Commercial Cleaning in Seattle

What commercial cleaning covers

• Open floors swept and machine scrubbed where the surface takes it
• Restrooms, plus changing rooms and showers if the site has them
• Break room, staff kitchen and the area around the vending machines
• Entrance, glass doors and the front desk people walk up to
• Trash out of every area to the dumpster, recycling kept apart
• Handles, switches, handrails and the shared equipment people touch all day

What is usually not included

• The machines themselves. Production equipment, workshop tools and gym machines are normally cleaned by the people who run them.
• Anything that needs a lift: high racking, ductwork, ceiling lights. Work at height is quoted on its own.
• Regulated waste — chemicals, solvents, anything with a disposal rule. That leaves the building through its own contractor.

When to book commercial cleaning

Choose this when your premises do not fit the other categories. Tell the cleaner the square footage and what the space is used for, because both change the price.

How long it takes

It depends on the square footage and on how much of it is open floor, so two buildings of the same size can take very different amounts of time. The first visit usually runs long, because the route through an unfamiliar building has to be worked out on the spot.

What makes the price go up

• The floor. Sealed concrete, epoxy, vinyl and safety matting are each a different job
• Whether the place is empty or people are working right through the shift
• Showers and changing rooms, which are a much longer stop than a restroom
• Site rules: a safety orientation, a safety vest, steel-toed boots, a badge to get in

What to ask before you book

• Will you come and walk the building before you give me a price?
• Do you do a floor like mine with a machine, or with a mop?
• What do you need my people to clear out of the way before you come?

What commercial cleaning looks like in Seattle

Seattle homes run from older wood-frame houses on hillside lots to condos and apartments, and the wet season stretches from fall into spring. Rain comes in indoors on shoes and coats. Bathrooms and closets with little airflow stay damp, windows fog, and the glass and sills in darker rooms hold a film that shows up when the light comes back.

Bathrooms and any room without much airflow need real time, not a wipe-down: fans, tile grout, window tracks and sills. Entryways and shoe piles take the brunt of the rain. Homes with lots of glass and hillside views need the interior glass done, or the whole clean reads as unfinished.