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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ged on March 23, 2005, 07:05:45 am

Title: petrol station clean, Help !
Post by: Ged on March 23, 2005, 07:05:45 am

hi
I've been asked to quote to clean a petrol station forecourt. it is about 600 square metres. the advice i have been given by pressure cleaning  colleagues is, don't touch it with a disinfected barge pole, i wondered if anyone on this forum had any comments and if infact anyone has cleaned this type of site and if so how did it go.

regards Ged

Title: Re: petrol station clean, Help !
Post by: dustycorner on March 23, 2005, 09:54:21 pm

Hi Ged,

I used to run a filling station your mates are right don;t touch.

Cheers Mark.

Title: Re: petrol station clean, Help !
Post by: martin19842 on March 23, 2005, 10:28:14 pm

hi mark,

out of interest where are you based in the country

regards

martin

Title: Re: petrol station clean, Help !
Post by: keith b on March 28, 2005, 02:33:59 am

Hi all,

Can someone tell me the specific reasons to stay clear of cleaning petrol station forecourts?

Title: Re: petrol station clean, Help !
Post by: slendersunfish on March 29, 2005, 02:43:49 pm

If you do decide to go for it bare this in mind when you quote!!!

 SHELL

The company said net profits rose by 96% to $3.914bn (£2.4bn) in the January to March period, a much higher figure than analysts had been expecting.

It means that Shell was earning £27m a day.

and from Mobil........

Exxon Mobil, the world's biggest oil company, has announced record fourth-quarter profits of $5.12bn compared with $2.7bn the previous year.
The US oil giant attributes the huge growth in profits to soaring oil and gas prices.

And full-year profits climbed to $17bn, hitting a world record.

Title: Re: petrol station clean, Help !
Post by: martin19842 on March 29, 2005, 05:06:21 pm

hi there,

,many years ago i used to be an area manager for a petrol company, we used a company that would come round every six months, and jet wash the forecourt, the gulleys, etc and then empty the interceptors.

some of the pitfalls,are that on brick forecourts, they would sometimes blast the sand out from between the bricks, on concrete foreecourts, the pressure washing would just lift the surface grime, it wouldsnt take away any of the soaked, or ground in contaminates.

the other think you have to be careful of is not to flood the tank top wells, admittedly nowadays everything is on 'offset fills' but depending upon the age of the station, the amount of water ingress to the tank tops, can be a problem.

it all depends what the cleint is looking for, if theey just want a spruce up,  or if they are looking for a forecourt back to when the site opened its doors on day one.

good luck

regards

martin

Title: Re: petrol station clean, Help !
Post by: dustycorner on March 29, 2005, 05:08:25 pm

Hi Martin,

Sorry about the delay in getting back to you, our offices are based in Thetford,Norfolk currently servicing contracts within a forty mile radius.

Cheers Mark.

Title: Re: petrol station clean, Help !
Post by: martin19842 on March 29, 2005, 05:24:38 pm

hi mark,

so where were you in the petrol game, i used to area manage sites in thetford and newmarket to mention a few in the norfolf and suffolk areas.

regards

martin

Title: Re: petrol station clean, Help !
Post by: dustycorner on March 29, 2005, 05:40:20 pm

Hi Martin, i had a couple of years in Gt Yarmouth previously to that i was in North London.

Cheers Mark