Cleaning warehouse floors

outdoorprowash

outdoorprowash

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i need to give prices on 3k, 5k and 10k Sq Ft. warehouse floors. It is for when a company moves out to prep for new move in. They have been using several men and pressure washers and floor squeegees. He wants to keep bids on file for jobs that may come up about every one or two months. I never did this before .... the best way would be surface cleaner with vaccuum system right? Just a dust wash so maybe 4k or 5k sq ft per hour???? Am I in the ball park??
 
If that's what he said it's total BS!!! he's got guys with pressure washers and squeegees but wants to keep bids on file?? Please!!

If it's dust & light dirt, wash it out the dock door. Forklift traffic embedded rubber from the tires, hot water surface cleaner, and wash it out the dock door.

This guy ain't gonna pay for recovery. He's looking for someone to do it cheap but better than the jack legs in there now.


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Guy, I have to apologize for not mentioning this is for a friend of mine who actually gets these jobs and wants to sub out to me. He hires me for several jobs a year and was looking for other things I could do for him. It actually came up when we were looking at hydrotek surface cleaners this past weekend.

I honestly hadn't thought much about the tire marks, so I'm glad I posted. I was mainly looking at recovery as an efficient means to get it out the dock door. I thought I might rent something. I might be able to wash it out thr door just as fast maybe, do you think? You would think I would know this but I never thought there was any money in concrete and just starting commercial.
 
There is a little bit more to it than that.

There will be low spots where the water will pool and not move too good.

There will be walls that they might not want getting wet, like sheetrock.

You will need a shopvac at minimum to deal with the low spots and to keep walls from getting soaked with the vacuberm or vacuboom.

No matter how good the floor looks, you don't know anything until you start pouring water on the floor and watching the water to see if it moves to a low spot, if it stays or if it soaks into cracks and shows up somewhere else, like somewhere you don't want water to be.

Even with squeegees, it can be a real pita if the foundation is sloping toward the back wall, I have done dozens of those and it helps to have squeegees and vacuums but it is a lot easier with the vacuum surface cleaners with vacuum system.

I had an 8k sq.ft. warehouse that was empty but from 1/2 way to the back wall, the foundation sloped towards the back wall (the soil probably shifted when the building was occupied with equipment, it happens here a lot) so when washing, all the water from the 1/2 way all went to the back wall. There were restrooms there along with a small office so it turned into a huge mess quickly. Just looking at the floor you could not see the slope but it was there.

You really never know what you are getting into so you need to be prepared. After you do some of them, you will know what I am talking about and know how to deal with them.

Don't just take chances, especially if there is sheetrock that can get wet and then have mold issues, that will get expensive real quick.

Unless you put a large level on the floor and check the whole floor, There are very few times you can push all the water out the door, at least here there are not that many great, flat, level floors in warehouses.

Good Luck.
 
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Thanks guy. I have a 5 gpm and a 4 gpm I can run together. Of course I can rent machines if I need more. Has anyone tried one of those floor scrubber like you see in lowes or home depot? Maybe if I could rent one but these floors might be too dirty??
 
We own a Tennant M-20 scrubber/sweeper and have done well with it. Sometimes we wash if it's un level concrete but M-20 is much faster and no water left.
 
A high gpm unit and rinse down for 10k sq ft should take about 2 hours. Even if the floor is sloped a little it will be easier to push the water and debris with the higher flow. A lower flow machine you may be looking at 4-6 hours. Squeegee time may vary based on the layout of the shop and if you have to surface clean it recovery while you wash would be the best method.
 
Paul Kassander said:
A high gpm unit and rinse down for 10k sq ft should take about 2 hours. Even if the floor is sloped a little it will be easier to push the water and debris with the higher flow. A lower flow machine you may be looking at 4-6 hours. Squeegee time may vary based on the layout of the shop and if you have to surface clean it recovery while you wash would be the best method.
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Thanks Paul, for bringing back to earth.
 
Christopher said:
..No matter how good the floor looks, you don't know anything until you start pouring water on the floor and watching the water to see if it moves to a low spot.. ..it helps to have squeegees and vacuums but it is a lot easier with the vacuum surface cleaners with vacuum system.

Don't just take chances, especially if there is sheetrock that can get wet and then have mold issues, that will get expensive real quick.

Unless you put a large level on the floor and check the whole floor, There are very few times you can push all the water out the door,
at least here there are not that many great, flat, level floors in warehouses. .. .. Good Luck.
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A "LASER-level" could be a really cool tool. Eh?
arent they about $15. at Harbor Freight ?? ..and Sears has better ones.

Paul Kassander said:
..Squeegee time may vary based on the layout of the shop and if you have to surface clean it..
..recovery while you wash would be the best method.
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outdoorprowash said:
Thanks Paul, for bringing back to earth.
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you know I vote for an efficient Vacuuming Surface Cleaner..
WHy waste ANY time.. ..SUCK IT UP and be DONE !!
 
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