Learn about post construction cleaning services, why you need them and what to look for in a service provider. Get the answers to your questions today.

From Dust to Dazzling: How Post-Construction Cleaning Prepares Your Business to Reopen

Commercial cleaning after construction is especially necessary when reopening a showroom-ready space. Your wares must not be displayed where customers are distracted by dust or leftover building materials. Clients and buyers alike will note a lack of professionalism.

A business reopening cleaning must be thorough and convincing. The aesthetics of a professional space have to convince viewers they are in a separate world, where the products are its centre.

Dazzle clients and customers with the right setting for new products. Here’s how Bursey Cleaners can help:

Total Dust Removal

Making Every Surface Shine

Dust and airborne particles have a way of settling into even the most overlooked spaces. While they may go unnoticed at first glance, customers tend to scan a room with fresh eyes and any missed spot can quickly stand out. Left unaddressed, dust accumulates and dulls the space, especially in areas with heavy air moisture with Newfoundland being a prime example.

Relying on front-line staff to manage deep cleaning sends the wrong message about the importance of your customer experience. Even the best customer service agent won’t have the trained eye or tools a professional cleaner brings to the job.

Cleaning Different Building Materials

Different materials require different cleaning techniques. What works for interior brick won’t work for stained wood, and glass demands its own approach entirely. The right cleanser, applicator, and technique are key to achieving a clean, polished finish without damaging the surface.

For example, brushes suitable for brick and mortar can scratch or scuff other materials. Using the wrong tool, or even the wrong cleaner, can do more harm than good. Most job sites or buildings simply don’t have the specialized tools or knowledge on hand.

Beyond appearance, there’s also risk: damage caused by improper cleaning often costs more to fix than it would to hire a professional in the first place.

Challenges in Remodeling

Achieving the aura your business requires is a challenge, which may mean different construction styles. If your renovated display space includes new decorative joist hangers, do you have the expertise to clean them?

This is not a simple issue: Do you know the contractors wipe them properly afterward? Can you verify that? Are you certain that grit from the top part of a hanger won’t sprinkle onto your customer if there’s a sudden gust of air as a door is opened?

Challenging a contractor to prove he’s cleaned something properly that isn’t easily seen would be a headache. Bursey Cleaners, on the other hand, can thoroughly optimize your post-renovation cleaning in Newfoundland.

The Final Look

While not obvious, it’s true that builders and customer service agents alike can sometimes overlook what’s intentionally there and what isn’t. Why? Because that’s not what they’re trained for. Professional janitors can more reliably detect what should be removed in a place they’ve cleaned.

Trust Bursey Cleaners for Your Post-Renovation Cleanup

Proudly serving the St. John’s area for over 40 years, our licensed and bonded team brings the expertise and attention to detail your newly-renovated space deserves.

Leave the final touches to the professionals and get in touch today to learn more or book your cleanup online.

By Bursey Cleaners|2025-07-21T17:11:50+00:00July 21st, 2025|Commercial Cleaning, Post Construction Cleaning|Comments Off

Avoiding Health Hazards After Construction: Why Professional Cleanup Matters

Post-construction safety is an important part of keeping your project up to code. The standards of a post-construction cleanup in Newfoundland are not subjective: they must comply with the National Building Code of Canada’s requirements.

A Newfoundland cleaning company will know all the necessary particulars of a construction site cleanup, so your efforts to avoid health hazards after construction can be cosigned by the cleaners you choose.

Let’s look at some of the problems a cleaning company can take care of for you.

Meeting local health codes will protect your reputation, your client, and his customers.

Hazardous Debris Removal

Small & Dangerous Debris

Post-construction cleaners will remove sharp objects like nails and screws, as well as other items that can wound someone or cause slips and falls.

Professional janitors are better at finding and removing these things that, if left behind, can cause injuries that may be legally actionable.

Dust Removal

Construction dust can contain harmful airborne particles that may cause respiratory issues. Trained professional custodians can clean the air so that it complies with local health codes.

This process includes removing debris from air ducts, which may require brushing grit trapped inside a duct until it’s loose and can be vacuumed out.

Site Sanitization

For proper post-construction cleaning, skilled janitors will sanitize all surfaces, eliminating germs and bacteria that pose health risks, especially in restrooms and food preparation areas.

For this kind of cleaning, it’s important to have workers know what kinds of cleansers are appropriate for different kinds of surfaces. Not only to ensure the killing of germs but also to avoid damaging the surfaces being cleaned.

Documentation & Compliance

Professional cleaners should provide documentation of their cleaning efforts, which is helpful during inspections, demonstrating that your business is doing its part to meet Newfoundland’s health standards.

As a builder, you know well what it’s like to have a lot of eyes on your work. Some of those watchers are especially litigious. In a situation where a post-construction cleanup is insufficient, your culpability may be financially and reputationally disastrous.

That’s one of the best reasons to hire a professional cleaning crew to scour your site after a job well done: you must show provable due diligence.

You’re not a janitor. Professional custodians are. Protect yourself from a potentially catastrophic cleanup oversight but hiring a reliable janitorial company for your next post-construction cleaning.

Beautify Your Work

Professional custodians will ensure that all surfaces of your completed project are sparkling. Health inspectors as well as your clients and their customers will be better disposed toward your work if it’s as aesthetic as it can be.

Trust Bursey Cleaners for Your Post-Construction Cleanup

With over 40 years of experience serving the St. John’s area, our licensed and bonded team is equipped to handle cleanup projects of any scale.

Protect your reputation and leave the final impression to us. Contact us today or book your post-construction cleaning online.

