HH204 HOUSEKEEPING MANAGEMENT: 2013

Friday, 11 October 2013

MATERIALS , CONSTRUCTION , FINISH , COLOUR AND SIZE & QUALITY OF SHEETS AND PILLOW CASES

a) MATERIALS

Cotton and polycot
Cotton polyester blends
Linen

b) CONSTRUCTION

The resultant fabric is rough and looks dull when cotton fibres in a blend
Plain weave is the most use for sheeting
The night spread or crinkle sheet made in the seersucker
Fabric for sheeting are graded by their thread coint and tensile strength

c) FINISH

Finishing treatments (bleaching, mercerizing and saniforizing)
Cotton-polyester sheets are normally modified during manufacturing to provide a permanent press or no-iron effect

d) COLOUR AND SIZE

White
Torn sheet size or cut sheet size

e) QUALITY

Marked '1F/12S-81 x 104 in' (contains 1-dozen 1st quality and 12-dozen 2nd quality double sheets)

MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION AND FINISHES OF BLANKET

a) MATERIAL

Woolen blankets are widely used in hotels
Non-flammable
Non-wool blankets lack resilience, not warm or fluffy, cost less and easily laundered
5 categories of fabric use in manufacturing:

wool
acrylic
cotton polyester
olefin

b) CONSTRUCTION

Single-needle punched (used for low priced blankets)
Fibre-woven (involves a double-needle procedure that push the fibre through the blanket and pull it back)
Loom-woven(gives the most durable product and used for all premium blankets)
Moulded ( constructed of nylon flocking moulded onto polyurethane foam)

c) FINISHES

Blanket maybe finished in two ways

MATERIAL AND FINISHES OF BEDSPREADS

a) MATERIALS

Complement the colours and other design elements in the guestroom
Synthetic fabrics are dominating the bedspreads in hotels
Most hotel prefer to have washable bedspread fabric

b) FINISHES

Often sat or folded and stack away for later use
The material should be crease-proof
The fabric also be fire-retardant

MATERIAL, FINISHES, COLOUR AND SIZE OF PILLOWS

a) MATERIAL

Natural or synthetic fillings
Synthetic filling may consist of either polyester fibre or foam
Foam is generally not used in hotel piilows
The fabric usually made of 100 per cent cotton or polycot

b) FINISHES

Considered are pillows that :

hypo-allergenic
mildew-proof
moth-proof
flame-retardant
fluid-proof

c) COLOUR AND SIZE

White ticking
White-on-white pattern

SOFT FURNISHINGS

a) CURTAINS

Not soil easily or collect dust
Should washable and resistant to fading from sunlight
Provide privacy without blocking sunlight during anytime

b) MATERIAL

Abrasion from being drawn together and apart
Being brush against
Rubbing against the floor and the window frames and sills
The abrasion resistance of the curtain depends upon its compenent fibres
Silk is an expensive fabric and used to create a luxurious ambience

c) CONSTRUCTION

Fabrics that are compactly woven are less likely to burn than those that are loosely woven
Cushion covers (not soil easily or collect dust, should be washable)
Upholstery (should be strong resistant to soiling, closely woven with non fluffy surface, resistant to snagging, should not cling to guest clothes

PLANNING THE LINEN AND UNIFORM ROOM

a) LOCATION

linen centre room

linen room that have on every floor

has an easy flow from linen room to the laundry
has at every floor of the hotel
has a facilitate easy issue and receipt of linen from the gust floor and other departments
good distance from main kitchen and other department
have proper ventilation facilities

b) SPACE

depend on the size of the hotel and activities to be carried out in the linen room
minimum area requirement is 6 feet

c) ENTRANCE

minimum requirement is 4 feet wide
stable door is recommended to stop the entry of a unauthorized entry easily

d) WALLS AND FLOOR

the floor must be sturdy to bear the load of heavy trolley
tiles should be cheap and painted from material that easy to clean
tiles wall are best and recommended

e) LIGHTNING AND VENTILATION

kept away from light
decreased the amount of air and the air must be free of humidity
temperature required is 20 c

f) STORAGE

linen storage shelf should be design for maximum use of space
there should be a clearance of shelf from ground should be 6 feet
depth of shelf should be 18-20 if they are shattered to wall
depth of shelf should be 30-40 inches wide
cover the shelf with curtain to avoid dust

g) SOILED LINEN AREA

should be large to accommodate all soiled linen
should have space to sort and count the linen and to move trolley
the floor store area of linen should be consist of a surface that do not stain damp linen

h) LINEN EXCHANGE COUNTER

do not have the grill
should be wide
counter should be close when there is no one in it

i) UNIFORM STORE AREA

uniform hang on a hanger
uniform been separated by designation and department
located to store areas

j) LINEN SUPERVISOR DESK

the location should have a good view of entire room
have a telephone on the desk

k) GUEST LAUNDRY AREA

guest laundry must be stored, marked and recorded before sent to guest laundry area
the laundry must be stored according to room number
must have a table or mobile rail to hang the cloth
a sink and iron table is necessary for hotel with no OPL

l) INSPECTION AREA

consist of a large inspection table
100-room property require a table of about 10 feet*6 feet size
a folding table or one that may be dismantled is ideal
the colour of the tabletop should contrast with the colour of linen

ROOM LINEN EXCHANGE PROCEDURE

Floor supervisor counts the soiled linen on the floor and enters the counts into the room linen control form
The room linen control form prepared in two copies and sent with the soiled linen to the linen room
The linen keeper again counts the soiled linen and stamps 'RECEIVED' on the form. One copy will be returned after tally and the rest will be retained
The room linen supervisor issues fresh linen on a to one basis. If the linen room is short of fresh linen at the point of time, the supervisor enters the balance amount and issues them with the next lot