Winter Prep Services for Your Business

With autumn in full swing, now is the time to prepare your commercial property for winter, both inside and out. As a leader in environmental services, United provides a wide range of cleaning and maintenance services for retail, industrial, office and food service companies across Canada—including seasonal services that are crucial for keeping your property in tip-top shape. Here are the top three to focus on in the lead-up to winter.

Ensuring Outdoor Spaces are Tidy and Protected for Winter Weather

Winter throws a lot at us in Canada, so it’s crucial that the exterior of your property is prepared for the snow, ice, sleet, freezing temperatures and howling winds that are headed our way. United’s full range of fall landscaping services will ensure you’re ready.

In addition to ensuring the final grass-cutting is done at the appropriate time for your growing zone, we tidy flower beds, prune plants as appropriate, and protect perennials, bushes and trees on your property to ensure they can weather harsh winter conditions. With the right care at the right time, we can prevent costly loss of trees and plants, and avoid the need to re-sod lawns.

As part of our final winter prep, we will also ensure all landscaping sprinkler systems on your commercial property are shut off and lines are free of water, preventing bursting pipes as the winter freeze sets in.

We ensure your outdoor spaces are ready for winter weather so they can flourish once again come spring.

Finishing Floors Ahead of the Busy Holiday Season

During the busy holiday shopping season, we know the priorities for our retail clients are customer service and sales. There simply isn’t the time needed to prepare for and complete routine floor refinishing during December—so it’s important that we prepare your floors to handle increased foot traffic for an extended period.

Right before the busiest retail month of the year, United focuses on refinishing retailers’ floors using industry-leading, proprietary processes and a premium base coat that is designed to last longer. This helps your floors weather the holiday rush—even with potentially messy weather conditions—until we can get back into your stores in January, to strip the floors and apply a fresh coating.

Completing premium floor finishing ahead of the holiday shopping season means you’ll be able to focus on serving customers and making sales.

Preparing Floors to Lay Winter Mats

Winter matting is a must to prevent water, snow and de-icers like salt and sand from being tracked throughout your building. Not only does this help maintain floor finishes throughout your property, it also stops water at the door, preventing slippery conditions that could lead to injured staff or customers.

In order to lay winter mats at entrances, your floors need to be properly prepared. We thoroughly clean floors and ensure they are fully dry before mats are put in place. With a pristine base, mats lay flat, making them safer as well as easier to clean throughout the winter season.

While most of our clients have existing matting systems, we’re happy to offer options for those who need them.

With floors prepped for a good matting system at all entrances, flooring will stay cleaner and finishes will last longer during the winter months.

Let us help you banish the winter blues and prepare for the summer glow. Give us a call at 1.877.289.4299 and we will design a custom cleaning package that fits all of your needs!