Indoor Power Scrubbing Winnipeg
Indoor parkades and parking garages provide a comfortable environment in Winnipeg winters for drivers, but they also collect dirt year-round by bringing in sand and salt from the roadways. Our parkade cleaning services help remove build-up without compromising your drainage systems.
Why is power scrubbing needed for your parkades?
- Reduces build up in drainage systems. Drains are an important function in parkades
Odours can collect in corners and floors
Critical for proper foundation care
Remove abrasive materials
Reduce liability exposure
- Reduce dust inside the building
What our service includes:
Dedicated power sweeping machines to pick up loose debris
- Specialized power scrubbing machines for parkades – they suck up the water instead of sending it to drains
Hand scraping and lifting of compacted dirt and stuck on materials
Corner clearing with brooms and blowers
Off-site debris disposal
Power Scrubbing FAQs
Unless you are getting regular monthly or bi-weekly service, every parkade cleaning needs to start with power sweeping to remove built-up dirt and debris. Without this first step, the scrubber won’t be able to properly clean the surface of the parkade. Even with regular service, there may be times where the sweeper needs to run first.
The main difference between pressure washing and power scrubbing is where the water goes. With pressure washing all the dirt, oil and grime that is being lifted out of your parkade floors only has one place to go – down the drain. You’re simply moving the problem from one area of your building to another.
With power scrubbing, the water is sucked up into the reservoir on the machine and doesn’t end up down the drain. You hire us to remove the grime, not just move it. However, there are some parkades that a power scrub isn’t possible and a pressure wash is the only way to get at the grime. We also do pressure washing of vertical surfaces that the power scrubber can’t get to.
Cleaning time depends on a few factors:
- how much dirt there is
- what condition the surface is in
- how much area needs to be cleaned
- the layout
- traffic/obstacles in the way during cleaning
With that in mind, most cleanings take between 2-5 hours.
When the parking lot or parkade isn’t completely empty, it actually causes more work for our crews and makes the job take longer. We also can’t do as good a job as we would like. We simply advise for the best cleaning possible to make sure vehicles are moved before we get there and for scrubbing, keep cars off the surface until it dries.
Both cleanings start by sweeping up all the loose debris with a power sweeper, but for the indoor parkades, we also use a wet scrubbing machine to get the built up grime and help remove odours.
Indoor and covered parking lots don’t get access to nature’s bath – rain. We need to bring in the bath.
Our clients often comment on how much better their parkades smell after a cleaning. You might even be able to eat off your parkade floors when we’re done with it – but we still wouldn’t recommend it!