Safety Issues in Your Alpharetta Garage
Do you park your vehicle in a garage? Have you noticed that your garage smells? Are you an automotive hobbyist? Do you have an area in your garage where you work on engines? Do you have lawn equipment, like a lawn mower, that you keep in your garage? Then you likely have spills and leaks that have contaminated your Alpharetta garage floor.
Oil and other engine residues on your concrete garage floor create more havoc than a mere visual disturbance. There are a few hazards associated with these stains.
Three Safety Issues
Oil spills create a slick surface. You may have noticed that certain areas of high oil spill concentration are a bit precarious to cross. These spots are in the middle of the parking space under the vehicle. Many times, owners will put a board, piece of cardboard or old carpet scrap over that spot to catch any engine leaks.
Residues from these stains stick to the bottom of shoes and get tracked everywhere you go. These hazardous materials will end up in your Alpharetta home, your car and everywhere else you go with your shoes.
Enclosed areas trap fumes from these hazardous spills. Motor oil labels list it as an irritant to the nose and throat. If there are children in and around your Alpharetta home or business garage, they are at greater risk of exposure complications, as their throats and lungs are more sensitive.
Trapped fumes get stronger with the heat of the summer months. Should your garage be attached to your home either directly or via a breezeway, you are filling your home with toxic fumes. If you spend long hours working in this fume-filled environment, you are risking your health.
Spring Cleaning Time
Absorbent materials, such as kitty litter and sawdust, are great at getting standing engine fluids up off your floor, but do nothing to remove the stain or odors these fluids leave behind. Household and commercial cleaning fluids can work on these stains, but require a lot of elbow grease in the form of scrubbing. They leave residues behind and can discolor your floor.
Declutter your garage this spring. Make the job easier on yourself and call Alpha Pressure Washing to come and pressure wash the engine oil stains on your garage floor. They will do the scrubbing for you.
