Garage Cleaning in Ontario Homes
The garage is one of Ontario's most seasonally variable rooms — parked with salt-covered cars in winter, serving as a mudroom and storage hub year-round, and accumulating a full season's worth of tracked-in grime, oil drips, and salt residue on the concrete floor. A proper annual garage clean dramatically improves the space's functionality and prevents salt from being tracked back into the house.
Spring Garage Clean (Post-Winter)
The most important garage clean of the year happens in March or April after the last road salt. Key tasks:
- Concrete floor sweep and scrub: A stiff push broom removes loose debris, followed by a scrub with a concrete degreaser or TSP solution to remove oil drips and salt residue
- Salt residue removal: Calcium chloride salt leaves white residue that is alkaline — diluted white vinegar (2:1 water:vinegar) neutralizes and removes salt residue from concrete
- Shelving and storage wipe-down: Remove everything from shelving, wipe down surfaces, discard winter chemicals safely
- Door tracks and weather strip: Clean and lubricate (silicone spray) the overhead door tracks and check the bottom weather strip for integrity
Professional Garage Cleaning
A professional one-time garage clean — floor, walls, shelving wipe-down — typically adds $80–$150 to a home clean, depending on garage size. Full floor scrub with a degreaser is the most time-intensive part.