Oil, grease and hydrocarbon, hot water, to 30 m²
from $280
including GST
confirmed from photos
Get a written priceHot water cleaning across Sydney
Hot water pressure cleaning in Sydney, for the oil and grease cold water only moves around.
Heat dissolves what cold water pushes to the other end of the slab. That is the whole difference, and it is why the oil stain, the loading dock and the gum on the shopfront get declined or half finished by an operator running cold. Ours lives on the truck, and it is never a line on your price, because it is equipment rather than an upgrade.
The jobs that actually need heat
Heat is not a surcharge here and it is not a selling line on its own: it is either the right method for the contamination or it is not. So what is published is the list of work that actually needs it. If your job is on it, heat is why we can take it.
Oil and hydrocarbon staining
Driveways, garage floors, workshop slabs and the patch under a car that has been leaking for a year. Heat dissolves what cold water pushes around, which is the whole argument.
Grease at the back of a building
Loading docks, transport depots, bin bays and the concrete around a service door. This is the work that gets declined, rescheduled or half done by an operator running cold.
Chewing gum
Shopfronts, entries, awnings and paved walkways. Gum lifts with heat and careful work rather than with a solvent that then has to go somewhere.
Service station forecourts and grounds
Fuel and oil pressed into a traffic worn slab, with the runoff contained and recovered rather than chased toward the nearest pit. The section below says where it goes after that.
Food residue on hard surfaces
The concrete and the paving around a food business. The floors and the surrounds, and we say plainly below what we do not touch.
Weeds in paving joints
Heat kills the plant and the seed in the joint without putting a herbicide across a surface that drains to a street.
What it costs, and why there is no hot water percentage
That is a starting figure rather than a fixed package, and it is confirmed from photographs before you agree to anything. Oil behaves differently depending on how deep it has gone, what it is, and whether somebody has already put a bottle of something on it. A number promised in advance for a stain nobody has looked at is the kind of number that changes on the day.
There is no hot water percentage anywhere on this site and there will not be one. The only Australian figure for a hot water premium we could find contradicts itself on the same company's own pages, so we are not going to build a price on it.
Service station forecourts are the job this truck is for
Fuel and oil worked into a traffic polished slab is the hardest version of everything above, and heat is the only thing that lifts it rather than spreading it. That is why the industry lists service station forecourts alongside workshops and transport depots as hot water work.
The part that wins the job is quieter. Bulk oil comes off dry first, the wash water is fully contained and recovered, and it is discharged only through the site's own approved treatment and connection arrangement. It is quoted per site, against the commercial minimum attendance of $450. Forecourts differ too much for a published rate to mean anything.
Where hot water is the wrong answer, and we will say so
A capability is only worth trusting if the person selling it will tell you when not to buy it. Four jobs where paying for heat would be paying for theatre.
Mould, algae and lichen
Heat is not the answer here and no reliable source says it is. Growth on render, weatherboard, tile or a shaded path is a chemistry and dwell time job, done at low pressure.
Ordinary dirt and dust
Cold water does that perfectly well, and burning diesel to heat water for it would be charging you for theatre. Most house washing and most maintenance cleaning is cold.
Anything that might be asbestos
Hot, cold, high pressure or soft wash. None of them. If a surface is or might be asbestos material, we stop and tell you to have it assessed.
Kitchen canopies and exhaust ducting
That is a separate trade with its own standard and its own certification, and we do not do it. We clean the bin bay, the back of house concrete and the drains around it.
Insured, with the certificate of currency available on request, and a written scope before anything starts. Five things worth checking, on us or on anybody else.
Hot water questions
Do you charge extra for hot water pressure cleaning in Sydney?
No. Hot water is on the truck and it is used where the job needs it. It is not a line on your price, not a percentage on top and not an upgrade we will try to sell you on the day. It is the reason we can take certain jobs at all.
What does hot water do that cold does not?
It dissolves oil, fats and grease instead of moving them somewhere else, and it softens gum enough to lift it without solvents. On mineral dirt it changes very little, which is why we do not use it on everything.
How much is an oil stain job?
Oil, grease and hydrocarbon work starts from $280 including GST for up to thirty square metres, confirmed once we have seen photographs. The minimum for an attended job is $249.
Will the stain come out completely?
We will not promise that, and be careful of anybody who does. Oil soaks into porous concrete, and how much lifts depends on how long it has been there, what it is and whether anything has already been tried on it. You get an honest read from the photographs before you commit.
Do you clean service station forecourts?
Yes, and it is the job this equipment is most obviously for. It is quoted per site against the commercial minimum attendance of $450. Forecourts differ too much for a published rate to mean anything. Heat is what lifts the fuel and oil, and the recovered water leaves through the site's own approved arrangement rather than down the nearest drain.
Do you clean commercial kitchen exhaust?
No. Canopy and ductwork cleaning is a different trade with its own standard, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. What we do is the greasy concrete around the back of house, the bin bay, the loading area and the drains.
Where does the greasy water go?
It is contained and recovered, not sent to the nearest drain. Oily wash water has to be captured, and on a commercial site it goes to a route that is lawful for that site rather than into the stormwater system or an unidentified floor waste.
Send a photograph of the stain
Close enough to see the edge of it, and one wide enough to see the slab. You get an honest read on how much will lift, and a figure.