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  • May 12, 2009, 09:43 AM
    htpwr5
    Pressure washing
    How much should I charge per sq. ft. for pressure washing driveways, decks, pool decks, etc.
  • May 27, 2009, 05:35 PM
    Clough

    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!
  • May 27, 2009, 05:57 PM
    Fr_Chuck

    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.
  • May 27, 2009, 06:24 PM
    Clough
    Good questions, Fr_Chuck! There's definitely more than meets the eye to doing that kind of work!

    Thanks!
  • May 27, 2009, 06:49 PM
    Fr_Chuck

    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.
  • May 27, 2009, 06:58 PM
    Clough

    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!

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