Industrial cleaning is a different discipline to commercial cleaning. Not just a harder version of the same job. The contaminants, equipment requirements and compliance context are all different.
We clean industrial and manufacturing facilities across Northamptonshire, including sites for ACO and Ilmor Engineering. These are environments where the specification has to be built around how the site actually operates. An office cleaning template applied to a factory floor doesn't work.
Factory and warehouse floors accumulate oils, metal swarf, chemical residues and fine particulate that standard cleaning can't handle. The equipment is different: ride on scrubber dryers for large floor areas, pressure washing for heavy soiling, wet and dry vacuuming for particulate, specialist degreasers for oil contamination.
High level cleaning is a requirement that commercial cleaning rarely involves. Racking, structural beams, extraction systems and high surfaces accumulate dust and debris that drops into the working environment below. Left unattended, that creates both a hygiene issue and a health and safety risk. Access equipment is needed and the work has to fit around production schedules.
| Type of cleaning | When required | Method |
| Factory floor | Daily or weekly | Scrubber dryer, sweep and mop |
| High-level dusting | Quarterly or biannually | MEWP or specialist access equipment |
| Degreasing | Scheduled or reactive | Chemical degreasers, pressure wash |
| Pressure washing | Periodic or reactive | External areas, loading bays, plant |
| Extraction system clean | Annually or to compliance | Specialist ducting clean |
| Planned deep clean | Shutdown periods | Full facility reset |
Common industrial cleaning types. Specification and scheduling is always confirmed through a site survey.
COSHH regulations govern the products used on industrial sites. Working at height requires a proper risk assessment and appropriate access equipment every time, not just when someone requests it. In food production or pharmaceutical environments, cleaning protocols are part of the compliance framework and have to be documented.
Operatives working on industrial sites should be trained in site specific safety procedures before starting. Method statements and risk assessments for non standard work should be produced as standard, not as a reactive measure after something goes wrong. Ask any contractor you're considering to confirm this before signing.
An office can be cleaned after hours with minimal coordination. A factory running shifts, or with production schedules that can't move, needs cleaning to fit the operation not the other way round.
We plan schedules around your production calendar. Some cleaning happens during shifts. Other work needs a shutdown window. Planned deep cleans go into maintenance periods. When reactive cleaning is needed after a spill or incident, having a contracted company already on site means it's handled by people who know the building and know the safety procedures.
Both matter. Planned cleaning maintains the standard consistently. Reactive cleaning handles what planned visits can't anticipate.
The sites that struggle most are those cleaning only reactively calling when something's gone wrong or an inspection's coming. By that point the standard has been below where it should be for a while. Getting ahead of it costs less than catching up to it.
Commercial cleaning handles offices, schools and public-facing buildings. Industrial cleaning addresses manufacturing, warehousing and production environments where the contamination types, specialist equipment, compliance obligations and safety requirements are fundamentally different. Some companies do both — not all of them do both to the same standard. Ask specifically about experience with the type of contamination your site generates.
Floor cleaning in most industrial environments runs from weekly to daily depending on production type and contamination level. High-level work is typically quarterly or biannual. Planned deep cleans align with maintenance shutdowns. The right frequency is confirmed through a site survey, because the variables are too wide to apply a generic schedule.
Yes, for most types of cleaning. We work with each client to identify what can happen during production and what needs a shutdown window. That gets agreed in the specification and built into the schedule, so it doesn't create operational problems during production runs.
Northampton, Bedford, Kettering, Corby, Milton Keynes and Wellingborough. For larger contracts or sites outside those areas, get in touch and we'll confirm coverage for your specific locations.
