Restaurant exterior cleaning · DC, MD & VA
The grease that lands outside the kitchen.
Hot water on dumpster pads, sidewalks, drive-through aprons, and loading docks — contained so wash water does not go down a storm drain. Pair it with hood cleaning and the building matches the stainless inside.
Hot water
Cold rinses bounce off cooking grease
Contained
Wash water recovered, not sent to storm drains
Same night
Can ride along with hood cleaning
The fan throws grease. Some of it never makes it to the roof well.
Exhaust leaves a film on masonry, pavement, and the dumpster pad. Add loading-dock spills and drive-through traffic and the health department has something to photograph before they even walk in the door.
Hot water emulsifies restaurant grease. Cold pressure washing mostly rearranges it. We bring heat, and we bring berms and recovery so Maryland, Virginia, and DC stormwater rules are not an afterthought.
Where we actually point the wand
Quoted to the site. High-volume QSR pads are not the same job as a sidewalk cafe.
Dumpster pad and enclosure
The first place inspectors look outside. Food waste and grease attract pests. Monthly or every other month for busy stores.
Sidewalks and building face
Black staining, slip risk when it rains, and a front door that looks like the exhaust has been winning.
Drive-through lane
Tire soil, drink spills, and grease on the apron — with containment so none of it heads for a storm inlet.
Loading dock and service alley
Floor drains included. This is often the first exterior note on a health inspection.
One contractor, one after-hours window
Hood inside, pavement outside — or the reverse if the site works better that way.
Step 1
Walk the drains
We plan berms and recovery before water hits the pad. Storm inlets stay protected.
Step 2
Hot-water degrease
Dumpster, dock, sidewalk, or drive-through — whatever you booked — with restaurant-grade soil in mind.
Step 3
Recover and document
Wash water collected. You get service notes you can show a health inspector.
Book it with the hood
One crew, one night, interior NFPA 96 cleaning and exterior pad work. Regular routes across DC, Maryland, and Virginia if you want dumpster pads on a monthly cadence.
Why this is not a weekend driveway wash
Stormwater
Greasy wash water to a storm drain is illegal in MD, VA, and DC. We contain and recover it.
Health files
Documentation for dumpster and exterior findings — not just a wet sidewalk.
Recurring routes
Monthly or quarterly schedules so the pad does not go black between inspections.
After hours
We can sequence this around close, same as hood work.
Work from recent jobs
Questions kitchens actually ask
Busy QSR pads often want monthly dumpster service and quarterly sidewalks. Full-service rooms with less dock traffic can align with hood visits — quarterly or twice a year. If the health department already wrote you up, we will say so plainly after we see the site.
Other work we do in the same kitchen
Dumpster pad looking like a health-photo already?
Hot-water grease removal for pads, sidewalks, drive-throughs, and docks — DC, Maryland, and Virginia.