DPC CLEANING LTD does not sell a single all-purpose clean. Every contract we run falls into one of the six rounds below, and each one has its own method, chemistry and sign-off checklist. This page sets out what happens on each round, what is included, and the conditions under which we recommend it. All work is scheduled from the store room at 166 King Cross Road, Halifax - HX1 3LN, United Kingdom (GB).
Office deep cleans run overnight so the working day is never disrupted. Usually the contract is set as four consecutive nights once a quarter, with the building split into zones and one zone taken each night. The sequence matters. We start with the areas furthest from the entrance and work back towards the door so that nothing is walked through twice.
On each night the crew lifts chairs, clears desk edges, dry wipes screens and monitors with approved cloths, details chair bases, skirtings and cable trays, and cleans the glazing between partitions. Hard floors are machine scrubbed and buffed, and carpeted areas receive a spot treatment before the next zone begins. The communal kitchen is degreased as part of the same visit rather than left to a separate contractor.
By morning the zone is back in use with no wet floors and no moved furniture beyond the specified work. The supervisor leaves a completed sheet at reception listing what was done and anything that needs attention from the building team, such as a damaged door closer or a leaking radiator valve. That sheet is also sent to the client contact by email.
We recommend this round for offices above three hundred square metres, professional services firms with client facing meeting rooms, and any building where the daytime cleaner is reactive rather than planned. Sites under that size often sit better on a simpler twice-weekly schedule.
A pub that closes for a refit becomes a building site within days. Old fittings come out, the ventilation is disturbed, and years of nicotine, cooking fat and cellar damp are exposed on surfaces that were previously hidden. Our washdown round cleans that shell before new fittings arrive, which prevents grime from being sealed behind new panelling.
The washdown covers ceilings, extractor housings, back bars, shelf standards, cellar steps, toilet blocks and the full kitchen shell. Degreaser is applied at a measured dilution, left to dwell and then rinsed rather than scrubbed wet, because scrubbing drives fat into porous brick and plaster. Ceilings are washed with extended poles and low-foam solution to limit drips.
After the joiners, electricians and decorators finish, we return for a second pass. This covers dust on new surfaces, adhesive residue on glazing, paint spots on floors and the final clean of the toilet block, bar top and cellar. The second pass is normally scheduled forty-eight hours before opening so the building has time to dry.
We ask for a full building access window and a site contact who can confirm which finishes are new and which are to be retained. Heritage tiling and reclaimed timber are treated with neutral products rather than standard degreaser. For live sites, the washdown can be phased into sections to keep part of the premises trading.
Construction dust is fine, alkaline and persistent. It settles into every recess, clings to new paint and re-enters the air as soon as a domestic vacuum passes over it. Our after-builders sweep uses Hepa filtered vacuums and a strict top-down sequence so that a cleaned room is never contaminated by work in the room above or beside it.
The sweep begins with the removal of larger debris, protective film and site labels. Ceilings, light fittings and high-level ledges are vacuumed and wiped, then walls and joinery, then skirtings and floors. Windows, frames and sills are cleaned separately with a detail crew. The final stage is a second vacuum of all floors and a damp wipe of every horizontal surface, after which the area is closed off.
A follow-up sweep is scheduled approximately a week after handover. This catches the dust that settles out of suspension once the building has been heated and occupied for several days. The follow-up is included in the quotation for the initial sweep rather than billed separately.
This round suits new-build handovers, refurbished offices, extensions and retail fit-outs. The site must be watertight and have a working power supply before the sweep begins. Any outstanding snagging that would generate new dust should be completed first, otherwise the follow-up will be the visit that clears it.
Carpet that looks acceptable under office lighting frequently holds a great deal of soil at the base of the pile. Hot water extraction lifts that soil rather than redistributing it. We schedule extraction days for corridors, meeting rooms, stair nosings, reception areas and any space where footfall is concentrated.
Preparation starts with a fibre and colour test on a hidden section. Traffic lanes and spot marks are pre-treated and agitated, then the whole area is extracted in overlapping passes with clean water. We monitor drying with airflow and, where necessary, air movers so that the carpet is ready for use before the next working morning.
Upholstered chairs, partition fabric and entrance matting can be included when the contract allows. Wool, sisal and any hand-finished carpet receive a lower moisture method. We will advise against extraction where the backing is failing or where previous water damage has left the underlay compromised.
Most offices take extraction twice a year and licensed premises four times. The round is arranged around your quietest day, and we will move furniture within the room as part of the work. Very large open floors are split so that half the area remains available at all times.
Glass is the first thing a customer notices and the last thing most cleaners reach. Our window and facade round runs on a fixed rotation, usually monthly for street-facing glazing and quarterly for internal partitions and atrium glass. Each visit covers panes, frames, sills, handles and the reachable facade.
Kitchen glazing and extraction grilles are degreased first, because washing over a fat film simply spreads it. Public-facing glass is then cleaned with filtered water to eliminate spotting and reduce the amount of detergent reaching planting and paving. Internal partitions are cleaned with a low-residue solution and dried with lint-free cloths.
Access method is decided at the survey. Ground-floor work uses poles and ladders. Higher work uses a water-fed pole from ground level where reach allows. Any work requiring a tower, harness or working at height permit is quoted separately and risk assessed before the date is confirmed. We do not send crews up ladders onto unstable ground.
This round works well for retail units, showrooms, professional offices and licensed premises with large frontage. It can be combined with the kitchen degrease shift when both are held at the same site, which reduces the number of separate visits.
A commercial kitchen degrease is a closing shift, not a wipe-down. We arrive after service and strip the extraction canopy, filters, splashbacks, cooking range surrounds, drain channels and floor gullies back to bare metal. Degreaser is diluted and logged per station, and every surface is rinsed so no alkaline film is left behind for the next service.
Work starts at the highest point. Canopy internals and duct access panels are cleaned first, then the cooking line, then the walls and floors. Filters are soaked, rinsed and left to drain. Stainless steel is finished in the direction of the grain to avoid streaking. Drain channels are flushed and gullies cleared of the fat that causes odour and slow drainage.
Where duct cleaning beyond the access panel is required, we bring in a specialist sub-contractor and coordinate the visit. Our own crews work on the kitchen fabric and equipment surfaces. The supervisor records the dilution used and any equipment found in poor condition.
In most premises the shift runs weekly and the full canopy strip monthly. Busy sites with continuous frying may need the canopy on a fortnightly cycle. We will recommend the interval honestly after the first visit rather than overselling a frequency that the kitchen cannot justify.
You describe the premises, the hours it is empty and the finish you expect. We arrange a survey at a time that suits the building, usually outside trading hours, and measure the areas that will be cleaned.
The supervisor drafts the specification: the rooms, the frequency, the products approved for each surface, access arrangements and the sign-off method. You review it and we change anything that does not match how the site actually operates.
The specification becomes a monthly figure with any one-off work quoted separately in writing. Consumables are listed so there are no surprise charges. We will say plainly if we think a different round would suit the site better.
The supervisor attends the first shift in person, hands over keys, confirms the store room arrangements and walks the checklist with the crew. The client contact receives the completed sheet at the end of that first round.
After a month we review the sheets together. If a zone needs more time, or a task has been dropped because the site changed, the specification is amended and the quotation adjusted accordingly. Nothing is left to drift.
Tell us the address, the approximate floor area and the hours the premises are empty. We will come back with a survey date and a written specification for the round that fits.