Warehouse District

Exterior cleaning in Warehouse District

The Warehouse District is converted brick industrial building: tall elevations, large window openings, loading bays turned into entrances, and a lot of exposed masonry. The surfaces are harder than the residential neighborhoods around it, but the buildings are old, so the mortar is the limiting factor rather than the brick.

What we focus on here

• Building exteriors and brick frontage
• Storefront and commercial glass
• Sidewalks, entries, and loading areas
• Out-of-hours scheduling

Height, hard surfaces, and trading hours

Most of the work here is commercial: frontage, glass, sidewalks, and service areas. Tall elevations need proper access rather than spraying up from ground level, which drives water into joints and openings. Scheduling matters as much as method, and we work outside trading hours where a business needs it.

Working at height on old masonry

Tall elevations cannot be washed from the ground. Spraying upward at a masonry wall drives water into the joints and into window heads and openings, which on a converted building with original mortar is how you get water inside. Proper access means the spray can be kept level or angled downward, which is the only way to clean a tall wall without pushing water into it.

The brick is hard and the buildings are industrial, but the mortar is as old as the structure, so the pressure limit is set by the joints exactly as it is on a residential historic building.

Frontage, glass, and the sidewalk

Most of what a customer sees is the first storey: the glass, the entry, and the sidewalk in front of it. Large window openings mean a lot of glass, and on converted loading bays the frames are often steel and worth keeping the water out of. Sidewalk and entry areas take a surface cleaner and pick up chewing gum, spills and traffic film that need a degreaser rather than an algae solution.

All of it schedules better outside trading hours, and we work that way where a business needs it.