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High Dusting for Commercial Premises
High dusting addresses everything above normal working height: ledges, pipework, ductwork, light fittings, sprinkler heads, exposed structure and the tops of partitions. It belongs on a stated rotation, because a nightly specification will never reach it.
This is the item that separates premises that look clean from premises that look maintained, and it is almost always omitted from a recurring specification because it cannot fit inside a nightly time budget.
Why It Matters More in Some Premises Than Others
In a conventional suspended-ceiling office, high dusting is a modest quarterly item. In a converted loft or industrial building with exposed structure, ductwork and tall glazing — which describes a great deal of Brooklyn and Manhattan commercial stock — it is a substantial and visible one. Dust accumulating on an exposed beam is noticed by exactly the people you least want noticing it.
The Air-Quality Argument
High-level dust does not stay high. It is disturbed by air movement and settles onto the surfaces below, which means a floor cleaned every night in a space with heavy high-level accumulation is being re-soiled continuously from above. Treating the overhead reduces the load on everything underneath.
Safe Reach and Its Limits
We work from the floor and from short step access using extension equipment. Work requiring towers, elevated platforms or harness systems is a different trade with different insurance and is not within our scope. Where your premises require it, we will say so at survey rather than attempt it.
What Is Included
- Ledges, sills and the tops of partitions and cabinets
- Pipework, ductwork and cable trays within safe reach
- Light fittings, diffusers and sprinkler heads
- Exposed structure, beams and joists in converted premises
- Vents, grilles and return-air registers
- Performed on a stated rotation agreed in advance
What Is Not Included Unless You Ask for It
This list is here on purpose. When a client and a contractor fall out, the cause is almost always an item each side believed the other had taken care of. Reading it now costs a minute; discovering it in month three costs considerably more.
- Anything requiring towers, elevated platforms or harness systems
- Interior of ductwork, which is a specialist duct cleaning trade
- Dismantling light fittings or removing diffusers
- Electrical or mechanical work of any kind
- Roof voids and concealed ceiling spaces
Get This Specified
Tell us about the premises and we will attend, survey them, and set out the scope, the exclusions and the labour-hours behind the figure in one document.
High Dusting — Request a Survey
We attend, survey the premises, and set out the specification and the labour-hours behind it in writing.
Every enquiry receives a reply. Where your managing agent requires a Certificate of Insurance or vendor registration before access is granted, we complete that paperwork ahead of the first shift.
High Dusting: Frequently Asked Questions
How often is high dusting needed?
It depends entirely on the premises. A suspended-ceiling office needs it occasionally. A converted loft with exposed structure needs it considerably more often, and needs it on a written rotation or it will not happen at all.
Can you clean inside the ductwork?
No. Interior duct cleaning is a specialist trade with its own equipment and certification. We clean the external surfaces within reach.
Request a Survey of Your Premises
Tell us the nature of the premises and the hours during which they are available. We attend, survey them, and set out the specification and the labour-hours behind it in writing.