30+ years on Florida's Gulf Coast
Brooksville to Naples and everywhere in between on Florida's Gulf Coast
Hillsborough County · Tampa Bay
Tile, grout, carpet and pressure washing across Hillsborough — homes, offices and restaurants.
Tampa is our busiest commercial market. Between restaurant kitchens on Howard Avenue, medical suites off Dale Mabry and office lobbies downtown, most of our Hillsborough week is quarry tile, VCT and high-traffic entry tile that gets walked on a few hundred times a day.
Where we work in Tampa
Hillsborough and south Pasco are covered on the same weekly run, so there is no travel surcharge anywhere in the Tampa metro.
Tampa ZIP codes we service: 33602, 33603, 33604, 33605, 33606, 33607, 33609, 33610, 33611, 33612, 33613, 33614, 33615, 33616, 33617, 33618, 33619, 33624, 33625, 33626, 33629, 33634, 33635, 33637, 33647
On the residential side the split is clear: pre-war bungalows in Seminole Heights and Hyde Park with original hex tile, terrazzo and hardwood, and 2000s-and-newer builds in New Tampa, Westchase and Citrus Park with large-format porcelain and light grout that shows every footprint.
Step 1 — coverage
Local conditions
Different market, different problem. Here's what we run into in Hillsborough County specifically.
A big share of South Tampa and Seminole Heights homes still have their 1920s–1950s floors: hex bathroom tile, terrazzo under the carpet, and quarry tile porches. Those respond to honing and sealing, not to a hardware-store scrub. We test a small area first and tell you honestly whether restoration beats replacement.
Unlike Pasco and Polk, most of Tampa is on city water, so we see far less rust and mineral staining and far more plain traffic soil and grease — especially in kitchens and restaurant back-of-house. That changes the chemistry we bring and usually means a faster, cheaper job than our well-water markets.
Tampa jobs are frequently after-hours. We run evening and Sunday work for restaurants, gyms, churches and offices so nothing shuts down during business hours, and we can stage a large floor in sections over multiple nights.
Services
Every service links to a page with the local detail, process and pricing for this area.
Restaurant quarry tile, entry porcelain and original bungalow tile — deep extraction plus color sealing where grout is permanently stained.
Grout & Tile details →
Office carpet tile, apartment turnovers and family homes near USF — traffic lanes and pet treatment.
Carpet & Upholstery details →
Storefronts, sidewalks, driveways and screened lanais that grow mildew through the summer rains.
Pressure Washing details →
Case studies
Actual floors we restored in and around Tampa — the problem, what we did and how it finished.
BEFORE / AFTERTampa, FL
BEFORE / AFTERBradenton, FL
They made floors that I thought needed replacing look brand new.
BEFORE / AFTERLakewood Ranch, FL
BEFORE / AFTERSarasota, FL
Proof
Entry tile in a South Tampa home — drag to see the grout line difference
BEFOREAFTERPricing
Real job sizes from this market with the range we quote from. Every price is confirmed flat on site before we start.
| Typical job | Size | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchen + entry tile, 3/2 home | 350–500 sq ft | $440 – $1,000 | Clean and penetrating seal, one visit. |
| Whole-floor porcelain, New Tampa build | 1,200 sq ft | $1,500 – $2,400 | Add color sealing if grout is patchy. |
| Restaurant back-of-house quarry tile | 600 sq ft | $750 – $1,200 | After-hours, degreaser pre-treatment. |
| Storefront sidewalk & entry wash | 800 sq ft | $280 – $400 | $150 minimum on exterior work. |
Tile and grout runs $1.25–$2.00 per square foot in Tampa; pressure washing is $0.35–$0.50 per square foot with a $150 minimum. Furniture moving is a flat $175 if you want us to handle it. Everything is quoted flat before we start.
FAQ
Yes. Evening, overnight and Sunday scheduling is standard for our Tampa commercial accounts — restaurants, offices, gyms, churches and medical suites. Large floors can be staged in sections across multiple nights so you never lose a service day.
Usually yes. Terrazzo under old carpet or vinyl is often in excellent shape once the adhesive is removed. It is ground, honed and polished rather than 'cleaned', and it is quoted separately from tile work at $3.50–$6.50 per square foot.
All of it. Tampa proper, Brandon, Riverview, Valrico, Lutz, Plant City, Apollo Beach, Ruskin and Sun City Center are all on the same route, and we cross into Pasco for Wesley Chapel and Land O' Lakes.
Cleaning first. If the grout comes back to an even color, you only need a penetrating sealer. Color sealing is for grout that is permanently stained, patched from repairs, or a color you never liked — it's a coating that makes every line identical.
Most residential jobs go on the schedule within a few days. Commercial after-hours work usually books a week out because it has to fit around your closing time.
Service area
The Cleaning Solution LLC has worked the Gulf Coast for 30+ years — Brooksville to Naples and everywhere in between on Florida's Gulf Coast.
Call 941-592-2667 or send a few photos of the floor and we'll get you a flat price.