By Bursey Cleaners|2025-06-18T21:02:56+00:00June 18th, 2025|Post Construction Cleaning|Comments Off

Why Post-Construction Cleaning is A Must This Spring in Newfoundland

Post-construction cleaning in Newfoundland this year will require experts in spring construction cleanup. Contractors aren’t judged solely by their work; their respect for the community is a pillar of their professional reputation. Commercial cleaning after renovation or building requires hiring trained janitors to ensure the job’s done right.

Sloppiness is to be avoided at all costs, and builders aren’t necessarily the best at picking up after themselves after a project is complete. Here’s why a professional janitorial service is your best bet for a thorough cleanup, from surface cleaning to construction dust removal.

Removing Debris

Scrap Material

Removing leftover wood, drywall, metal, and other building materials often requires renting a construction dumpster. These vary in size depending on the site. A professional custodian will handle this.

Trash

Garbage must be properly collected and disposed of according to local regulations. Trained janitors are acquainted with these rules.

Smaller Items

Loose nails, screws, and other small pieces must all be collected and removed. These can be safety hazards and difficult to detect. Professional cleaners know where to look.

Construction Dust Removal

This work requires knowledgeable custodians to ensure clean air inside a structure. Construction generates fine dust and airborne particles that can linger in the air for extended periods. Compromised indoor air can cause respiratory issues or allergic reactions.

Not taking steps to avoid floating dust can have legal consequences. Leaving these jobs to contractors who don’t have specific janitorial training may be actionable by aggrieved parties.

A professional cleaning service tasked with dust removal has the responsibility for cleansing HVAC systems and other materials being scrubbed free of particles.

Vacuuming with HEPA Filters

Using a vacuum equipped with a HEPA filter will trap dust particles that a standard vacuum might miss. Professional janitors have this equipment.

Wiping Down Surfaces

Trained custodians know what kinds of cleansers are appropriate for cleaning different materials.

Cleaning Air Vents

Eliminating dust from air ducts can require brushing debris inside a duct until it’s loose enough to be vacuumed out. Sometimes ducts also require a damp wipe. Skilled cleaners know how to approach this task so that the air will be sufficiently particle-free.

Optimizing Aesthetics

Creating an attractive space means starting with clean surfaces. However, a technically cleaned window or door can have streaks or leftover residue. This is because the cleaner doesn’t know exactly what he’s doing, or his heart isn’t in the task.

For people who don’t hire expert janitors, this can be expected. Asking a contractor to complete these cleaning tasks means committing him to a job that by his standard an afterthought. For real cleaners, this is a top-of-mind task, which makes all the difference.

Professional custodians will ensure all surfaces are sparkling so your finished project looks its best.

Choose Bursey Cleaners for Your Post-Construction Cleanup Needs

With over 40 years of expertise, our licensed and bonded team proudly serves the St. John’s area, delivering reliable and thorough post-construction cleanup services. Reach out today to learn more or conveniently book your appointment online.

By Bursey Cleaners|2025-05-16T15:34:25+00:00May 16th, 2025|Post Construction Cleaning|Comments Off

What Comes After a Remodel?

After construction is done and the remaining building materials, tools, and related debris are hauled away, you still have an incomplete product. Now is time to make it presentable to your customer. A proper post construction cleaning is the final touch.

How To Choose a Post Construction Cleaning Service

When choosing a post construction cleaning company, you need a business that offers specifics regarding what kind of jobs it will undertake. Itemize exactly what tasks you have in mind for the business in question. Doing so can save you time and bother.

If you need carpets spot cleaned and the cleaner you hired doesn’t normally provide that service, then it may not get done. Worse, it may be done poorly. This can result in haggling over cleaning the carpets right or demanding a partial refund and then hiring another company to do the job properly.

What Quality of Cleaners Should They Provide?

Your post construction cleaning service provider should have the experience and standards to ensure a correct and thorough job is done. Watch out for businesses that don’t stake their reputations on having exacting standards. It’s easy to find a company that will offer low-cost cleaning, but the downside is a substandard effort.

An agency that claims to be a cleaning service may be little more than a general labour contractor who advertises a service that he or she then assigns to someone with little or no experience. For many untrained, unsupervised subcontractors accepting this kind of employment, a satisfactory attempt is subjective to say the least.

For a truly professional result, you need well coached and motivated employees with proper supervision.

What Kind of Cleaning Agents Should They Use?

Using the correct cleaning agents is important. Applying the wrong kind of chemical cleanser to a certain surface can damage it. Imagine having carpets cleaned in your newly finished building, only to discover that the cleaner discolored them with a heavy grease-cutting detergent!

In that scenario, a full refund may not cover the cost of replacing the carpets. The agency you hired may not be solvent enough to cover those costs, either. Legal fees to recover your losses may exceed the amount you intend to recover.

Let’s imagine a worse scenario: drywall spot-cleaned with rough, ammonia-based cleaning fluid. Now half your walls have discolored blotches of different sizes! Will another coat of paint be enough to hide them, or do you need two?

Does any of the drywall need replacing? If so, you have to get drywallers and painters on site, pronto! Your profits dwindle as the client’s kept waiting. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Thoughtful workers with the appropriate, environmentally friendly cleansers avoid this nightmare. Furthermore, using environmentally friendly cleaning agents will not leave behind lingering chemical odors that agitate your clients with sensitivities.

Bursey Cleaners is Your Answer for Post Construction Cleaning!

With over forty years of experience, Bursey Cleaners is your ideal post construction cleaning solution in Newfoundland. We use environmentally friendly cleansers and are COR™ certified with the Newfoundland and Labrador Construction Safety Association, serving St John’s and surrounding areas, providing cleaning services including interior windows, spot-cleaning walls and carpets, vacuuming and damp mopping, cleaning lights and bathroom fixtures, dusting vents and more! Contact us today!

By Bursey Cleaners|2025-02-15T03:27:00+00:00September 16th, 2024|Post Construction Cleaning|Comments Off

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