Services

Warehouse Floor Cleaning in Houston

Maddox provides machine scrubbing for warehouse and distribution-center floors across Greater Houston, as one-time deep cleans or recurring programs. Floors are scrubbed, the dirty water is recovered, and the surface is dry and drivable within minutes.

Warehouse Floor Cleaning summary

Service
One-time deep scrub or recurring program
Floors
Bare, sealed, densified, and polished concrete; epoxy and urethane coatings; VCT in warehouse offices
Removes
Concrete dust, forklift grime, tire marks, oil
Scheduling
Days, nights, weekends, or in sections; date and window confirmed in writing; no supervisor needed on site
Pricing
Quoted per job, $500 minimum
Documentation
Before-and-after photos with every job
Overview

Warehouse floors collect soil unevenly. Forklift lanes build up rubber transfer, dock doors bring in grit, and unsealed concrete sheds a fine dust that settles on racking and product. Machine scrubbing removes all three in a single wet pass and leaves the floor dry.

Bare concrete shop floor in Houston after a first machine scrub by Maddox Surface, with the owner’s vehicles at the far wall
A 4,500 sq ft shop floor after its first machine scrub. Houston, September 2026.
Photos

Before and after

A 4,500 sq ft shop on a bare, unsealed slab in Houston that had never been machine-scrubbed, with years of oil soaked in around the lift. One visit. The grime film came off the whole floor, and the oil that had soaked into the concrete lightened substantially but did not disappear, which is what bare concrete allows on a first scrub. A sealer is the permanent answer for a slab like this.

Before: a bare concrete shop floor in Houston with a gray grime film and oil stains around a two-post lift
Before, September 20. A bare slab that had never been machine-scrubbed.
Before: oil soaked into bare concrete beside a car lift, with cracks and swept grit
Before. Oil that had soaked into the concrete.
After: the same shop floor in Houston, uniform and clean after a first machine scrub by Maddox Surface
After, the same day. The film is gone.
Scope

What is included

Photo review or walkthrough

Most floors are quoted from a photo, and occupied buildings and heavily soiled floors are walked first. Soil load, tire-mark density, oil, drain locations, and racked versus open area are confirmed before the scope and quote are written.

Debris removal and dry sweep

Banding, shrink-wrap, pallet fragments, and heavy dust are removed before any water is applied.

Machine scrub

The whole floor is scrubbed, and forklift lanes, turn points, and dock aprons receive extra attention.

Tire-mark treatment

Forklift lanes are treated with a tire-mark cleaner and scrubbed, and remaining marks are treated by hand.

Water recovery and disposal

All solution is recovered by the machine and disposed of to a sanitary drain on site.

Photo documentation

Before-and-after photos and a note on slab condition are delivered with the invoice.

Facilities

Typical facilities

  • Distribution centers and 3PL warehouses
  • Manufacturing and assembly floors
  • Dry storage, cold-storage anterooms, and cross-dock floors
  • Tilt-wall shells before lease-up or racking
  • Floors ahead of inventory counts, audits, and customer visits
Standards

How the work is performed

  • The quote is a single figure, and any change in scope is agreed before work begins.
  • Cleaning chemistry is selected for the soil and the surface: tire-mark cleaner for forklift lanes, degreaser for oil, and neutral-pH cleaner for finished floors.
  • The work is performed by Maddox personnel with Maddox equipment; nothing is subcontracted.
  • The owner’s direct number is on every invoice, and any service issue goes to the owner directly.
Industries served
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Do warehouse floors need to be professionally cleaned?
Yes. A warehouse floor collects rubber from forklift tires, grit from the dock doors, and, on unsealed concrete, dust that the slab sheds on its own. Sweeping removes loose debris but not the film or the rubber, so the floor is machine-scrubbed on a schedule, from weekly on busy distribution floors to quarterly in light-traffic storage.
How long does it take to scrub a 20,000 sq ft warehouse floor?
A 20,000 sq ft open floor is typically a half-day visit, including setup, edge work, and tire-mark treatment. Racked aisles and heavy soil add time, and the quote includes the planned duration.
Do we have to shut down operations while the floor is scrubbed?
No. The floor can be scrubbed in sections while you operate, and the scrubbed surface is drivable within minutes. Full-floor deep scrubs are usually scheduled overnight or on a weekend.
Can forklift tire marks be removed from concrete?
Most tire marks are removed. On sealed, densified, or polished concrete, rubber transfer sits on the surface and is removed with a tire-mark cleaner and a machine scrub. On unsealed concrete, rubber can embed in the pores; those marks lighten substantially but may not disappear completely on the first scrub. The walkthrough identifies which condition applies.
How do you keep a warehouse floor from getting dusty?
Scrubbing removes the loose fines that unsealed concrete sheds, and a recurring program keeps dust off racking and product. A densifier or sealer is the permanent solution, and Maddox will recommend it when the slab would benefit.
How much does warehouse floor cleaning cost in Houston?
Warehouse floor cleaning is quoted per job from a $500 minimum. The price depends on square footage, the proportion of open versus racked floor, soil load, whether the floor has been machine-scrubbed before, and the service frequency. Recurring programs are priced below one-time deep scrubs. See pricing for the full list of factors.

Request a warehouse floor cleaning quote

Send the square footage, floor type, and a photo of the floor. Quotes are returned within one business day.