Describe your rooms, schedule, and tasks. Makeform builds a mobile-friendly hourly cleaning checklist for completed work, supplies, problems, and shift handoffs.
Send cleaning logs to Slack, Google Sheets, and Zapier.
Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a starting point, edit it, or send the prompt into the Makeform builder. Each example shows a practical structure.
Audience
Custodians checking high-traffic public restrooms
Format
Per-round checklist with supply and condition checks
Prompt size
285 chars
Example checklist structure
Per-round checklist with supply and condition checks
Cleaner, restroom, and scheduled round
Tasks completed this round
Soap and paper supply levels
Problem details and photo
Round completion time
Suggested routing tags
Round complete
Supplies needed
Maintenance issue
Use one submission per round. Time, location, cleaner, and exception fields distinguish completed work from unresolved problems.
Step 1
Identify
cleaner, location, shift, and scheduled hour
Step 2
Complete
tasks checked in a consistent room order
Step 3
Inspect
supplies, damage, spills, and access reviewed
Step 4
Escalate
exceptions routed with notes and photos
Why use an hourly log
A structured checklist records what was done, when it happened, what was unavailable, and which issue needs attention.
Give every cleaner an ordered task list while allowing not-needed and unable-to-complete responses.
Broken fixtures, blocked areas, and low stock can include notes, photos, and notifications.
One submission per round creates a filterable history by site, room, cleaner, hour, and outcome.
Built for busy facilities
Start with the closest workflow, then replace the sample tasks, locations, supplies, and escalation choices.
Fixtures, mirrors, floors, bins, odor, dispensers, consumables, and an exception route for leaks or damage.
Entry glass, counters, seating, elevators, high-touch surfaces, waste stations, and spill response in high-traffic zones.
Site and room selectors with conditional tasks, client-specific notes, cleaner identification, and supervisor routing.
Open issues, low supplies, inaccessible rooms, and unfinished work captured for the incoming cleaner or supervisor.
Checklist workflow
Keep routine entries quick, use longer questions for exceptions, and route problems separately.
List buildings, rooms, hours, frequency, shift coverage, and task standards.
Group work in walking order. Show photos, comments, and escalation only for problems.
Run a sample round, shorten labels, and make options easy to tap.
Post a link or QR code, notify supervisors about exceptions, and route structured logs.
Digital log vs paper sheet
The useful difference is whether the record captures status, timing, and reasons for incomplete work.
Field guide
Keep routine entries short, but collect enough context to make exceptions actionable.
Accountability
Prefilled identity fields distinguish each visit and keep records easy to filter.
Routine work
Arrange tasks as staff encounter them: fixtures, touchpoints, bins, then floors.
Consumables
Use simple stock levels for consumables and distinguish refilled from back-stock needed.
Exceptions
Ask staff to select a reason for blocked or unfinished work before adding a note.
Escalation
Collect issue severity, interim action, and the team that should follow up.
Review
Use consistent status values so completed rounds and exceptions can be reviewed separately.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for facilities managers, custodial supervisors, and cleaning contractors replacing paper sign-off sheets.
It is a scheduled log of location, cleaner, tasks, supplies, completion time, and issues needing follow-up. One submission per round creates a clear history.
Include fixtures, sinks, mirrors, partitions, handles, dispensers, floors, bins, odor, and consumables. Match tasks to the room and allow not needed or unable to complete statuses.
Use one submission per scheduled round when you need distinct time and exception records. Frequency can vary by site, traffic, or period.
Yes. Share the published form link or a QR code placed near the work area. Keep the routine path to short dropdowns, checkboxes, and status choices, then reveal longer notes or uploads only when the cleaner reports an exception.
Yes. Ask for the area type first, then show relevant task groups for restrooms, lobbies, food courts, gyms, or other zones.
Offer an unable-to-complete status and ask for the reason, immediate action, note, optional photo, and required follow-up. This distinguishes a missed entry from an occupied room, access problem, maintenance fault, or supply shortage.
Yes. Makeform provides unlimited free forms and responses, so you can generate, edit, publish, and collect cleaning rounds without a response cap. A paid tier is available to remove the Makeform badge.
Submissions appear in the Makeform inbox and can be sent into workflows such as Google Sheets, Slack, or Zapier. Use consistent site, room, time, and status fields so supervisors can separate completed rounds from low-stock, access, or maintenance exceptions.
Replace the sign-off sheet with a useful round record.
