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Lime-green globs of gum hide under desks, brushing against knees as students slide into seats and lie in wait on sidewalks, hoping to catch a ride on the soles of unsuspecting shoes.

The experts at Ultimate Washer Inc. offer the following nine-point list of ways a portable pressure washer can help solve common cleaning problems both indoors and out.

There are a number of cost-effective steps facilities managers and building owners can take to ensure that their properties and their grounds are sufficiently maintained through the winter and ready for springtime.

Rats, mice and other pests are relentless in their efforts to get inside, and only a comprehensive exclusion plan — creating physical barriers against rodents and pests to prevent them from entering a building — will keep them out for good.

Aside from the exterior of your building, the parking lot is one of the first things any visitor sees; it is also the one part of any facility that passersby see, remember and base their judgments on.

Within the past decade, the number of ice melt suppliers has doubled, and so has the variety of products available.

Some building owners and managers are cognizant of the initial impression the façade of their facility provides, but many fail to focus beyond cleaning windows and repairing bricks and mortar.

Cleanliness impacts this impression and, depending on the parking lot's appeal, may determine whether or not a customer returns.

I am asked two questions quite often: “How do you stripe straight?” and “How do you stop and start exactly where you want?”