EQUIPMENT AND

TOOLS FOR
HOUSEKEEPING
OPERATIONS
FUNDAMENTALS IN
HOUSEKEEPING OPERATIONS
 OBJECTIVES

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• Discuss the advantages of cleaning
equipment to the work of a
housekeeper;

• Explain the purposes of housekeeping

cleaning tools and equipment; and

• Identify the proper tools and

equipment for a specific cleaning
requirements.
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 Cleaning Equipment

Cleaning equipment comes in varying

sizes, shapes, voltages and usages. The
cleaning equipment are advantageous in
multiple ways.

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 What are the advantages of
cleaning equipment?

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 Advantages of Cleaning Equipment

1. Save cleaning time of housekeeping staff;

2. Clean more efficiently than manual labor;
3. Produce more output and reduce work
fatigue;

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 Advantages of Cleaning Equipment

4. Reach any corner or height of area which is

difficult to reach by manual labor;
5. Some are eco-friendly and user-friendly.

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Classifications of Cleaning Equipment
 Equipment may be classified as manual cleaning equipment that
needs no electricity to function and electric cleaning equipment
which based on the term itself, requires electricity.

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Manual Cleaning
Equipment

Chambermaid’s
Trolley or
Housekeeping
Trolley

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 Chambermaid’s Trolley or
Housekeeping Trolley
This trolley is large enough to keep all the guestroom and guest
bathroom supplies such as clean linens in an organized manner. This
is used to stock a given number of linens, equipment and supplies to
serve an allotted number of guest rooms. It makes housekeeping
staff to move it around and carry large number of items in one go
while keeping and cleaning the guest rooms. It also helps in
transporting used bed and bath linens in chutes thus preventing strain
and back injuries of room attendants.

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Manual Cleaning
Equipment

Janitor’s
Trolley
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 Janitor’s Trolley
Highly mobile trolley fitted with shelves and waste
receptacles that store cleaning supplies such as detergents,
spray bottles, dustbin, mop, and dusting cloths, all in a
compact manner. It can be moved around easily. It fulfils the
challenge of modern day housekeeping in hotels.

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Manual Cleaning

Mop and
Equipment

Mop
Wringer
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 Mop and Mop Wringer
• Mops can be made of cotton for high
absorbing ability or synthetic. Mops have
different kinds such as string mops, flat mops,
dust mops and synthetic. A mop wringer is a
wheeled bucket that squeezes out the water
from the mop without getting the hands dirty.

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 Manual Cleaning
Equipment

A manual

Carpet equipment
used to
Sweeper pick up dirt
in carpeted
floors

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Manual Cleaning
Equipment

Carpet
Sweeper
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Electric Cleaning
Equipment

Vacuum
Cleaner
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 Vacuum Cleaner
• Most commonly used cleaning equipment in
housekeeping. It comes with a suction motor
fit in a case, a hose and various attachments
for different cleaning requirements. It can be
an upright vacuum cleaner, used to clean dust
particles in carpeted floors or the wet and dry
vacuum cleaner, used for cleaning wet and dry
surfaces.
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 Electric Cleaning
Equipment

Polishing
Machine
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 Polishing Machine

•It is used to add shine to the

floors of frequently visited
areas of the hotel.

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 Electric
Cleaning Equipment

Scrubber

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 Scrubber

•An equipment that is used

when mopping doesn’t suffice.
It is used for scrubbing
stubborn and sticky stains on
the floors of the hotel.
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Electric Cleaning
Equipment

Dry Foam
Machine

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 Dry Foam Machine

•Machine with pressure tank filled

with water solution and shampoo to
clean water-sensitive carpets,
needle-felt and other carpet types
whose construction inhibits
sufficient water extraction.
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Cleaning
Tools
 Cleaning Tools

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Sponge Scouring Pads Towels Microfiber cloths

White is normally used in
housekeeping operations

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 Cleaning Tools

Feather duster Squeegee Spray Bottles Brooms can be long-

handles broom,
broomstick or soft
whisk broom (walis
tambo)

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 Cleaning Tools

Bucket and water

Dust pan
dipper Brushes – Toilet Dustbin
bowl brush, cobweb
brush, shoe polish
brush

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 Cleaning Tools

Plunger Gloves
Mask Eye goggles

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 Cleaning Tools

Shoes/boots Warming signs

Tongs- Used to pick
up cigarette butts and
other objects for
sanitary and safety
purposes.

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 Cleaning Agents or Chemicals

Aside from tools and equipment, housekeeping

department also uses cleaning chemicals in ensuring
cleanliness and sanitation in the hotel property. It helps
in removing offensive odor and avoids spreading of dirt
and contaminants. These chemicals may be in the form
of liquid, powder or sometimes blocks which are diluted
in the right amount. Soft water is used as hard water
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 Cleaning Agents or Chemicals

All purpose Bathroom

Water Vinegar Glass Cleaner
cleaners cleaner

Though this is not Chemical that

used in majority of Used to clean glass contains phosphoric
The most common Used to remove all acid used in cleaning
the lodging surfaces. Others use
cleaning agent kinds of dirt. and disinfecting the
properties, it helps water and paper as bathroom walls,
in removing light a cheaper alternate bathtubs, bathroom
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bathroom glasses some and showers
 Cleaning Agents or Chemicals

Metal Polisher Clean air spray Degreaser Floor cleaners

Disinfectants
& Sealers

Particularly used in
Used to eliminate floors that are busy
Used in removing
Help in killing or odors and pungent and experience
Used to polish grease in guest
destroying disease smell in public heavy traffic such
metal fixtures amenities such as
carrying areas. Though some lipstick stains on as hallways. It
microorganisms guests may be coffee cups and prevent wear to the
allergic to strong glasses. They surface, removing
scents, odorless air sometimes contain stains, dirt and grit
sprays are normally organic solvents to and beautify the
used in hotels helps dissolve oils floor. It restore the
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and fats. original look and
 Cleaning Agents or Chemicals

Swimming pool
Detergents Bleach Softener
cleaner

Helps in maintaining the This chemicals kills the

linens and other types of bacterial and algae growth
Used in cleaning cloth soft. in the water.
Normally used for
uniforms, linens and
laundry purposes that
other cloths used in the
helps in maintaining the
hotel operations.
white lines its original
color.

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 Other chemicals used in housekeeping may
include the following:

Wood Polish
Ammonia
Effective at breaking down
Used to clean, protect, and
household grime or stains
shine wooden furniture.
from animal fats or
vegetable oils, such as
cooking grease and wine
stains. Because ammonia
evaporates quickly, it is
commonly used in glass
cleaning solutions to help
avoid streaking.

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 Other chemicals used in housekeeping may
include the following:

Insect Killer
Provide fast killing power
Muriatic Acid
against flying and
crawling insects found in A powerful stain remover
and around the household for bathroom bowls, tubs,
sink, swimming pools, etc.

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 Other chemicals used in housekeeping may
include the following:

Drain Cleaners
Drain cleaners or liquid drain
cleaners are essential home
products that can provide
great assistance in unclogging
of the drainage system.

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