Our Confined Spaces Rope Access Cleaning team have been busy cleaning vital infrastructure silos.
Silos, whatever they are used for need to be cleaned as part of scheduled asset maintenance. However silo cleaning requires specialist access as they are high risk confined spaces.
Our rope access confined spaces cleaning team are able to provide this high risk, confined spaces cleaning service and this month, we were called into action to clean these vital infrastructure silos. The main challenge (beyond the access restrictions) was the tight shut down time frames for the silos.
In order to be cleaned, they need to be shut down however as any business knows, when you shut down a vital asset, it can hinder production and services. So our cleaning team were given scheduled cleaning times that the work could be completed in so that it minimised the downtime whilst ensuring that the silos were cleaned properly.
What is a high risk confined space?
A high risk confined space is classified as:
- Require respiratory protection (breathing apparatus)
- Fire/Explosion Risk
- Loss of consciousness risk through increased body temperature
- Loss of consciousness risk through asphyxiation from gas, fumes, vapour or lack of oxygen
- Risk of drowning
- Complex entry procedures
- One way in/out access
Working in a high risk confined space area can be extremely dangerous which is why our team are fully trained and certified to work in this category 1 environment. At Balmore, we are confined spaces cleaning specialists.
We are a trained and certified cleaning contractor equipped with the latest in safety and cleaning tools. In short, we can access everywhere and anywhere and we can clean everything and anything.
Our cleaning services can handle a wide range of issues ranging from biohazards to dangerous access points (dangerous access points include ‘one way in – one way out’ scenarios).
To carry out these types of complicated and dangerous access cleaning services requires a dedicated team or fully trained cleaning contractors. We are fully equipped to handle confined space cleaning work and are armed with the latest in cleaning tech and solutions to provide a practical, safe cleaning solution to you.
Using Rope Access abseiling equipment, we are able to conduct difficult access cleaning services in everything from multi storey buildings to bridges and silos.
We are one of the leading Rope Access Teams in Scotland with a full time in-house rope access team. We can offer our customers both internal and external rope access work for Commercial, Industrial and Residential Roofing and Building Maintenance.
What is Rope Access?
Rope Access is a safe method of working at height using rope systems and related equipment. It is the exact same type of climbing equipment used in mountaineering, rock climbing and abseiling. Because it can be used almost anywhere with little in the way of set up requirements, the uses for Rope Access are near limitless. It has become one of our signature services for customers who require difficult access cleaning, repairs and inspection work carried out. And that made it perfect for the silo cleaning we have just conducted. With the short timescale to complete the work, the quick set up of rope access allowed us to quickly gain access to the silo for cleaning work to commence.
If you would like to know more about our confined spaces cleaning services and silo cleaning work, please contact us.
Based in Glasgow, we provide our full range on inspection, repair and cleaning services across Scotland and the North of England.
