Make your store front shine
Commercial exterior cleaning across Wayne, Oakland and Washtenaw counties — building elevations, storefronts and walkways, concrete, dumpster pads, roofs and gutters. Owner-operated out of Canton, and quoted off a walk of your property rather than a satellite image.
Eight things that go wrong outside a commercial building
Each of these is a page rather than a line on a list, because the method changes with the surface — and using the wrong one on a wall is how a cleaning bill becomes a repair bill.
Building washing
Soft washing and pressure washing for building elevations — painted block, brick, metal panel, EIFS and vinyl.Read more
Storefronts & retail
Entrances, walkways, glass surrounds and the concrete customers actually walk on, cleaned before you open.Read more
Concrete & sidewalks
Walkways, entrances, loading aprons and flatwork — including the winter salt residue that grey concrete hides.Read more
Dumpster pads
The pad, the corral walls and the approach — the worst-smelling square footage on the property.Read moreRoofs & gutters
Moss and organic growth off the roof, and the long gutter runs a commercial building has more of than a house.Read more
Rust & stains
Irrigation rust, fertiliser burn, efflorescence and battery stains — the marks that pressure alone will not touch.Read more
Multi-family & HOA
Building elevations, breezeways, stairwells and common walkways for apartment communities and condo associations.Read more
Barns & stables
Stall fronts, aisles, wash racks and exteriors — for the boarding barns and working farms west of Canton.Read moreThree steps, and the first one is not a price
A number without a scope behind it is not a quote — it is a guess you cannot hold anybody to.
We walk the property
On site, not on a satellite image. Every surface that needs cleaning gets looked at and measured, and the ones that need their own treatment — rust, gum, oil, organic streaking — get called out separately rather than folded into a lump sum.
Method chosen per surface
Anything vertical, and every roof without exception, is soft washed. Pressure and a surface cleaner are for concrete flatwork. Which one is going on which surface is written down before anybody turns a machine on.
A scope you can hold us to
Surfaces named and measured, method per surface, the dates and the access window, and who is supplying water and power. That is a document you can hand to an owner and compare against a competing bid.
Pressure is the wrong tool for a wall
The dark vertical streaking down one elevation of a commercial building is not dirt. It is algae, rooted into the surface, and it grows on whichever wall dries slowest — which is why one side of a building can look a decade older than the other three.
Pressure knocks the visible part off and leaves the roots, so it is back within a season. Meanwhile it has driven water behind cladding and into mortar joints, etched painted block, and on EIFS or stucco taken material off the building. Soft washing applies the cleaning solution at roughly garden-hose pressure, gives it time to kill the growth, and rinses.
Anything vertical, and every roof without exception, gets soft washed. Pressure and a surface cleaner are for concrete — flatwork, walkways and dock aprons, which are hard enough to take it and where a wand instead of a surface cleaner leaves permanent stripes.
What gets cleaned, by the kind of property you run
What a strip plaza needs, in what order, inside what window, is a different job from a warehouse or a barn. These pages set out the scope for each — so you can tell before you call whether this is the right contractor for your property.
Property Managers & Commercial Landlords
One contractor, several properties, a scope you can put in a budget and hand to a board.
What we cleanRetail, Strip Plazas & Shopping Centers
The walkway, the entrances and the glass every customer of every tenant walks past.
What we cleanRestaurants, Bars & Food Service
Grease on the walkway, the dumpster pad, the patio and the drive-thru lane.
What we cleanOffices, Medical & Professional Buildings
Entrance approach, elevations and walkways for buildings where the client walks in the front door.
What we cleanIndustrial, Warehouse & Light Manufacturing
Painted block elevations, loading docks, dock aprons and the concrete a forklift lives on.
What we cleanSchools, Churches & Municipal Buildings
Large masonry elevations, long walkways, play surfaces and entrances — on a summer or shoulder-season window.
What we cleanAuto Dealerships & Service Centers
Showroom glass surrounds, lot concrete, service drive and the bay aprons that take the worst of it.
