Services
High Dusting in Gilroy
Gilroy Janitorial clears dust from rafters, beams, racking tops, ductwork, lights and high ceilings from lifts, for warehouses, plants, gyms, atriums and retail buildings in Gilroy, scheduled around your shifts.
What high dusting covers
High dusting is the cleaning of everything above normal reach: open roof structure, beams and rafters, the tops of pallet racking, ductwork, sprinkler and conduit runs, light fixtures, high vents, signs and wall ledges. Dust up there stays out of sight until it drifts down onto stock, equipment and floors, or shows as a gray coat on fixtures and beams when the lights come on.
Gilroy Janitorial does this work from lifts, which puts the crew right at the surface instead of swinging a pole from the floor. Beams and duct runs are vacuumed and wiped where they sit, rather than knocked loose to rain down on the aisle below.
Tall buildings across Gilroy
Gilroy’s commercial mix along US 101 and Highway 152 includes distribution and warehouse buildings, food plants, light manufacturing and big-box retail, plus gyms and offices with high open ceilings and atriums. Each has its own reason to clean overhead.
Warehouses and distribution space: racking tops, roof structure, dock door tracks and high bay lights. Pair it with industrial and warehouse cleaning for the floors, docks and break rooms below.
Food and production plants: ductwork, pipe runs and fixtures above work areas, booked to fit the plant’s own sanitation calendar. Our food processing facility cleaning covers the rest of the building.
Gyms, stores and atriums: exposed ceilings, fan blades, signs, lights and display tops, where members and shoppers notice dust first. See gym and fitness center cleaning and retail cleaning for the daily side.
What a visit includes
Every visit is scoped to your building. A typical plan covers roof trusses, beams, joists and purlins; the tops of racking and high shelving; HVAC ductwork, diffusers and high vents; sprinkler, pipe and conduit runs, dusted gently around their fittings; light fixtures, fans and hanging signs; wall ledges, window frames and clerestory sills; and the tops of coolers, in-plant offices and mezzanine edges.
Keeping dust off your stock
Dust from up high has to land somewhere, so the floor below is planned before a lift goes up. Crews cover open stock, product, equipment and workstations under the work zone with drop sheets or plastic, and work section by section so only part of the floor is closed at a time. Vacuum attachments pull as much dust as possible at the surface.
When a section is finished, covers come off carefully and the surfaces and floor underneath are cleaned down, so nothing settles back onto your stock after the crew moves on. Add a scrub through commercial floor care to finish the floor the same night.
Booked around your operations
Lifts and live operations don’t share an aisle, so high dusting is scheduled around your shifts: overnight, on weekends, between production runs or during a planned shutdown. The plan is set with your operations manager first: which aisles go first, where lifts stage, and which zones stay open for forklifts and pickers.
Crews are background-checked, and the company is insured, bonded and carries workers’ compensation. A certificate of insurance comes with every account, and a supervisor walks the finished zones with you.
How often to book it
Frequency depends on how dusty the building runs. Published facility cleaning guidelines set high vents and grilles at once a year for light use, twice a year for typical use and quarterly for heavy use. We use the same scale for overhead structure. A quiet storage building may need one visit a year, while a building with open dock doors, cardboard handling or production dust usually moves to twice a year or quarterly.
The first visit shows how quickly dust comes back, and the schedule is adjusted from there. Many buildings tie it to a season, such as before a busy shipping period or after a yearly shutdown.
Pricing high dusting in Gilroy
Price is set by ceiling height and square footage, how much racking, ductwork and fixtures there are, how much stock needs covering, the hours the work must fit into and how often it is booked. We walk the building, check lift access and aisle widths, and send a written quote. Add your shift times and any shutdown dates in Property notes on the quote form.
A few useful answers
Common questions
What is high dusting in a commercial building?
It is cleaning dust from surfaces above normal reach, such as rafters, beams, racking tops, ductwork, lights and high ceilings. We do it from lifts, so each surface is vacuumed and wiped up close.
How often should high dusting be done in a warehouse?
A yearly or twice-yearly visit suits a quiet building, while dusty warehouses, plants and buildings with open dock doors often go quarterly. The first visit shows how fast dust returns, and the schedule is set from that.
What’s included when we book high dusting?
Roof structure, beams, joists, racking tops, ductwork, vents, pipe and conduit runs, lights, fans, signs and high ledges, plus covering stock below and cleaning down the floor afterward.
Does overhead dust end up on our pallets?
Stock and equipment under the work zone are covered first, crews vacuum at the surface, and everything below is cleaned down before the covers come off.
Can the lift work happen while our pickers are on shift?
Yes, by zone. The lift closes off one section at a time while forklifts and pickers keep working in open aisles, or the whole job runs overnight or on a weekend.