Warehouse cleaning across Watford
Watford sits between the M1 and the M25, and its industrial estates are full of warehouses, trade counters, depots and light industrial units. In buildings like these, dust and debris build up on racking, roof steelwork, cladding and roof lights, well out of reach of the day-to-day cleaning team.
That’s the work we do. Locus Services cleans warehouses, distribution units and storage buildings across Watford and south-west Hertfordshire, from a single unit on a trade estate to a large site that has to keep trading while we work.
Warehouse cleaning: our work
Watford’s employment areas
Watford Borough Council protects six designated employment areas under its Local Plan:
- Clarendon Road Primary Office Location
- Greycaine Road, Odhams and Sandown Road
- Imperial Way and Colonial Way Industrial Estate
- Shakespeare Road
- Watford Business Park
- Wiggenhall Road and Fishers Industrial Estate and Trade City
We clean warehouses and storage units on estates like these, and storage buildings and depots on other sites across the area.
What a warehouse clean covers
Every building is different, so we start with a free site survey and agree a written schedule of works. A typical clean covers:
- High-level areas: roof steelwork, beams, ducting, lighting and the tops of racking, cleaned from MEWPs by IPAF-trained operatives. See high level cleaning.
- Walls and cladding: internal dust and cobwebs, plus external cladding washed at height.
- Floors and docks: deep cleaning of warehouse floors, loading bays and yards. Where a floor needs more than a clean, we also offer factory floor painting and line marking.
- Cold stores: chilled and frozen areas, cleaned around stock and temperature. See cold store cleaning.
- Gutters and roof lights: blocked gutters often leak onto stock, and dirty roof lights cut natural light. See gutter cleaning and skylight cleaning.
- Bird fouling: where pigeons have got in, we clear the guano safely and can fit proofing. See pigeon guano removal.
Cleaning around a working site
Warehouses rarely stop for a clean. We work in sections around picking, deliveries and shift patterns, and can work evenings, nights and weekends so the building stays open. Each area is closed off while we’re in it and handed back clean.
| Building | What builds up | How we clean it |
|---|---|---|
| Trade counter and light industrial units | Dust on racking, mezzanines and high shelving | Cleaned top down, often in a single out-of-hours visit |
| Larger storage and distribution units | Dust and debris on roof steelwork, lighting and beams | Cleaned from MEWPs one aisle or zone at a time, so picking can carry on |
| Food and chilled stores | Dust, debris and mould risk in chilled areas | Cleaned and disinfected around stock and temperature |
| Yards and loading docks | Oil, grime and debris around dock levellers and the yard | Pressure washed and cleared, so the docks reopen on time |
Safe, insured and properly documented
Before any work starts, you get a fixed written quote plus risk assessments and method statements (RAMS) for your site. 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), so any waste we take away comes with the right paperwork.
Read more about our warehouse and factory cleaning service, or see our commercial cleaning in Watford.