Refuse room & chute
When the room can be smelled from the lobby, it is already too late: bin juices soaked in, drips, flies in summer. We bring the room back to clean and keep it there.
The treatment
Degrease, disinfect, neutralise
The floor of a refuse room builds up a greasy film that a broom only spreads: it must be lifted with a degreasing detergent, rinsed, then disinfected. Walls at bin height, the door and its handle, the ventilation grilles get the same treatment.
Odours are treated at the source, not with perfume: once the surfaces are sound, a bactericidal deodoriser neutralises what the juices left in the pores of the concrete. In a Nîmes summer, a reinforced pace keeps flies and midges from returning.
For buildings with a chute, the bottom of the duct and the receiving room demand the same rigour, with a check of the openings at each level. Frequency follows the season: what holds a month in January holds a week in August.
Refuse rooms: concrete questions
A monthly wash is the baseline; in summer, a fortnightly pace is often needed in Nîmes. Between washes, the routine common-area visit keeps the room presentable.
A room you no longer smell from the lobby
Room size, number of bins, chute or not: the visit sets the useful frequency.