Best wipes for Housing Associations – Big Wipes

To wipe off the cost of maintenance, housing associations need the best wipes on the market – industrial strength Big Wipes.  These should form part of the overall cost saving strategies of housing associations management and maintenance teams.

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Why do Housing Associations need Big Wipes?

According to the latest Health and Safety Executive (HSE) figures available, there are over 20,000 people suffering from work-related skin diseases.  Furthermore, around 7,000 new cases are diagnosed every year. For many managed services and housing associations teams, therefore, cleaning hands effectively while still being able to care for them is extremely important.

On a daily basis, service teams and contractors oversee the building and maintenance of housing associations properties.  More often than not, they have to deal with both the grease and grime of current or previous tenants.  In addition, they need to keep themselves and the work area clean of ‘fix and repair’ products.  These include silicone sealants, paints, adhesives, PU foam and general dirt- all of which can be hard to remove. It is vital to protect both personnel and the properties from these potentially aggressive substances.

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Housing Associations have to tackle Skin Disease

Industrial strength Big Wipes help to solve a health and safety issue for housing associations maintenance teams. Speedy removal of irritants is essential as skin disease on the hands can be debilitating.  It also has serious implications when trying to continue with work. The skin is your body’s largest organ and is its protective barrier.  However, this barrier can break if harmful substances accumulate on your skin.  Hand are left sore and inflamed and with the potential to cause long-term health issues. Skin disease can be incapacitating for the sufferer, meaning that work becomes difficult and livelihoods are put in jeopardy.

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There are common signs or skin problems to look for on hands.  These include dryness, redness, cracking or swelling of the hands and fingers as well as blisters, flaking and itching.  Workers can develop these symptoms as they come into direct contact with substances commonly used on site.  If you are immersing your hands in liquids, or getting them splashed on a regular basis then your hands may suffer.  Contact with contaminated tools or surfaces can also lead to harmful substances landing on the skin, causing a problem.

The Big Wipes Formula

Big Wipes trade wipes contain a blend of cosmetic grade solvents to effectively remove the grime.  The added skin conditioners offer a comprehensive level of portable protection in one convenient package.  Big Wipes are highly effective, economical and safe to use on hands, tools and all sealed surfaces.

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Big Wipes also sell the Power Spray, which is the Big Wipes formula in a convenient 1l spray bottle.  The Power Spray is ideal for cleaning and degreasing a whole property including uPVC windows and older runs or silicone.

Using Big Wipes means Cost Savings for Housing Associations

Big Wipes not only help to solve a health and safety issue, they also save housing associations management and maintenance teams significant costs.  Paints, adhesive and sealants are easy to over-apply or can be kicked over by accident,  causing visual and sometimes permanent damage to hard floors, walls and furniture.

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Many managed services teams prepare Housing Association properties, snagging and getting them into an acceptable condition before new tenants arrive.  A spill or accidental leak of any material at this stage can lead to complaints, costly call backs or a delay in a job being signed off as complete.  These could all combine to impact on the contractor’s reputation.

The use of Big Wipes can save local authority maintenance departments thousands of pounds in lost time by quickly clearing spills before they cause permanent damage and potential call backs.  For maintenance teams, therefore, portable Big Wipes are their first line of insurance against complaints, extra costs, spillages and skin damage.

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There are also cost savings when it comes to work wear. Hands cleaned with Big Wipes cleaning wipes are no longer a grime hazard to clothing.  This means that there will be reduced laundering costs and less need for workwear replacement.

Vans and vehicles stay in better condition if a tub of wipes is mounted in racking or in a Big Wipes Cage van bracket.  In this way, the work place grime can be removed before it enters the cab. It also has the added benefit of your team arriving clean and ready for their next job.

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Conclusion

In conclusion, the Big Wipes hand care range provides Housing Associations and managed services tradespeople with everything they need to stay clean, stay professional and keep their skin in prime condition for the job in hand.

 

This article appeared in truncated format in Housing Association Magazine in July/August 2016