Industrial Floor Cleaning & Degreasing
Industrial floors do not all respond the same way. Bare concrete, sealed concrete, epoxy coatings and polished slabs each tolerate different chemistry and different pad or brush pressure, and the soil on top can be anything from tyre marks to hydraulic oil.
Suitable for
- Warehouse and distribution floors with heavy lift-truck traffic
- Plant floors with oil, coolant or process soil
- Service bays, workshops and maintenance areas
- Facilities preparing for an audit, a photo shoot, a sale or a lease handover
Typical scope
What the work covers, area by area
Your final scope is written after the walkthrough. This is the shape it usually takes.
Assessment
- Identify the floor surface and any existing coating or sealer
- Assess soil type and depth: traffic marks, dust, oil, grease, coolant or product residue
- Complete a test area and review the result with you before proceeding
Cleaning and degreasing
- Machine scrubbing with pad or brush selection matched to the surface
- Targeted degreasing of identified areas with suitable products and dwell time
- Manual detail along edges, around fixed equipment, at columns and in corners
- Multiple passes where the soil load requires it
Residue and site management
- Recovery of wash water with the scrubber and wet vacuum
- Disposal of recovered water via an agreed and permitted route
- Signage, barriers and traffic control while surfaces are wet
- Confirmation that floors are dry and safe before the area is handed back
Service details
Everything else you may want to know
Open any topic for details, or contact us for a scope and price specific to your site.
About this service
So we identify the surface, assess the soil, run a test area and show you the result before committing to the whole floor. That is the honest way to do this work — no one can promise that every mark will lift.
Not included, or assessed separately
- Guaranteed removal of all staining. Embedded oil, rust, acid etching and mechanical damage may remain after cleaning.
- Concrete repair, crack filling, grinding, polishing or resurfacing
- New sealer, coating or line-marking application
- Hazardous or regulated waste handling and disposal
- Trench, sump and pit cleaning, which requires separate assessment
- Coating removal or stripping of industrial epoxy systems
Recurring service or a scheduled project
Recurring
Many sites keep a routine machine pass on a weekly or monthly cycle to hold the floor at a steady condition, with a heavier degrease at a longer interval.
One-time or scheduled project
A one-time restoration clean suits a floor that has fallen behind, a handover, an audit or the start of a new contract. We usually recommend this first, then a maintenance frequency afterwards.
Scheduling and access
Cleaning is available 24/7 and can be scheduled at any hour, including overnight and weekends, to work around your operations.
- Wet floors and traffic do not mix, so work is scheduled outside busy windows or zone by zone with barriers in place.
- We confirm water fill points, drainage or disposal arrangements and power availability before the visit.
- Areas must be clear of stock, pallets and equipment to be cleaned; what will be cleared is agreed in advance.
- Larger floors are usually split into sections across several visits so operations keep moving.
How this gets quoted and what affects price
Every scope starts with a walkthrough of your site. We look at the areas involved, the condition they are in, how the space is used during the day, and what access looks like. The written proposal that follows lists the areas, the tasks in each area, the frequency and who is responsible for what.
We do not publish rates, because they would be guesses. These are the factors that move the number for this service:
- Area to be cleaned and how much is open versus obstructed
- Soil type and how heavily loaded the floor is
- Surface type and whether it tolerates aggressive pads or chemistry
- Number of passes needed to reach the agreed result
- Edge and detail work around equipment, racking and columns
- Access hours, and whether the work is after hours or on a weekend
- Water supply and wastewater disposal arrangements on site
Example written scope
| Area | Tasks | Frequency | Responsibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test area | Method trial and review with client | Before start | ALD |
| Open floor | Machine scrub, multiple passes as needed | Project | ALD |
| Oil-affected zone | Targeted degrease with dwell and agitation | Project | ALD |
| Edges and corners | Manual detail work | Project | ALD |
| Area clearance | Stock and equipment moved out of the work zone | Before each section | Client |
| Wastewater | Recovery and disposal via agreed route | Project | Agreed at walkthrough |
Questions
Industrial Floor Cleaning & Degreasing — common questions
Will the floor look new afterwards?
Why do you insist on a test area?
Where does the dirty water go?
How long does the floor need to stay clear?
Can this be done during production?
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Read more →Request a walkthrough for industrial floor cleaning & degreasing
We will look at the site, confirm what is needed and prepare a written scope of work.