International Institute of Care to Buildings

Military Custodial Services Manual Army TM 5-609; Navy Navfac MO-125; Air Force AFM 91-2

DEPARTMENTS OF THE ARMY AND THE NAVY
NO. 1 WASHINGTON, DC, 17 October 1977

This change contains instructional and custodial maintenance requirements of carpets used in service facilities, other than medical and industrial facilities.
TM 5-609, 25 September 1969 is changed as follows:
Changed material is indicated by a star.
Remove old pages and insert revised pages

Purpose and Scope.
This manual provides commanders at Department of Defense installations with methods of accomplishing custodial services, establishes cleaning standards, and states passenger elevator operation procedures. It applies to all Department of Defense installations which have building maintaining responsibility. It implements DOD Instruction 4165.11, 24 January 1967.

Content.
This manual contains instructions for determining custodial workload, technical information on cleaning agents and equipment, and practical methods for custodial services in Department of Defense installations. Special emphasis is placed on the care of floors as considerable damage has resulted to floors in the past due to careless and improper custodial practices. It is also intended to serve as a text for training custodial and elevator operator personnel. Chapter 6 contains step-bystep outlines for common phases of custodial work that may be found particularly helpful for on-thejob use.