After plastering or sanding
A white film covers skirtings, sills and the inside of empty shelves.
Who it is for
When to book Dust & Debris Removal
After a kitchen or floor fit
Grit sits in tracks, under plinths and along the hearth.
Before a floor finish
The dust has to go before a carpet or a seal goes down.
Variants
How people ask for this job
Fine dust
The film on joinery, radiators and empty shelves.
Grit and small debris
Offcuts, plug dust and sweepings a dustpan misses.
Tracked dust
Stairs and landings where it has been walked through the house.
Included
- Vacuuming of edges, stairs and tracks before any wipe
- Wipe-down of skirtings, sills, doors and radiators
- Small baggable debris removed
- A second pass on horizontal surfaces after the first disturbance
Not this visit
- We do not remove skip-sized waste, timber piles or rubble
- We do not scrape wet plaster or finish a wall the plasterer left incomplete
- We do not sand floors or seal them
How the visit runs
How Dust & Debris Removal is done
The order keeps dust from being wiped into a paste or walked back onto a clean floor.
- 01
Keep dusty rooms shut off
So dust is not pulled into a finished bedroom.
- 02
Vacuum edges before wiping
Wiping first turns the film into a paste.
- 03
Work high to low
Sills and rails before the floor.
- 04
Allow for settlement
We say if a next-day vacuum is worth doing.
Cost
What changes the quote
You receive a quote for this property. Two homes with the same number of rooms can take very different time, so there is no flat price on this page.
Whether the dust is plaster, sanding dust or general site grit
How far it has travelled through the house
Carpet already fitted or bare floors
A bag of small debris versus a skip of waste
Problems
What people notice first
The sign is a white line along every skirting, and dust blowing back out of a household vacuum. Another is grit in sliding-door tracks and under a new kitchen plinth. A pile of rubble in the garden is waste removal, not this visit.
Before and after
Prep, and how long it should last
Stop sanding before the visit. Cover open water tanks and food areas. After we leave, wait before you unpack fabrics. A quick vacuum the next day collects dust that was still in the air.
If the dust comes back
Fine dust comes back if someone sands again. It should not keep returning on a finished, closed-up house after a proper removal and one settlement vacuum.
FAQ
Questions about Dust & Debris Removal
Why does construction dust defeat a normal vacuum?
Plaster and sanding dust is very fine. It blinds household filters and blows back into the room. The visit vacuums that dust, then wipes. A broom makes it worse.
Can you remove debris as well as dust?
Yes, when it is small enough to bag and carry: packaging, plug dust, offcuts. Skip waste, soil and plasterboard stacks are a different job. Say which you have on the form.
Should floors be cleaned before or after the dusting?
After. Dust falls while joinery is wiped. Floors are left until that dust is under control.
Is this the same as plaster dust removal?
This page covers mixed site dust and small debris. If the problem is specifically new plaster in the air and on every ledge, the plaster dust page is the closer match.
How soon can we move back in?
Once the agreed rooms are finished and dry underfoot. Keep fabrics out until you have done the next-morning vacuum we recommend.
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Areas we cover
Post-construction cleaning across the UK
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