
Hard floor care
Floor strip and seal in Melbourne.
Vinyl floor stripping and sealing for schools, childcare centres, shops and warehouses. We take off the worn sealer and ground-in dirt, then lay fresh coats while the site is closed.
Tell us about your floors.
Call us on 1300 153 114 or email hello@emerafs.com.au, and we'll book your site visit.
Name the floor type, the rough area and when the site is empty, such as the school holidays.
Before you book
- Floors we do
- Vinyl and lino
- When we work
- After hours, weekends or school holidays
- Moving furniture
- Our crew moves it out and puts it back
- Using the room again
- Once the last coat has cured, as set in your scope
What we strip and seal
Floor stripping and sealing for commercial hard floors.
Sealer wears through where people walk most. Dirt then works into the floor itself and mopping stops shifting it. A strip and seal takes the floor back to a clean base.
Vinyl and lino
Vinyl floor stripping and sealing for sheet vinyl, vinyl tiles and lino, the floors most schools and shops have.
Classrooms and childcare rooms
We do them in the school holidays or on weekends, so floors are dry and furniture is back before children return.
Shops and showrooms
After close or on days you're shut, in sections if the floor is large, so trading carries on.
Warehouse offices and lunchrooms
Office, lunchroom and amenities floors in warehouses and factories, where work boots and dust wear the sealer fast.
Corridors and entries
The paths everyone walks, where the sealer goes first and black scuff marks build up.
Buffing or a strip and seal
Floor buffing keeps a seal going. A strip and seal starts it again.
Floor buffing runs a fast pad over the sealer. It brings back the shine and takes off scuffs, but it can't fix sealer that has worn through. A strip and seal takes off every old coat, cleans the bare floor and lays new sealer. Most commercial floors need both on a regular cycle.
- Buff between strips. Regular buffing keeps the sealer in shape and pushes back the next strip.
- Strip when the seal wears through. Grey traffic lanes and dirt you can't mop out are the signs.
- We tell you which one it needs. At the site visit we check the floor and say whether a buff will do.

How a job runs
From floor check to furniture back.
You see the rooms, dates and price before we start, and photos of each room when we finish.
- 01
Site visit and floor check
We test how the old sealer comes off, measure the area and note what furniture has to move.
- 02
Written scope and price
You get the rooms, the method, the dates and the cost in writing before you decide.
- 03
Strip and clean
We move the furniture, scrub the old coats off with stripper and a rotary machine, then rinse the floor.
- 04
Seal
We lay fresh coats of sealer and let each one dry. Signs and barriers keep people off the wet floor.
- 05
Furniture back
Once the last coat has cured, we put the furniture back where it was.
- 06
Photos and a report
Before and after photos of each room come to you through our app.
Our floor crew
The crew and machines that strip your floors.
Every photo shows Emera's own crew and equipment.

Operator guiding the floor machine 
Machine pad on a wet floor 
Floor pads and gear in the store 
Carrying hoses out for a job
Strip and seal questions
Questions about stripping and sealing floors.
Straight answers on cost, floor types, buffing and when you can walk on the floor again.
Request a Site VisitWhich types of floor can be stripped and sealed?
Vinyl and lino floors, including sheet vinyl and vinyl tiles, can be stripped and sealed. These are the hard floors in most schools, childcare centres, shops and warehouse offices.
Emera tests how the old sealer comes off at the site visit, before we price the job. Timber floors are sanded and recoated instead, which is a different job, and we'll tell you if your floor needs something else.
How long after a strip and seal can we walk on the floor?
Usually the next morning. Emera strips and seals after hours, so the sealer dries overnight and the floor is ready when you open. Signs and barriers keep people off it until then.
Furniture and heavy equipment go back once the last coat has cured. Your written scope sets the time, and our crew moves everything back for you.
Can you strip and seal our floors after hours or in the school holidays?
Yes. Emera does most floor work at night, on weekends or in the school holidays, when nobody needs the room.
For schools and childcare groups with several sites, we plan the floors across all of them before the break, so each one is ready for the first day back.
How often should commercial floors be stripped and sealed?
Most commercial vinyl floors need stripping and sealing every one to two years, with regular buffing in between to keep the seal going.
Entrances, corridors and other busy areas wear through first and may need it every year. Emera looks at the wear at the site visit and suggests a cycle for each area.
How do you price a one-off or periodic job?
Emera prices each one-off or periodic job on what needs doing, how big it is, the access and when we can work. Small jobs, like a few tags or a short list of items, can often be priced from photos.
Bigger jobs, and regular work such as turnovers or scheduled cleans, need a site visit first. Either way you get a written scope and price, and nothing is booked until you agree.
Can you add carpet, window, floor or exterior cleans to our regular cleaning?
Yes. Emera can add carpet, window, floor and exterior cleans to your regular cleaning, as one-off or regular jobs. Tell your supervisor or call us.
Each one is a separate line in your written scope and price, so you see what it costs. It's logged in our app with before and after photos, the same as your regular clean.
Pair with
Carpets, paths and glass on the same booking.
Carpeted rooms in the same building, the paths outside and the windows can go on one scope and one invoice.
Start with a walk around your site.
It's free, and you'll get our honest read on what needs to change at your site, whether or not you go ahead with us.
- 1We call you within one business day to book a time.
- 2We walk the site with you and look at what it needs.
- 3You get a written scope and price to decide on.
or call us 1300 153 114