Building Facade Cleaning

The Importance of Building Cleaning

You may be tempted to leave your building untouched in the name of economy, however, that is not a good idea. As your property accumulates dirt particles from air pollution, algae, lichen and bird droppings, it will look untidy. As well as giving a poor impression to potential clients, tenants, suppliers and your staff, the contamination can damage the fabric of the building meaning that your major asset will depreciate significantly.

DIY Building Cleaning is not a good idea

Sending out your own staff, armed with a high pressure washer is false economy. Simply blasting the contamination off will do as much damage, if not more, than leaving the building to deteriorate naturally. Not only does high pressure washing remove the soiling, it also removes surfaces that have been weakened and creates microscopic damage to sound surfaces. This leaves the building vulnerable to further damage unless repairs are made.  Then you have the hassle of managing the project and ensuring that you are buying in the right chemicals, the right application, hiring equipment that will allow them to access the highest parts of the building and the associated Health and Safety stresses.

What can APT do for you?

We have the fully trained staff and the equipment to tackle any building cleaning project safely and efficiently. You do not need to worry about Health and Safety or sourcing the right equipment. 

To clean a building correctly, without causing damage, requires specialist low pressure cleaning apparatus whose operators know exactly how to get the best out of it. Different areas of your building will need a different treatment depending on the access, contamination and building substrate.  

We have:

·         Rope access teams

·         Cherry pickers

·         Scissor lifts

·         Soda blasting equipment

·         Low pressure steam cleaning machines

·         Other specialist  building cleaning equipment and techniques

We are experienced cladding cleaners and lead the field in the cleaning of k render surface cleaning and also delicate architectural work, such as that found on historic and listed buildings.

Customising your Project

You will be visited by one of our experienced team leaders who will assess your exact needs. The survey will take into account Health and Safety, access and the techniques required for all parts of your cleaning project. This ensures that your dedicated building cleaning team will arrive with the correct materials and equipment to enable your job to progress quickly and smoothly without interruption to your staff, the public and other contractors. 

Customised Cleaning

At APT, we understand how different soiling is bonded to the substrate therefore our first visit to your premises will not involve any cleaning. We will carry out a full survey of your site to establish what type of soiling is present in each area in order that we can plan exactly what is needed to clean your property efficiently and without damage. On the appointed day and time, our building cleaning team will arrive with the correct materials and equipment so no time will be wasted travelling backwards and forwards to pick up forgotten products or equipment.

But that's not all. We look at how we can minimise disruption to your daily business routine or tenants, problems of access plus all aspects of health and safety too. For a commercial building on an industrial estate, that's generally straightforward, however, for social housing, care homes, country houses and other buildings with limited or soft ground access, it is a different story. With over 30 years’ experience to call on, you can be assured of a comprehensive approach that other companies cannot provide, giving you complete peace of mind.

We have a wide range of cutting-edge equipment with fully trained staff who can carry out any building cleaning job professionally:

• Rope access teams
• Cherry pickers
• Scissor lifts and other hydraulic access machinery
• Soda blasting equipment
• Low pressure steam cleaning machines or Doff type cleaning systems
• High and low pressure washers
• Dry ice blasting
• Other specialist building cleaning equipment and techniques

What can be cleaned from your building?

The answer is simple; we can remove virtually any type of soiling. If you have been hit by graffiti 'artists' we have effective non-chemical methods for removing it. Examples of other soiling that we routinely remove from façades, cladding, brick and stonework are:

• Micro-organisms such as green and black algae, lichen, fungi
• Bacterial staining
• Carbon and other pollutants
• Scale, rust marks, bitumen and efflorescence staining
• UV light and other discolouration

Environmentally Friendly Building Cleaning

The benefits of environmentally friendly building cleaning are numerous, well documented and often discussed. We use only environmentally friendly cleaning products and techniques which help safeguard the health and safety of the fabric of the building, the occupants, our cleaning technicians and on a grander scale, the planet!

How to Obtain the Best Building Cleaning Services

Contact APT building cleaning services now on 01495 308 048 for a no-obligation chat about how we can benefit your business. We will provide all the protection required to minimise disruption and inconvenience to the public and your daily business routine, including 'out-of-hours' working where necessary.