The Telure Standard for a locker room

Floor drain flow and trap check: drain by drain

Drain by drain, including the ones in the corners nobody walks: pour a bucket of water at the grate and watch it go. It should take the water away without backing up, without standing at the edge, and without a smell coming back at you, which is what a dried out trap gives you. Lift each grate, clear the strainer of hair and lint, and confirm the grate seats flat with its fasteners present. Record the drains that were slow by their own label rather than as a count, so the one that is always slow becomes visible. Weekly is the interval because a trap in a drain nothing has run for a fortnight dries out, and because a drain that takes water slowly today is a wet floor by the end of the month. Where these rooms serve a pool, these are the drains taking the rinse and shower water off a floor everybody crosses barefoot, so a slow one puts standing water exactly where the traffic is. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.

Shower temperature reading: fixture by fixture

Fixture by fixture, run each shower until the temperature settles, hold a thermometer in the stream, and write the number into the note beside that fixture's own label. Then push the handle to its stop and read it again, because the number at the stop is the one that matters. Flag anything that reads above your own documented set point, anything a user can push past the stop, anything that swings when another fixture is opened, and anything that will not reach temperature at all. Weekly, because a mixing valve drifts slowly and a set point gets turned up quietly by whoever thought the water was cold, and a drift is only visible as a series of numbers taken the same way each time. Telure records the reading you take; it measures nothing itself, and the limit is the one your own written set point and your jurisdiction give you. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.

Wet floor surface and matting inspection

The floor itself this time, rather than what is on it. Walk the wet side with the room empty and dry: grout at the shower entries and along the traffic line, thresholds and transitions between the wet and dry sides, polished or worn patches where everybody turns, tile tapped for the hollow sound that says it has let go, chipped or rounded nosings at any step or ramp, and sealant at the wall base. Then every run of matting: curled or lifted edges, splits, sections gone missing, backing hardened, and soap film underneath where it has not been picked up to clean. Monthly, because wear is cumulative and invisible day to day: the daily walk answers whether the floor is wet, this answers whether the floor is worn. Nothing here is a slip resistance measurement, which is an instrumented test somebody is paid to do; file their report against the yearly inspection instead. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.

Locker bank, bench and partition anchor check

Bank by bank with a hand on each one: push and pull at the top of every locker bank, at both ends and in the middle, and watch the wall fixings and the feet while you do it. Wall anchors and back rail fixings present and tight, no movement at the wall, no rock on the feet, base trim fitted, banks bolted to each other where they were built to be, and nothing stored on top. Then every bench: legs and floor fixings for the freestanding ones, and brackets, wall fixings and the fixing wall itself for the wall hung ones, which take their whole load at the back corner. Then the partitions and privacy screens at their brackets, floor shoes and headrails. Monthly, because anchors work loose from door slams and, far more often, because a bank or a bench was unbolted for a floor repair or a deep clean and not everything went back. Record each unit by its own label. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.

Ventilation, drying and moisture inspection

Two halves of one problem. First the extract: hold a single sheet of tissue against each exhaust grille and confirm the grille holds it, look at grilles, diffusers and any accessible fan for lint and dust loading, and confirm the room actually clears within an hour of peak use. Then walk the room for where it is not drying: condensation still standing on mirrors, lockers or the ceiling, a musty smell, damp or dark staining at the wall base, on ceiling tiles, around pipe penetrations, under bench supports and behind locker banks, blistered paint, soft or missing grout, and black speckling along the sealant lines. Open one ceiling access panel and look up with a light. Monthly, because both failures are slow: a fan loses air over months as lint loads it, and growth follows a leak by weeks rather than days, so monthly is when the stain that was not there last time is still small. Airflow rates are an engineered design figure and a balancing contractor's measurement, not something this check produces. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.

Hot water source reading and low use fixture flush

At the water heater and the master mixing or tempering valve serving these rooms: read and record the storage temperature and the tempered outlet temperature, confirm the lockable stop is where the record says it is and that the setting is still marked, and look at the plant itself for weeping unions, a relief valve discharge pipe that is clear and terminating where it should, corrosion staining under the tank, and insulation intact. Then run every shower, tap, hose bib and eyewash that these rooms do not use in a normal week until it reaches full temperature, and record which ones you ran. Monthly, because a set point that has been moved is only detectable by reading it, and a fixture nothing runs through sits stagnant between uses. Water treatment, testing and any sampling belong to your building's water management program and its contractor: Telure records the readings, the flush and the report filed against them. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.

Lighting and emergency light walk

Count the fittings out rather than glancing around: every lamp lit, none flickering or strobing, lenses present and neither fogged nor cracked, no fitting in a shower or drying area with a broken lens or a corroded body, and nothing dark over a wet floor, at a step, at a shower entry, in a changing stall or on the route to the exit. Then press the test button on each emergency fitting and each illuminated exit sign, watch it stay lit, and record which ones you tested and which ones did not hold. Monthly, because lamps fail one at a time and a room lit at half strength is dimmest in exactly the place the floor is wet, and because a battery fitting only ever proves itself by being tested. Duration testing and the interval your own jurisdiction sets govern. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.

