Cleaning Warehouse Floors, Surfaces & Vehicles

Warehouse Outside

SweepersScrubber dryerPressure washerLitter snout

Surface Defined

Tarmac, Concrete and Concrete block paving, Brick Paving, Asphalt and Natural Stone.

A general cleaning and maintenance programme is required for the control of dust, dirt, packaging debris, leaf fall, litter and spills.

Main uses

Carparks, loading and delivery bays, walkways, perimeter roads.

Notes

The Health & Safety Executive provide guidelines about the prevention of accidents at work in relation to the provision of non-slip surfaces.

Well known suppliers of different types of hard floor surfaces are: Altro, Elgood, Forbo, Gerland, Isocrete, Eponite and Shaw’s of Darwen.

Warehouse Product

Wet & dry vacuumSafety vacumPressure washer

Surface Defined

Stored products have the potential to cause spillages, especially powder, glass, chemical, oil and granular products. Dust build up and packaging waste are also common.

Main uses

Shrink wrap, packaging, boxes, drums, plastic & glass bottles.

Notes

Dealing with spills etc can be straight forward and usually consists of Wet and Dry spills that need a clean-up requiring either scrubber drying, sweeping or vacuuming.

Distribution Vehicles

Wet & dry vacuumSafety vacuumPressure washer Security locks

Surface Defined

Vehicle load areas, trailers, inside the hold area of a lorry, the cab and external vehicle cleaning.

Main uses

Lorries, vans, trailers, fork lift trucks or any other working vehicle.

Notes

Mud and Dirt build up on vehicles, spills and packing debris from containers, drums and boxes in transit. Pressure washing or steam cleaning is the best source of cleaning. A static system is ideal where an area for this purpose exists, otherwise a mobile unit could be used.