The Garage Is the First Thing Residents See — We Keep It Spotless
Sand and salt grind into the concrete all winter, dust settles on every overhead pipe, and the walls and pillars take a beating from traffic. We run the full parkade clean as one job for condo boards and property managers across Collingwood, the Blue Mountains, Wasaga Beach and the surrounding region — swept, scrubbed and washed, with the paperwork handled before the first machine rolls in.
What's included
- Power sweeping — ride-on and walk-behind sweeping pulls the winter's sand, salt and litter off every level: ramps, stalls and drive lanes.
- Machine floor scrubbing — auto-scrubbers lift the ground-in grime a sweep can't touch. Floors come up brighter and safer underfoot.
- Overhead pipe & services cleaning — dust and cobwebs off exposed pipes, ducts, conduit and sprinkler lines. The detail most garage cleans skip.
- Wall & pillar washing — drive-lane grime, tire scuff and salt haze washed off so line markings and signage read clearly again.
- Drains & catch basins — debris cleared along drain lanes so meltwater actually goes where it should.
Recent project: a downtown Collingwood condominium
At a condominium community in downtown Collingwood, we delivered the full underground program: power sweeping of the parking levels, machine floor scrubbing, overhead pipe and services cleaning, and wall and pillar washing — one crew, one scope, one clean handover to the board.
Floors bright, overheads dust-free, pillars washed back to their paint. If your board or management company wants the same standard, we'll walk your garage and quote it in writing.
Garage Programs
Three ways boards run it. Every program is quoted in writing after a walk-through, with a COI naming your corporation before day one.
Spring Reset · Once yearly — April to May
- Full power sweep of every level, ramp, and corner — winter sand, salt, and grit removed
- Machine floor scrub with fresh-water rinse to lift embedded salt residue before it eats the slab
- Drain clearing and catch-basin check so spring melt actually leaves the building
- Post-clean walkthrough report with photos for your board minutes
Best for: Smaller garages and boards recovering from one hard Georgian Bay winter.
Spring + Fall · Twice yearly — May and October
- Everything in Spring Reset, both visits
- Fall visit clears leaf litter and debris from drains before the freeze — the cheapest flood insurance there is
- Wall and pillar washing to keep line-of-sight markings and unit numbers legible
- Priority rebooking — your dates are held year over year
Best for: Most Collingwood condo corporations. Salt in, salt out — the slab never carries residue through a full season.
Quarterly Program · Four visits yearly — standing schedule
- Scheduled sweep and scrub every quarter, plus overhead pipe and ductwork dusting on rotation
- Wall, pillar, and stairwell-entry washing kept continuously presentable
- Standing zone plan and resident notice templates — your property manager sends one email, we handle the rest
- Annual condition notes flagging spalling, ponding, or drainage issues for your your property manager can pass to the right professional
Best for: Larger corporations, mixed-use buildings, and managers who never want to field a 'when is the garage getting cleaned' email again.
Dust control isn't a detail. It's the whole job.
A parking garage floor is ground concrete, winter sand, and dried salt — and the moment a dry broom or unshrouded sweeper touches it, that mixture goes airborne — and concrete dust can contain crystalline silica, a regulated substance in Ontario. In an enclosed, poorly ventilated structure, that dust doesn't disperse. It settles on stored vehicles, gets pulled into elevator lobbies and stairwells, and hangs in the air your residents breathe on their walk to the car. Ontario treats silica exposure as a designated substance for good reason, and any contractor who treats dust as a cosmetic afterthought is telling you how they handle everything else.
Our crews control it at the source. Surfaces are pre-misted so fines are captured before they lift, sweeping equipment runs with water suppression and filtration rather than open brushes, and overhead pipe and ledge cleaning is done with vacuum-assisted tools — not blown down onto a floor we just cleaned. Stairwell doors and lobby entries are sealed off while adjacent zones are worked. The result is a garage that's clean when we leave, not one where the dust has simply moved somewhere your residents will find it.
Five questions to ask any garage contractor. Including us.
- How do you suppress dust? Dry sweeping concrete throws crystalline silica into a space your residents walk through. The answer should involve water misting and vacuum-assisted equipment — not a broom and a promise.
- Can you produce a Certificate of Insurance naming our corporation? A COI with your condo corporation listed as additional insured, before work starts. If they hesitate, the liability lands on you.
- Are your workers covered by WSIB? Ask for the clearance certificate, not a verbal yes. A worker injured on your property without coverage becomes the corporation's problem.
- What's your zone plan and how do residents find out? A real contractor stages the garage in zones, keeps drive aisles open, and hands your manager notice templates with dates and towing-free move instructions — days in advance, not the morning of.
- Where do the sweepings go? Winter grit is loaded with salt and hydrocarbons. It can't go down your drains or into a green bin. If the contractor can't tell you their disposal method, they're washing it into your catch basins.