Working up high

If you were driving through Glasgow City Center the other day you may well have seen the Balmore Contracting Team working on another DOFF Steam Cleaning job. Our High Level Difficult Access Team were cleaning the stonework on a building … Continued

Our team have been hard at work the last week cleaning the brickwork on the side of this building in Glasgow. As you can see from the picture – that is a lot of bricks to clean. DOFF Steam Cleaning … Continued

In late August we were busy performing a lot of ‘Make Safe’ work. As a stonework repair specialist, we are frequently called out to repair damaged stonework across Glasgow. Sadly through time and poor upkeep, some of the stunning sandstone … Continued

With fire, comes smoke and with smoke comes soot staining. And this week that is exactly what we have been removing. Of all things, a compost bin fire at a Glasgow home had caused soot staining to the side of … Continued

Vandalism is sadly still part and parcel of Glasgow life. But while the graffiti vandals may not care about your property, you do. And when it comes to cleaning the delicate sandstone walls of a listed building in Glasgow, you … Continued

While the summer heatwave and the monsoon like downpour of rain at the weekend may be the hot topics right now. It hasn’t stopped the level of graffiti vandalism in Glasgow. Across the city, vandals use graffiti to ‘tag’ areas, … Continued

It may sound drastic to be calling is disaster recovery because after all, to some it is just a little rain. But when your home is literally flooding because of blocked drains, heavy rain and burst piping, it really is … Continued

While so many across Scotland and England were basking in the glorious heat wave that we have been having this summer, the hard work of a difficult access specialist does not stop. So while the mercury has continued to rise … Continued

Grain Silos and food storage tanks. They are a vital part of the food processing stages that take what is grown in the fields around the outskirts of Glasgow (and other places) and turns it into the food we serve … Continued

Across Glasgow, the beautiful sandstone buildings that make up so much of the city are occasionally hit with vandal graffiti. While we can’t answer the question as to why they do it, we can at least help out with grafitti … Continued