses)

A SPRING CLEAN is a very detailed clean of a premises that is occupied with contents still present. A spring clean involves the following tasks.

At Schmucker Cleaning, we have 2 types of standard spring cleans, an “Essential Spring Clean” and a “comprehensive Spring clean”.

Essential Spring Clean

An Essential Spring Clean is for the more budget, conscious Customer. Here are the tasks for an essential clean.

TYPICAL THROUGHOUT:

• Dusting and spot clean of all walls throughout (including skirtings and cornice if any)
• Cleaning of floors (vacuum and mop).
• Cleaning of the external of air conditioning units (filters excluded)
• Cleaning of all windows internally and externally (glass only, frames and tracks excluded) 
• Cleaning of all sliding glass doors (glass only, tracks excluded)
• Cleaning of all ceiling fans
• Decluttering: when putting contents back on shelves or in drawers and the like, do so in an orderly fashion to make things look neat and tidy
• Dust and wipe all furniture

BEDROOMS:

• Tidy beds (changing linen is an extra)
• Cleaning mirrored sliding doors to bedroom closets (cleaning inside the closets excluded)

LIVING & DINING:

• Tidy couches
• Dust and wipe dining table, coffee table, tv stand and any other furniture
• Vacuum any rugs and pull up, vacuum and mop floor under and then place rugs

KITCHEN:

• Cleaning all kitchen joinery, external only
• Clean sink and taps
• Cleaning of oven internally and externally including wire racks and drip tray
• Cleaning of cooktop
• Clean external of microwave and refrigerator/freezer
• Clean rubbish bin

BATHROOMS:

• Cleaning bathroom thoroughly including all walls, tub/shower, basin, vanity, mirror, fixtures, tapware. 
• Clean external cupboards and drawers 
• Cleaning extraction fan covers
• Clean rubbish bin

Comprehensive Spring Clean

A Comprehensive Spring Clean is our most exhaustive clean to fully sanitize the premises.

Here are the tasks for a comprehensive spring clean.

TYPICAL THROUGHOUT:

• Clean all walls throughout (including skirtings and cornice if any) 
• Vacuum and mop floors
• Clean the external of air conditioning units, remove and clean filters
• Clean all windows internally and externally, including tracks
• Clean all sliding glass doors including tracks
• Clean all ceiling fans
• Clean all doors and handles throughout
• Clean light covers and pendant lights
• Clean any storage cupboards (if any), including internally and doors (remove contents, clean, then put contents back)
• Decluttering: when putting contents back on shelves or in drawers and the like, do so in an orderly fashion to make things look neat and tidy
• Dust and wipe all furniture
• Clean and wash rubbish bin

KITCHEN:

• Clean all kitchen joinery, externally and internally (including removing all contents from cupboards and cleaning inside all cupboards then reinserting contents)
• Clean sink and taps
• Clean pantry including removing contents, cleaning, then putting all contents back
• Clean of oven internally and externally including wire racks and drip tray
• Clean cooktop
• Clean cooking exhaust fan filters and surrounds
• Clean internally and externally of microwave and refrigerator/freezer

LIVING & DINING ROOM:

• Tidy couches
• Dust and wipe dining table, coffee table, tv stand and any other furniture
• Vacuum any rugs and pull up, vacuum and mop floor under and then place rugs

BEDROOMS:

• Tidy beds (changing linen is an extra)
• Clean mirrored sliding doors to bedroom closets (cleaning inside the closets excluded)

BATHROOMS:

• Clean bathroom thoroughly including all walls, tub/shower, basin, vanity, mirror, fixtures, tapware.
• Clean inside cupboards and drawers (remove contents, clean, then putting contents back)
• Clean extraction fan covers