Raghwat Al Janoub Maintenance and Cleaning
School cleaning in Heet, Riyadh
Heet is a small village on Riyadh's southern fringe, built on land held under agricultural deeds and served by a single school that teaches children from the one extended family living there. Classrooms here open more directly to the outdoor air than schools inside the city, and fine dust from unpaved roads and nearby wadis accumulates quickly in corners and hallways.
Why a school needs specialist cleaning
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Protecting pupils' health
Children touch every surface and then put their hands to their faces, so we focus on washrooms, the canteen and door handles.
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No disruption to lessons
We schedule the work after pupils leave or during holidays, so the school day never stops and children never mix with equipment.
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Cleaner air in the classroom
Riyadh dust clogs the filters of split AC units faster than you would expect, and a dirty filter blows that dust back over pupils all lesson long.
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A team that knows school buildings
A school is not an office: it has labs with chemical sinks, a canteen under health rules, and stairs that hundreds of feet cross every day.
Why the job is different in Heet
In Heet's school, fine dust slips through cracks and windows that open onto the outdoor air, and the amount of cleaning needed weekly exceeds what typical urban Riyadh schools require. The whole method is set out in our full account of school cleaning.
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A single village school on agricultural land
Heet's only school serves children from the one family that inhabits the agricultural land, so pupil numbers are small compared to urban Riyadh schools. But classrooms open more directly onto outdoor air and pick up rural dust more readily.
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Dust from unpaved roads and nearby wadis
Khashm Heet hill and Wadi Al Sulay ring the school, and the surrounding roads remain unpaved, so fine dust enters the classrooms and hallways without stop, especially on hot and windy days.
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Open-air playground and sandy courtyard
The school's playground and outdoor courtyard are not fully paved, so sand and earth that children carry on their shoes into classrooms and corridors after each break accumulate faster than in city schools.
What's Included
Heet sits far from central Riyadh, near Khashm Heet hill and Wadi Al Sulay, and the unpaved roads surrounding it mean dust and earth enter the school building continuously through the year.
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Classrooms and desks
Open-air classrooms in Heet village need denser cleaning to combat the continuous dust drift from unpaved roads and nearby wadis.
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Corridors and stairs
Windows and cracks in classroom walls are the main entry points for fine dust, so cleaning them takes extra time.
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Canteen and eating area
The sandy play area and outdoor courtyard are cleaned before the classrooms to stop sand from entering them after pupil break time.
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Washrooms and disinfection
Hallways and entrances need daily dust removal carried in on children's shoes from outside the school grounds.
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Labs and their sinks
Furniture and desks in classrooms are wiped weekly because dust settles on them faster than in city schools.
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Work outside teaching hours
Once cleaning is done, classrooms are left open to outdoor air briefly before pupils arrive so they do not detect strong cleaning scents.
The character of Heet
Rural area: farms, open ground and scattered homes
Heet is a small village on historic agricultural land, so its single school serves a limited number of pupils from one extended family. But the classrooms remain open to the rural environment far more than city schools do.
How we work
Visit and survey
Schedule outside teaching hours
Clean top to bottom
Walk-through and handover
Some of our work
Photos from our team's work.
Landmarks of Heet
Crews navigate around Khashm Heet hill, Wadi Al Sulay and New Kharj Road, so Heet visits are scheduled to reach the school directly via New Kharj Road without detours, and arrival times are coordinated based on surrounding road conditions.
- Khashm Heet hill
- New Kharj Road
- Wadi Al Sulay
Other services in Heet
The room and the building around it are on one list.
