Throughout the Spring, Summer & Fall months, many Industrial plants across Hamilton, Mississauga, Brampton, Toronto, and the surrounding Golden Horseshoe pause production for a few precious days of maintenance. Those shut-downs, often called turnarounds, provide the perfect opportunity to tackle critical maintenance, inspections, repairs, and deep cleaning.
Your annual/bi-annual maintenance shutdown is the perfect time to address corrosive grime built up on equipment, throughout the warehouse, industrial floors and loading docks, and refresh windows, walkways and building exteriors. Scheduling a deep clean during your planned shutdown avoids disruptions to your daily operations, helps prevent long-term wear, improves worker safety, and protects your bottom line.
Here’s how industrial cleaning during scheduled downtime actually works, and what to expect when working with a professional mobile wash crew like H2GO.
Why Shutdown Season Is the Best Time for Industrial Cleans
Trying to deep-clean an active facility is a losing game. Equipment is hot, forklifts are flying, and safety risks multiply when you try to work around live operations. That’s why scheduled turnarounds, whether planned weeks in advance or squeezed between shifts, are the best time to tackle the jobs that can’t happen during regular hours.
These cleanups often include:
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Power washing production floors and loading areas
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Steam degreasing mechanical equipment or food prep surfaces
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Soft-washing exterior panels, louvers, and ducting
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Cleaning concrete pads, curbs, silos, and structural supports
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Reclaiming water and managing runoff for environmental compliance
For industrial facilities in Hamilton and across the GTA, the challenges tend to be the same: salt buildup from winter, oily residue on rooftop systems, moss and algae growing in shaded loading zones, exhaust particles leaving black streaks on siding, and built up grime on industrial equipment. When left untreated, they lead to bigger problems: rusted hardware, clogged ventilation, unsafe walkways, and wasted energy.
What We Clean During Industrial Shutdowns
At H2GO, we’ve handled shutdown cleaning for a wide range of facilities from food processing and automotive to warehousing and steel production. The type of cleaning depends on the operation, but most plants focus on two key areas: equipment and facilities.
1. Equipment Degreasing
Heat exchangers, rooftop condensers, ducting, and any machinery that’s hard to access when operations are live. We typically use hot water or steam (depending on what needs to be removed) and vacuum recovery to capture grease and chemical runoff before it hits the drain.
2. Concrete Pads, Ramps & Loading Areas
Winter grime, tire marks, and oil stains build up fast. High-pressure power washing restores traction, reduces slip hazards, and removes corrosive contaminants from concrete surfaces.
3. Exterior Siding & Building Surfaces
Steel plants in Hamilton and heavy logistics operations in Mississauga, Brampton and Toronto often deal with dust, rust particles, or chemical residue on the building exterior. Our professional cleaning system removes the buildup without damaging paint or coatings.
4. Underground or Covered Parkades
For plants with attached staff parking or underground loading access, we offer enclosed-space washing with water control and full reclaim to meet municipal wastewater bylaws.
5. Interior Bay Doors, Rails & Support Columns
These areas are magnets for dust and grit, especially if ventilation systems are shut down during cold months. A simple rinse and degrease improves both function and appearance.
Planning Ahead: How to Get it Done Without Slowing Your Shutdown
The best shutdown cleanups are the ones planned early. That means not just picking a date, but coordinating your cleaning crew with your maintenance teams, safety inspectors, and project managers. We regularly work with Hamilton and GTA facilities to plan multi-day cleanups around mechanical work, retrofits, or inspections.
We do a quick site visit, walk the facility, and highlight problem areas before you even go offline. From there, we schedule our crew to show up on the right day, with the right equipment, to hit the ground running.
The Benefits of Industrial Cleaning
Here’s what many of our industrial clients notice after a proper post-shutdown cleaning:
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Better airflow and cooling performance in rooftop units and ducting
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Fewer slip hazards and cleaner work areas that reduce injury risk
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Faster inspections and approvals from regulators and internal audits
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Extended life of equipment and coatings by removing corrosive residue
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Improved first impressions when corporate or third-party visitors tour the site
This isn’t cosmetic work, it’s preventative maintenance, and the more extreme the weather gets in Ontario, the more important it is to stay ahead of what’s building up around your plant.
A Word on Safety
Industrial shutdowns are already packed with trades, tools, and moving parts. We know how important it is that every crew on site is trained, accountable, and prepared.
All H2GO crew members are always equipped with proper PPE, fully briefed on lockout/tag-out procedures, and certified for working at heights and confined space entry when needed. We coordinate directly with your safety team and follow your site-specific rules from the moment we arrive.
Serving the Golden Horseshoe & Beyond
Whether your plant is in Hamilton, Mississauga, Brampton, Toronto, or surrounding areas, we have the team to service you. We regularly work with:
- Industrial steel factories & processing plants
- Food processors and packaging plants
- Distribution warehouses and truck yards
- Automotive suppliers and metal fabricators
- Pharmaceutical and chemical production facilities
We’re used to tough jobs with tight timelines, and we’re ready to work around your schedule.
Schedule Your Industrial Power Washing Service
If you are planning a maintenance shutdown, we would be happy to discuss how our industrial cleaning services can support your operations and provide a free estimate.
Let’s make the most of your downtime.
Contact H2GO today to book your industrial cleaning walkthrough.
📞 1-888-990-4246
📧 bookings@h2gomobilewash.com
