Just Another Dumpster Pad Cleaning

Just Another Dumpster Pad Cleaning

 

Dumpster pad cleaning, this is one dirty job but has to be done and done right. Most of the time you see pictures posted as a before and then a great looking after. What about the work and the measures we go through to clean and keep our waste-water as clean as possible. I thought I would show some of these photos, the ones you don't see that often.

 Cleaned by Pete did a pad cleaning today. To set this up this pad had a leaking grease collector in it, it also had had garbage packed in and the lid could not close properly. Rain water could enter and would force the grease to the top and over the edges collecting on the asphalt. Please think about this if we as power washers did not go in and clean this up, the greases and cooking oils, plus what liquid is thrown in the dumpster would continue to; leak out, wash-off and run-off. The only way to insure this not to happen any more is to power wash and clean this dumpster pad up.

Cleaned by Pete goes trough great measures to help contain what washes out and off. Professional power washers use safe specialized cleaners and contain what they can to keep our environment and water ways clean. To add to this mess today someone has been trowing used grease from an oriental cashew chicken place over the fence in 5 gallon containers. The  broken and burst containers were leaking out on the asphalt too. In hopes to stop this the owner removed the grease-trap this week and we headed in to clean up the mess. The pictures show grease sitting inside the dumpster area. Here is what we could do today, we will go back in one month to clean up some more. We treated the grease that did not wash off today or that is still deep in the asphalt and making its way to the surface. It will start to dry and harden over the month but still keeping it from running off in the rain, until we're able to return to do the next cleaning. There are also a few pictures further down showing some of the ways and measure we go through to help contain runoff. It may look like quite a mess but with containment we reduce what would be running off with the rain or general washing being done. Cleaners help loosen the grease hot water liquifies it and the socks let the liquified grease to attach to them. Stopping and using brooms and shovels along the way picking up grease and any helps keep any thing form running off.

Some before pictures this is grease sitting on the surface. To start with Cleaned by Pete uses shovels and scrapers to pick up as much grease as possible. The surface is slick and smooth with grease and cooking oils.

After shovelling and cleaning up the old grease and spills the surface will be prepped with EBC an environmental bio cleaner, safe and friendly to the environment. The shine is from grease sitting on the surface.

Sprayed on the EBC and let it start to work on the grease and grime we could not remove with the shovels, scrapers and brooms.

Brooming the cleaners in to the surface you can start to see something is working here! Cleaned by Pete uses the best cleaner that are environmental safe when cleaning

Getting ready to hit this area with some hot water and pressure you can start to see how the bio cleaner is working on the grease and oils. Cleaned by Pete dumpster pad cleaning.

Cleaned by Pete the other half of the dumpster pad after cleaning.

Cleaned by Pete the other half of the dumpster pad after cleaning.

After the first washing the grease is knocked down and pad is clean. Brown colored areas are rust areas where the old grease-trap and dumpster sat.

Pad after cleaning while drying.

Pad after cleaning while drying.

These pictures show some of the measures we go through to help contain what is washed off during the job.

Don't think Cleaned by Pete will just let that soap, cleaners and grease just run off. We use oil and chemical socks to slow down the wash. Slowing down the runoff gives the socks a chance to absorb the greases and oils.

You can see what has washed up, Cleaned by Pete will sweep and scrap to see what comes up and remove it before washing with the hot water.

Sweeping and cleaning up sediments that collect during the cleaning process. Stopping and sweeping picking up sediment and grease during the cleaning process. We do this several times helping to keep runoff water clean.

Slowing water down and have it run through this dam of gravel helps the removed greases will attache to the gravel to help remove it and sediments will deposit in front of the dam for cleanup after drying occurs on-sight.

You can see what collects on and in the socks. This is one line of defence Cleaned by Pete uses when cleaning.

Another view of the grease and oils that have attached to the sock and the chemical treated filler in the socks is working too. Environmental cleaners, sweeping, shovelling, damming, filtering, using heated water (hot water will clean faster thus using less water), and the socks help us to keep runoff clean and at a minimum.

A professional power washes does care about his or her environment and will do what it takes to keep it clean. This job took a little longer to keep the run off to a minimum but it is worth it to help our water ways and environment. Everything we did and used to clean this pad to day helped keep what would have run off out of our water ways. The owner should be thanked here also he could have had someone with a pressure washer come and wash all this down the drain, or let it continue the way it was but he looked us up talked it over and decided it was worth more to have us do it the correct way.