Industrial cleaning across Leicester
Leicester still makes things. Its manufacturing sector employed 20,000 people in 2018, according to the council’s Economic Development Needs Assessment, and it counted 62 employment areas across the city. They range from old textile mills near the centre to modern units on the big estates to the north and west.
Locus Services cleans factories, mills, food sites and warehouses across Leicester and Leicestershire. We can work 24/7, around your shifts or a planned shutdown, with risk assessments and method statements for every job.
Industrial cleaning: our work
Where we work in Leicester
The needs assessment says larger industrial demand is “focused around the large established industrial estates in the west and north of the City”, with occupiers in sectors including food and textiles. It also notes that much of the textile industry sits on the edge of the city centre and to the east, in “converted old mill properties/multi-storey warehouses”.
| Area | Typical buildings | What we often clean |
|---|---|---|
| Troon Industrial Estate and the north-east of the city | Factories, trade units and modern industrial buildings | Floors, roof steelwork, machinery surrounds and yards |
| Braunstone Frith and the west of the city | Older factory premises and large industrial units | Whole-unit deep cleans, often between tenants or before an audit |
| Mills and multi-storey buildings near the centre and to the east | Converted mills and multi-storey warehouses used by textile firms | Floors, stairs, ceilings and high windows, worked floor by floor |
| Food production sites | Production areas, chillers and stores | Deep cleans planned around production, plus cold store cleaning |
| Distribution parks around the city | Large storage and distribution sheds | High-level cleaning from MEWPs, planned in zones |
Older mills and modern units need different plans
A multi-storey mill brings its own problems: years of dust and fibre on ceilings, beams and window ledges, narrow stairs, goods lifts, and floors that can’t all be shut at once. We plan those jobs floor by floor, working from the top down so dust doesn’t fall onto areas we’ve already cleaned. We’ll also check whether anything in the building, such as asbestos or lead paint, needs specialist advice before we start.
A modern unit or distribution shed is more about scale and timing. Dust settles on racking, lighting and roof steelwork, and the challenge is working above live aisles or production lines. We split the building into zones and work through them from MEWPs, usually at the quietest times.
What an industrial clean covers
- High-level surfaces: roof steelwork, ducting, lighting and racking tops. See high level cleaning.
- Factories and warehouses: whole-site deep cleans, planned in phases. See warehouse and factory cleaning.
- Floors: scrubbing and degreasing, as well as factory floor painting and new walkway markings.
- Tanks, pits and voids: confined space cleaning by crews trained for the work.
- Roofline: gutter cleaning and skylight cleaning, so leaks and dull roof lights don’t undo the work inside.
- Bird fouling: safe, disinfected clearance of pigeon guano from roof spaces and old mill floors.
Ready for an audit, a customer visit or a new tenant
Many industrial cleans have a date attached: a customer or retailer audit, a lease ending, or a new tenant moving in. Tell us the date when you call and we’ll plan back from it. At the end you get photos and a work report, which can help as a record of the condition the building was left in.
For other premises in the city, see our commercial cleaning in Leicester page, or read more about our industrial cleaning service.
How an industrial clean works
- Free site survey: we walk the site with you and look at access, hazards, production and timings.
- RAMS and planning: you get a written quote, risk assessments and method statements, plus a plan for each zone or floor.
- The clean: our crews work through the agreed areas in the right PPE, with access equipment where it’s needed.
- Sign-off: we walk the site with you, and you get photos, a work report and any waste paperwork.
Accredited, insured and documented
Locus is SafeContractor-accredited, Constructionline Silver and a BICSc corporate member, and our operatives hold IPAF and CSCS cards. We’re registered with the Environment Agency as a waste carrier (CBDU320327).