Ocean Growth Security provides stair cleaning in Dubai for residential towers, offices, hotels, retail units, car parks and mixed-use buildings. Treads, nosings, handrails, landings and walls, on a frequency that matches the traffic the staircase actually carries.
Stairwells are the most commonly neglected area in any building, for a simple reason: nobody who signs the cleaning contract walks them. Residents do, and contractors do, and both judge the building by them.
What stair cleaning covers
- Treads and risers — including the nosings and the corners where dust and grit collect and where a slip is most likely.
- Handrails and balustrades — wiped and, where appropriate, disinfected. Handrails are a high-touch surface in every building.
- Landings and corners — the areas that get missed because a mop passes through the middle of the floor and stops.
- Walls and skirtings — spot cleaning of scuffs and marks, and periodic washing of reachable wall surfaces.
- Doors, frames and glazing — stairwell doors, vision panels, fire door frames and signage.
- Service and fire stairs — the stairs nobody uses daily, which is precisely why they need a schedule.
Why stairwells get missed
Three reasons, and all three are avoidable:
- Equipment. A scrubber-drier cannot climb stairs, so a team equipped only with machines skips them. Stairwells are hand work and need to be scheduled as such.
- Visibility. A corridor is inspected; a stairwell is not. If nobody checks, the frequency quietly drops.
- Access. Stairwells are used by residents and contractors all day, which makes them awkward to clean during the day and easy to defer to “later”.
Frequency
Frequency depends on use rather than on floor count. A residential tower’s main staircase, used by residents and dog walkers daily, needs weekly attention; the fire stairs in the same building may need monthly. Car park stairs, which collect road grit and dust, usually need a higher frequency than an internal office stair. We will walk the stairs and recommend a realistic schedule rather than applying one number to every staircase in the building.
Equipment, safety and working on stairs
Stairs are a fall hazard for the person cleaning them as much as for anyone using them, and the work is planned accordingly:
- Correct equipment for hand work — microfibre systems, buckets with measured product, and mops sized for the stair rather than the floor.
- Wet-work signing and barriers, because a wet nosing is exactly where someone slips.
- Working from the top down so a clean flight is not walked on, and finishing one flight before starting the next.
- Cleaning during low-traffic hours where the building allows it, and working around residents where it does not.
- Where stairs are enclosed or poorly ventilated, products chosen so the stairwell is not left with strong fumes.
How stair cleaning is priced
Stair cleaning is priced on the number of staircases, the number of flights and landings in each, the surface type, the frequency and whether walls and doors are included. A single straight flight and a twenty-floor fire stair with landings are very different jobs, which is why per-floor pricing produces wildly inaccurate quotes.
To quote we need the building, the number of staircases and flights, and the frequency you have in mind.
Frequently asked questions
Do you clean fire stairs as well as main stairs?
Yes. Fire and service stairs are usually on a lower frequency than main stairs, but they should be on a schedule rather than left until an inspection.
Can you clean stairs while the building is occupied?
Yes. We work flight by flight with signs and barriers so residents are never walking on a wet stair, and we clean during low-traffic periods wherever the building allows.
Do you clean walls in stairwells?
Reachable wall surfaces are included on a periodic basis. High walls and stairwell ceilings need access equipment and are quoted separately.
How often should a residential stairwell be cleaned?
Weekly for the main stair in a busy tower, monthly for fire stairs. Car park stairs usually need the higher frequency because of grit.
Do you cover car park stairs and ramps?
Yes, including ramps and the grit and dust that collect on them.
Request a stair cleaning quote
Tell us the building and the number of staircases, and we will walk them with you and come back with a schedule and a fixed price. Call +971 52 319 7980 or use our contact form.
Related services: building cleaning, common area cleaning, floor cleaning and wall cleaning.