What we cleanRoad salt is doing more damage than the dirt is
De-icing salt soaks into the pore structure of your concrete over winter and then multiplies the number of freeze-thaw cycles it goes through. Eventually the surface layer loses and flakes off — and cleaning cannot restore a surface that is physically gone.
Showing up, communicating, and not overselling
Quoted verbatim from the reviews published on their own Google and Facebook profiles. They are from property owners across Wayne County — and the reason these are here is that they speak to what you are most exposed to and least able to check in advance.
Chris was a dream to work with (because I was a nightmare). We needed a fence power washed but have an enormous organic garden right in front of it. Chris was so respectful and careful not to injury the plants and used a solvent that wouldn't damage them. Because of the rapid growth we've had this season, he came out on his day off to do this before the plants got any larger- he truly went above and beyond. Further, I asked if he could take care of a few other things I thought needed pressure washing and instead of taking the sale, he educated me on better options (that didn't make him money).
Timely and extremely professional and accommodating. I left for work and came home to beautifully washed siding a great looking house. I could not be happier with the professionalism, service or price. Terrific experience.
Chris and the team did a phenomenal job! They were communicative, efficient, and made sure I knew what was happening at all times. Would highly recommend and use them again if the need arises.
Canton out to about 25 miles
Their own site names Canton, Westland, Livonia, Plymouth, Northville and Wayne. This site covers those and 46 more inside the radius — most of Wayne County, plus the commercial corridors of southern Oakland and eastern Washtenaw. Beyond that, 19 further towns are quoted on request.
Wayne County 30 towns
Oakland County 15 towns
Monroe County 1 town
Livingston County 1 town
Guides for the person who signs the invoice
How often should a commercial building actually be washed?
Why "annually" is the wrong default, what decides the real interval, and the case where washing every year means you are paying twice.
ReadSoft washing vs pressure washing, and why it matters on your building
One removes the organism, the other removes the surface. Which surfaces need which, and how to tell whether a contractor knows the difference.
ReadWhat a commercial exterior cleaning quote should include
A number on a page is not a quote. The seven things a scope needs so you can hold somebody to it — and hand it to an owner.
ReadCommon questions
Are you insured?
Ask for the certificate of insurance and get the actual document, with your entity named on it, before any contractor works on your property — including this one. That is the right standard for anyone working at height on commercial property, and a statement on a website is not a substitute for the certificate. Call (734) 883-0972 and ask for it.
How is commercial work priced?
Off a walk of the property, not off a satellite image. The surfaces get measured, the substrates identified, and the stains that need their own treatment — rust, gum, oil, efflorescence — called out and priced separately from the area, because they take different products and longer. What you should get back is a written scope you can hold somebody to and hand to an owner, not just a figure.
Can you work outside our business hours?
That is normally how commercial work has to happen. Retail generally means before opening; a plant means between shifts or at a weekend; medical and professional buildings are usually easiest in the evening. Say what your access window is when you call and the work gets sequenced into it.
What is the difference between soft washing and pressure washing?
Pressure removes what is sitting on a hard horizontal surface. Soft washing applies a cleaning solution at low pressure, lets it kill the organic growth, and rinses — which is what almost everything vertical needs, and the only thing any roof should get. Using pressure on a wall strips paint, drives water into the substrate, and the growth returns in a season because the roots are still there.
When is the best time of year for this in Michigan?
Spring, once the salt season is genuinely over, is the pass that does the most good — washing accumulated chloride out of the concrete before it contributes to another winter of freeze-thaw damage. Autumn is a good second pass for appearance and leaf staining. If a property only gets one visit a year, it should be the spring one.
Do you provide a written scope?
Ask for one and expect it: the surfaces named and measured, the method per surface, the stains called out individually, the dates and the access window, and who is supplying water and power. On a multi-tenant or multi-building property, a sequence you can publish to tenants matters as much as the price.
Get a commercial quote
Call or text (734) 883-0972, or send the form. Free on-site quotes across Wayne, Oakland and Washtenaw counties, scheduled around your business hours.
(734) 883-0972