What it costs to keep a restaurant’s concrete clean
Pads and aprons are much the same size everywhere, so we publish what they cost. The first clean is priced as a restoration — it is the visit that does the work. After that, a maintenance visit on a service agreement holds it there for less, because keeping a surface clean is not the same job as bringing it back.
| Surface | First clean | Maintenance visit |
|---|---|---|
| Drive-thru pad The concrete at the window and around the corner, where the grease and the drips land. | $149 | $75 |
| Dumpster pad The pad under and around the container, degreased rather than rinsed. | $149 | $89 |
| Entry apron The concrete apron and walkway at the customer door. | $95 | $55 |
What every visit includes
- Pre-treatment, dwell time, and spot work on whatever is still holding.
- A surface cleaner rather than a wand, so there are no stripes left behind.
- Wash water contained and recovered, then discharged where we are permitted to.
- Post-treatment, which is what makes the interval long enough to be worth paying for.
What is not on this page
A whole site — the pads, the aprons, the walkways and the loading area together — is priced from the surfaces once we have measured them, and it carries a minimum for the visit. That is a proposal rather than a price list, and it takes about a day to put together.
We do not clean asphalt. Asphalt is a petroleum surface: the degreasers that lift kitchen grease break down its binder, and the pressure needed to shift anything off it loosens the aggregate. Anyone offering to wash your lot is either not going to do it or is going to damage it. Where there is a specific oil stain we treat that spot by hand with an asphalt-safe cleaner and quote it separately.
Where the water goes
Ohio treats the water coming off a kitchen pad as industrial wastewater, and it may never go into a storm drain — a biodegradable soap does not change that. We contain and recover it on every visit and discharge it where we are permitted to. If your site has no authorised connection we haul it away, and that line is on your proposal rather than a surprise on the invoice.
What a service agreement gets you
- Dated photographs of every zone, every visit, on file and downloadable.
- Post-treatment included on every visit.
- Your price held for the term.
- On the schedule within five business days if an inspection turns something up.
- No trip or fuel charges, ever.
There is no after-hours premium either. Overnight is when this work happens; charging extra for it and then waiving it as a favour would be a discount pretending to be a benefit.