Dirt lock
The dirt lock is a functional area in buildings . It is the transition between the indoor and outdoor areas, or between areas that are affected differently by dirt and in which different hygiene and cleaning requirements are made, for example between production and administration in an industrial company. The dirt lock is intended to reduce the entry of dirt and thus serves the maintenance of real estate.
In residential and office buildings, department stores and similar commercial properties, the dirt lock is spatially identical to the entrance . The entrance area fulfills the function of a dirt trap through the selection of suitable floor coverings, for example gratings , rubber profiles or floor mats made of coconut or sisal fibers . The visitor should take at least six to eight steps on the dirt trap zone and must not have the opportunity to bypass the dirt lock. Such measures can intercept up to 80% of the dirt that is usually carried inside.
On a farm , the dirt lock consists of a separate room near the house entrance, in which work clothes can be changed. Here there can be a washing facility (shower, sink), storage facilities for clean and used work clothes and shoes as well as cleaning agents, possibly also a separate washing machine.
Remarks
- ↑ Martin Lutz: Practical Guide for Building Cleaning . Landsberg / Lech 2008, p. 15.
- ↑ The ancillary rooms deserve special interest - household rooms in rural households. BWagrar 49-2008 (PDF file; 587 kB).