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htpwr5
May 12, 2009, 09:43 AM
How much should I charge per sq. ft. for pressure washing driveways, decks, pool decks, etc.
Clough
May 27, 2009, 05:35 PM
Hi, htpwr5!
I'm sure that how much to charge will depend on the location. Would you mind sharing at least the approximate location where this will be happening?
Thanks!
Fr_Chuck
May 27, 2009, 05:57 PM
Also are you doing this out of a back of a pick up or do you have a real professional pressure washer rig. Do you have liablity insurance and so on.
On the drive ways and side walks are you using a flat surface cleaner ( that does a good job) or just the wand that leaves streaks.
Clough
May 27, 2009, 06:24 PM
Good questions, Fr_Chuck! There's definitely more than meets the eye to doing that kind of work!
Thanks!
Fr_Chuck
May 27, 2009, 06:49 PM
Well this is my last week but I train people to be professional pressure washers.
I always laugh, people go to home depo and buy that 400 dollar unit and think they are in business. I tell them look at the units Home Depo Rents, they don't even rent the units they sell.
Now we do the larger hot water units normally a lot less chemical, use for cleaning parking lots, mold off homes and more.
I have had my own rig for years,
But as of Monday going back to the medical field.
Clough
May 27, 2009, 06:58 PM
I didn't know those things about you, Chuck! Thanks for letting me know!
Like me, you've probably done a number of different things for a "career".
It's always best to find out everything about a job before you bid on it and thus embark with doing it.
I've been tuning and repairing pianos for decades. I can oftentimes save people money by listening to their piano over the phone without having to make a service call.
I wish that it could be the same thing concerning pressure washing, though.
Sometimes, people do send me images in emails that I can evaluate so that I'm better prepared once I do make a visit to their home concerning doing any sort of outdoor pressure washing and/or staining.
Thanks!