If you own a business like a grocery store or general
store that seems a lot of traffic, there are bound to be scratches and scuffs
on your linoleum or tile floors. Custodians can buff some out, but it takes a
lot less time and money if you do what you can to prevent or reduce these
scratches to begin with. While you can’t control what shoes your customers will
wear, you can protect your flooring.
Purchase Pneumatic Wheels
Replace the wheels in your store with pneumatic
wheels, which are durable, air-filled casters that are less likely to
scratch your floors. Start with the shopping carts your customers rely on and
then move on to every other cart that touches your store’s floors, such as the
carts your employees use for stocking and the carts your custodians use to
transport janitorial supplies.
Buy Floor Locks
Your stocking carts and janitorial carts should all have
floor locks added so your employees can park the carts securely where they need
them as they work without worrying about bumping into them and jostling the
items atop the cart. The less the cart moves unnecessarily, the less wear and
tear they’ll cause to the flooring.
No Heels or Rubber Sole Shoes
You can’t and shouldn’t try to police what your customers
wear into your store, but you can reduce the damaging scuff marks caused by
high heels and rubber sole shoes by requiring your employees at least to wear
shoes less likely to cause damage. They spend the most time on your floors,
anyway.
Talk to an Access Casters representative for more
information on outfitting your shopping carts, stocking carts, janitorial carts
and other carts with the best parts to reduce scuffs and scratches. It’s too
expensive to replace all of these carts entirely, but it’s quite affordable to
just swap out the casters. Buy in bulk so you can quickly replace any that get
damaged.
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