Raghwat Al Janoub Maintenance and Cleaning
School cleaning in King Abdulaziz, Riyadh
King Abdulaziz is an older district in east central Riyadh built near the former airport, now filled with multi-storey apartment blocks close to busy arterial roads like Khurais Road. Schools here sit sandwiched between main roads and residential towers, so they face constant dust from traffic and the noise of major routes running past their gates throughout the day.
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 King Abdulaziz
In King Abdulaziz schools we see vehicle dust building up on floors and boards faster than in other areas because of the proximity to main roads and constant traffic flow. The whole method is set out in our notes on school cleaning.
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Classrooms wedged between apartment blocks and arterial roads
Schools in this older district sit within dense housing blocks next to Khurais, Al Ahsa and Al Nahda Roads, so classrooms facing the street absorb vehicle dust and noise directly throughout the day without natural distance or screening.
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Vehicle dust settles fast on floors
Heavy traffic on neighbouring roads sends fine particles from vehicle exhaust drifting into the school building, settling on floors, furniture and boards faster than schools in quieter areas further from main routes experience.
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Older windows in older residential buildings
Many schools here occupy floors in older apartment blocks with windows that do not seal tight, so dust and sand drift in easily with air movement, especially in spring and summer when winds pick up off the nearby roads.
What's Included
The district sits between Khurais Road, Al Ahsa Road and Al Nahda Road, and these main routes let vehicle dust and sand drift easily into classrooms and corridors through windows and vents.
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Classrooms and desks
Dust from major roads makes daily sweeping essential in every classroom, not just weekly cleaning.
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Corridors and stairs
Classrooms facing Khurais Road need extra vacuuming because dust settles there faster.
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Canteen and eating area
Old windows in the building allow dust and sand to drift in easily, so cleaning them inside and out is necessary.
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Washrooms and disinfection
Boards, chairs and desks carry street dust layers, so they need repeated cleaning during a single day.
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Labs and their sinks
Corridors between classrooms collect vehicle dust through openings and windows, so the vacuum needs to run there regularly.
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Work outside teaching hours
Ventilating after cleaning may let dust back in if winds are strong from the road side, so windows close during peak traffic hours.
Landmarks of King Abdulaziz
Cleaning teams schedule visits by locating schools in relation to Khurais Road and Al Ahsa Road, reaching schools near these routes at times that avoid peak morning and evening traffic.
- Khurais Road
- Al Ahsa Road
- Al Nahda Road
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.
What is different about Central Riyadh
Central Riyadh is the oldest and busiest part of the city. Olaya and Sulaimaniyah carry the office towers along King Fahd Road and Tahlia Street, including Kingdom Centre and Al Faisaliah, while Al Malaz, Al Murabba, Al Batha and Al Dirah are older apartment blocks with shops on the ground floor, the Masmak quarter and the markets around Qasr Al Hukm. Heavy traffic on the main roads coats glass and shopfronts in a grey exhaust film, older stairwells and tiled corridors show worn grout and scale from the hard water, and the commercial buildings never stop taking footfall.
Other services in King Abdulaziz
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