Hard floors carry the look of the whole building
Visitors judge a building by its floor before they reach the front desk. A lobby with a deep, even gloss reads as cared for, while dull lanes, black heel marks and gray edges along the baseboards tell the opposite story, however clean the rest of the space is.
Mountain View’s mix of corporate offices, medical suites, downtown shops and restaurants, and apartment lobbies puts a lot of vinyl tile, sealed concrete and stone underfoot. Each surface wears in its own way, and each responds to a different kind of care. A floor program matches the method to the material, so the floor in front of your elevators looks as sharp in month ten as it did after its last refinish.
Strip and refinish for vinyl composition tile
Vinyl composition tile is the workhorse of lobbies, corridors, break rooms and clinic hallways, and its shine comes entirely from the finish on top. Over time that finish yellows, traps grime and wears through in the traffic lanes. A full strip and refinish takes it all off and starts the floor over.
The crew clears the room, applies stripper and lets it dwell, then machine scrubs the old coats away down to bare tile. The floor is rinsed and neutralized so the new finish bonds, and several thin coats go down with drying time between each. A final burnish brings up the gloss. Done on an evening or a weekend, the area is back in service for the next business day.
Scrub and recoat to stretch the time between strips
Most tile floors do not need stripping every time they look tired. When the wear sits only in the top layer, a scrub and recoat does the job for a fraction of the effort: an aggressive pad removes the scuffed surface coat, and one or two fresh coats of finish restore depth and protection.
Between those services, high-speed burnishing on regular visits polishes the finish back to a shine and erases light scuffs. Pairing burnishing with a recoat once or twice a year keeps a busy corridor bright and pushes the next full strip well down the calendar, which is the simplest way to keep floor costs steady.
Concrete scrubbing, stone care and carpet
Concrete shows up in storage rooms, loading areas, back corridors and as the polished, industrial floor of newer offices and showrooms. Auto-scrubbers with the right pads lift tire marks, ground-in dirt and spills, and leave the surface clean and uniform. Sealed concrete is scrubbed the same way, so it keeps its even color.
Marble and terrazzo get natural stone care. Crews clean with stone-safe products and polish the surface to bring back clarity and shine in entries and elevator halls, without the harsh chemicals that etch stone.
Carpeted offices and meeting rooms take their own program, covered on our commercial carpet cleaning page, and both can sit in one schedule so every floor surface in the building is handled together.
What floor care costs in Mountain View
Industry pricing for 2026 puts commercial strip and refinish at about $0.50 to $1.00 per square foot in Mountain View. Big, open corridors with a sound base finish tend to price nearer $0.40, while small or chopped-up rooms with heavy buildup can reach $3.00, and small jobs carry a minimum charge.
A 6,000-square-foot open corridor and lobby refinished at $0.60 per square foot comes to about $3,600. A scrub and recoat on the same floor runs roughly $0.22 to $0.44 per square foot, which is why a recoat cycle between full strips keeps the yearly spend lower.
For concrete scrubbing and stone polishing, the price comes from the floor itself: square footage, how soiled the surface is, how much furniture or stock has to move, edges and stairs, and how narrow the work window is. Burnishing can ride along on your regular visits rather than being booked as a separate trip.
A floor schedule built around your hours
Every floor in your building gets its own interval. An entry lobby might be burnished weekly, recoated twice a year and stripped once a year, while a quiet back hallway needs a refinish far less often. Work happens in the evenings or on weekends, one area at a time, so no one walks around wet finish.
Floor care runs as its own line next to your recurring janitorial service, and it is a natural add-on to a one-time commercial clean before a move-in. Crews are background-checked, and a certificate of insurance can go into your building file before the first night of work.
To get started, send your floor types, rough square footage and preferred work window through the quote request. A free walkthrough sets the methods and intervals, and you get a written quote with each floor priced on its own line.
A few useful answers
Common questions
How long can our tile floor go between full strips?
It comes down to traffic. With burnishing on regular visits and a recoat once or twice a year, a tile floor often goes a year or longer between full strips. Busy entries may need one sooner.
Can floor work be done without closing our office?
Yes. Crews work in the evenings or on weekends and take one area at a time, so the rest of the building stays open and the finished floor is ready for the next workday.
When can people walk on a freshly refinished floor?
Each coat dries before the next goes down, and the final coat cures overnight. Work done in the evening leaves the floor ready for foot traffic by morning.
Do you clean polished concrete and stone floors?
Yes. Concrete is machine scrubbed to lift marks and grime, and marble and terrazzo are cleaned and polished with stone-safe products.
Can floor care be added to our nightly cleaning?
Yes. Burnishing can join your regular visits, and deeper floor work is scheduled as its own line in the same quote.
