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Commercial Floor Maintenance Programs

The cheapest floor over its life is the one that is maintained, not rescued. A maintenance program puts daily care, burnishing, recoats, and the occasional full strip on one schedule, so your floors stay consistently bright and you stop paying for emergency restorations.

Quick answerA maintenance program schedules everything a floor needs, routine cleaning, burnishing, periodic scrub-and-recoat, and full strip-and-wax at set intervals, around your floor types, traffic, and hours. It keeps floors looking new year-round and costs less than repeated one-off rescues because finish is refreshed before it wears through.

What a program includes

A program bundles the right services on the right cadence so nothing is skipped until the floor looks bad. A typical build:

A sample program schedule

FrequencyService
DailyDust mop and neutral-cleaner damp mop or auto-scrub
Weekly to monthlyBurnish high-traffic finished areas
Quarterly (traffic-based)Scrub-and-recoat to refresh finish
1 to 2 times a yearFull strip and wax to reset

Exact intervals are set by traffic, floor type, and your standards, this is a starting point, not a fixed rule.

Why facilities use a program

Built around your floors and hours

A real program treats every surface correctly, not everything as VCT. We map each floor type to the right care:

How programs are priced

Most programs are a predictable recurring fee, scoped by square footage, floor types, and visit frequency; some are priced per visit. We assess the facility, recommend a cadence, and put the scope and price in writing so there are no surprises. The cost calculator can ballpark individual services.

Tell us about your facility.

Send your floor types, square footage, and hours, and we will propose a program with the right cadence and a written, predictable price.

Keep reading

Related: strip and wax, scrub and recoat, buffing and burnishing, and the floor types we maintain.

Questions

What is a floor maintenance program?

A scheduled plan that combines daily care, periodic burnishing and scrub-and-recoat, and an occasional full strip and wax, so floors stay consistently bright instead of being rescued once they look bad.

Why is a program cheaper than one-off service?

Maintained finish is recoated and burnished before it wears through, which keeps full strips years apart. Paying a steady, predictable amount avoids the higher cost of repeated emergency restorations.

What does a program include?

Typically routine cleaning, scheduled burnishing, periodic scrub-and-recoat, and full strip-and-wax at set intervals, scoped to your floor types, traffic, and hours.

How are maintenance programs priced?

Usually as a predictable recurring fee, by square footage and visit frequency, or per visit. We scope it to your facility and put it in writing.

Can a program cover multiple floor types?

Yes. A good program treats each floor type correctly, finished VCT on a burnish-and-recoat cycle, stone and terrazzo polished, luxury vinyl cleaned and protected, hardwood recoated.

Can you work around our hours?

Yes. Programs are built around your schedule, usually after hours or overnight, and sectioned in occupied spaces so areas stay open.

Will a program keep our floors looking new year-round?

That is the goal. By timing burnishing, recoats, and strips to traffic, the floor never reaches the yellowed, worn-through stage, so it reads as freshly done consistently.

Do we still need a full strip and wax on a program?

Yes, but far less often. Recoating and burnishing extend the finish so a full strip is needed at long intervals rather than annually.

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Tell us your facility, floor types, and square footage. We'll scope the work and send a written quote. Not sure what you have? Send a photo and we'll tell you.