Deep clean verification: showerheads, drains, grout and contact surfaces

This is the check on the cleaning rather than the cleaning itself, so do it after the scheduled deep clean and not during it. Showerhead faces free of scale and spraying evenly, drain strainers pulled and cleared, grout and sealant lines clean and unstained, bench tops and the undersides nobody turns over, locker bottoms and the floor beneath the banks, hand contact surfaces from door handles and latches to hooks and drying rails, and the corners where build up starts. Confirm the product used matches the surface it went on and that the dwell time on the label was actually given rather than wiped straight off. Monthly, because a cleaning schedule nobody verifies is a rota rather than a record, and because scale and film build slowly enough that the only way to see it is against last month's note. Where these rooms serve a pool, this is the surface swimmers stand on barefoot on the way in and on the way out. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.

Privacy and sightline walk

Done from where people actually undress, not from the doorway. Stand or sit at each bench run, each changing stall and each shower entry and answer two questions: what can be seen from here, and what can see in. Doors and closers pulling fully shut, curtains and screens hung full length and not unhooked, latches and occupancy indicators working, no gap opened at a partition, no window with its film worn or scratched through, no propped door, no mirror repositioned so that it now carries a view around a screen, and nothing with a lens (a phone left on charge, a camera fitted for some other purpose, an unattended device) with a view into a changing, shower or toilet area. Then the supervision side: note which parts of the room cannot be seen from the door, so your own arrangements are made against a map rather than a memory. Quarterly, because sightlines change whenever fixtures, mirrors, screens and furniture are moved, and film and door hardware wear. What is permitted in a changing room is set by your own policy and by the law where you operate: this check records what was looked at and what was found, and takes no position on either. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.

Accessible fixture, grab bar and route check

At every accessible shower compartment, toilet compartment, bench and locker: put a hand on each grab bar and each folding seat and pull. Nothing moves at the wall, no fastener missing or backed out, no rotation in the bracket, and the seat folds down, holds level and folds back. Then the things that are taken away rather than broken: the route to the fixture clear and unstored, the transfer space clear, doors openable with a closed fist, the accessible locker and its bench where they belong and not reassigned or blocked with kit, and hooks, shelves and dispensers still at the heights they were fitted to. Quarterly, because these are the fixtures used least and turned into storage most, and the person who discovers a blocked accessible route the hard way is the person least able to deal with it. Where a fixture has been replaced, register the replacement and retire the one that came out, so each one's history stays attached to it rather than to a label on a wall. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.

Staff locker room, janitor closet and chemical storage inspection

The staff side of the room, which gets walked past rather than walked. Staff lockers and change area clean, dry and ventilated, with street clothes stored apart from protective clothing wherever staff are expected to wear any, a handwash station with soap and towels, and the eyewash flushed and the flush dated. Then the closet: chemicals in labeled original containers with lids closed, incompatible products separated, every decanted bottle labeled, safety data sheets to hand and current, spill kit complete, mop sink draining and its backflow fitting intact, the closet locked, and the PPE staff are expected to wear stocked and serviceable. Quarterly, because stock rotates and an unlabeled decanted bottle appears within weeks of anybody being in a hurry. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.

Diaper changing unit and family changing room check

Unit by unit: the table opens and holds level, the hinges or struts hold it at rest instead of dropping, the restraint strap is fitted, whole and buckling, the surface is unbroken with no split or cracked seam that cannot be cleaned, the wall mounting fasteners are tight with no movement at the outer corner, the weight capacity and instruction labeling is present and legible, and liner stock and a handwash station are within reach of somebody who cannot let go. Then the family and private changing rooms: latch and occupancy indicator, seat or bench solid, floor dry, hooks and shelves fitted, and nothing stored in there. Quarterly, because a wall hung unit takes its whole load at the outer corner every single time it is used, and because a strap that has been cut off is a strap nobody reports. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.

Full locker room condition inspection and fixture inventory

Once a year, with the trades and with enough time to open things up and move them. Every locker bank opened, counted and its anchors checked from behind; benches lifted where the record calls for it; floor, grout and sealant gone over end to end; drains rodded and, where you have it done, camera surveyed; the water heater and the tempering valve serviced with the set point verified and recorded; ventilation flow measured by whoever measures it; and the emergency lighting given its duration test. Then the inventory half, which is the reason to do all of that with the room open: walk the registry against the room and make the two agree, adding the bank, bench, valve, drain, fan, seat or matting run that was fitted during the year and never registered, amending the registration entry where a serial was read wrong so the correction stands beside the original rather than replacing it, and retiring what has been taken out so its history stays attached to it rather than to a label on a wall. File every contractor's report against this task, record who did the work and the qualification they hold, and read the year's flags on this list to see which ones came back. Open a corrective-action item for every finding, with whoever owns it and when it is due written into its note, yours or an inspector's, so the closure of each one is on the record. Annual, because this is the only pass in the year that gets behind and underneath things, and its real value is the comparison with last year rather than the walk itself. Where your own jurisdiction or your insurer sets the frequency or the inspector's qualification, that governs. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.