Preparing Your Office For Winter

As the coldest season rolls around once again, preparing your office for the impacts of winter couldn’t be more important. To avoid unexpected boiler breakdowns, slips and trips, or even COVID outbreaks, ensuring your office is safe, clean, warm and regularly maintained will provide great protection against the harshest impacts of winter. In this post, we highlight key preparations worth carrying out in your office in advance of winter.

Test Your Heating

An essential preparation to avoid any nasty surprises as winter draws in, testing your heating in advance of the colder months will provide ample time to identify any potential issues or maintenance required well in advance. The last thing your business needs is to reach the coldest months, turn on the heating and discover it’s no longer functioning correctly, or worse, your boiler has broken down completely. We suggest turning your heating on in late August/early September, to ensure your radiators are reaching the appropriate temperature and all heating applications are operating to their full capacity across the office. Check for suspect noises or error codes when turning on your boiler, this will be a clear sign that professional inspection and maintenance is likely required.

Book A Service

If you’ve tested your heating and discovered an issue, (or even if you haven’t), it’s important to have your boiler checked and serviced by a professional. Even if your boiler is showing little to no sign of wear and tear, a professional service will identify and eliminate any potential issues with your boiler that may affect its performance in the long run, such as sludge build-up or rusted parts. It’s important to run an annual service on your boiler, preferably just before winter closes in, to prevent damage from occurring at the worst possible time.

Slip and Fall Solutions

One of the leading causes of office-based injury over the winter is slips, trips and falls. This is typically caused by wet floors, with ice and water dragged in from the outside into the workspace, leading to potential hazards. As winter rolls around, consider using non-slip mats in all doorways and around the workplace, to encourage employees to wipe their shoes before entering dry spaces. Equally, wet floor signs are a must-have, to provide clear warnings of any potential hazardous walkways.

COVID Protocols

Regrettably, COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the UK, and as the winter closes in, the impact and devastation will only continue. To ensure your office space is safe over the winter when ventilation is limited and heating systems are on full blast, you must ensure your office, heating systems and air conditioning units are all regularly cleaned and maintained. Consider ordering in extra quantities of hand sanitiser, disinfectants and PPE, to provide extra assurances and safety measures are carried out for all employees.

As experts in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, we at Westcott Air Conditioning offer a range of professional services designed to make our customers more comfortable. Working throughout the Midlands and the UK, our HVAC contractors have the skills, resources and experience needed to install top of the range HVAC systems for all types of premises. Contact our expert team today.