House Wash Mix In Refridgerated Warehouse?

propressurewashing

propressurewashing

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I am going to be washing the walls of a huge refridgerated warehouse. The walls have some pretty heavy buildup of black mildew and just gunk. The plan is to downstream or even use the roof cleaning pums a housewash mix plus a little degreaser. I'm in Houston so we don;t battle cold weather like some of you do so I don't have experience with the effects that cold weather has on bleach. The warehouse will be about 40 F....will the housewash mix work or is there something I will need to do differently?

Thanks in advance!

Daniel Simmons
Pressure Washing America, LLC
Houston Roof Cleaning Company
 
Feel free to call or text me anytime 832-689-7080. The warehouse is HUGE!!!! maps.bing.com shows a pretty good view - 3131 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, Harris, Texas 77021. We will be doing the interior walls where the containers are loaded and unloaded and an interior wall that separates the storage areas from the loading areas - all between 25' and 40' tall and probably 2000' linear all in. Quite a project....I plan to take pics and videos and post them on my blog at http://www.pressurewashinghoustontexas.com/blog and would be happy to send you pics, videos and a "story"!

Daniel Simmons
http://www.pressurewashinghoustontexas.com/texas-commercial-cleaning.htm
 
The biggest thing is make sure what chemicals you use will not react with anything in the warehouse, if they have food stored inside I would look for another option. Also make sure there is ventilation as the bleach will be very strong. Good luck and can't wait to see pictures
 
You also need to know where the drains are. There were only two the one I did and we needed a fire and resto company to be there to extract the water.
The company I did it for had there employees pushing water to the vacuum.
 
At 40 degrees you should be fine. If you have heat you might add just a little to help the mix but not to much.
 
Worse case you can always buy several of the vacuums that have pump outs and get some of the puddle suckers from jerry then pump it to the drains, have several people there pushing water
 
Interesting thread, sounds like a great project.

When working in a freezer the air temp is one thing , monitor the ground temp in the freezer as well.

The thinner the water is spread over the floor the easier it may freeze.

With the doors described open Daniel you may not have a problem with freezing.

Dependent on the layout of the freezer and if you have to clean the floors, vacuum systems like Matthew suggested would be great, if set up adequately based on the floor gradient and portion of area being cleaned you may not require any manual water management during washing.
 
propressurewashing said:
Luckily it wont be cold enough to freeze so we should be okay in that respect.
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I cleaned Farmland Foods warehouse. Temp was above freezing but the when the AC was on it would always freeze because the vents were pointed at the floor.

Also you will not be able to leave the doors open as birds or animals can get in. Even though the warehouse has nothing in it but the next room may and if someone opens a door they will get in. If any animal gets in EVERYTHING from top to bottom will have to be cleaned. Trust me I have seen birds get in the warehouse and it had to be cleared, cleaned, anything exposed had to be destroyed.
 
Smith & Sons said:
I cleaned Farmland Foods warehouse. Temp was above freezing but the when the AC was on it would always freeze because the vents were pointed at the floor.

Also you will not be able to leave the doors open as birds or animals can get in. Even though the warehouse has nothing in it but the next room may and if someone opens a door they will get in. If any animal gets in EVERYTHING from top to bottom will have to be cleaned. Trust me I have seen birds get in the warehouse and it had to be cleared, cleaned, anything exposed had to be destroyed.
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That is a good point!
 
Are the walls of the warehouse some kind of metal? If they are you will not want to use heat, because the walls will buckle. Also, at lower temperatures, chemicals do not work as well, so you will want to keep that in mind. BTW, that mildew just might be dirt settling, but I could be wrong.
 
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