Pressure Washing

[yardsmith]

I know I've posted on this before, but we have a lot of new guys on so I figured I'd ask again.<br>Anyone else do pressure washing as another way to supplement income or offer in your arsenal of diversity, & if so, how do you set pricing, say for a med. sz. ranch house that'd take 1 hour, or for box trucks like Ryder, or semi trailers, sidewalks (by the foot), etc.<p>----------<br>Smitty ô¿ô<p><p><font size="1">Edited by: yardsmith

[Chip]

I pressure wash for a few regular customers every year. This can be a very lucrative business. I will try to post a link to a web site that has power washing industry average pricing. There is also several message boards available. Try searching the web.http://www.dcs1.com/del/pricing.html

[SKDCO]

I charge a flat $40.00 per hour. Which is pretty much the going rate. That works out great because the customers pay for the water(ha)and all we have to do is the work.

[plowking35]

Yeah we do powerwashing, we just finished a 25 unit condo complex. Took 3.5 days with 2 guys and 2 washers. We charged $2000.00<br>If I had to do it again, I would have charged a little more, but I keeps the guys busy and we cleared over a grand, so i am not to upset. We try to hit the 40-50 per hr range.<br>We had some serious mildew on these buildings and lost a day rewashing the first building, but then we prerinsed with 25% bleach,a nd they now look good as new.<br>In fact it saved us so much time that we made the day up, plus finished a 1/2 day early.<br>Dino <br>Dino

[Special K Lawns]

I am wondering how to charge for Pressure Washing for Comm or Resid. by Hour would be easy If I knew how long it would take to do a parking lot for a Commersial buisness (25x150) Does some one know by sq. ft.?<br><p>----------<br>Gerald W. Kellogg<br>

[Jim White]

Pressure washing is a great way to still produce when it's raining. what the heck you end up getting wet anyways. I hold off on what few pressure washing jobs I get for those days. Small-Med ranch $150 to $175 including TSP on the gutter grime. Two story homes start at $200 and depending on how big the home is the price can go up quickly. my biggest so far was a two/three story colonial that brought in $650 for a day's work in the rain. not bad considering the alternative would be a big fat $0 for the day.<p>----------<br>Jim White<br>

[yardsmith]

OK, here's the next question.<br>Those of you who do wash stuff, do you siphon the cleaning chemicals thru the hose on low press. or use a weed killer type spray-doc to apply soap/cleaner compound?<p>----------<br>Smitty ô¿ô<br>

[MLS]

WE PRESSURE WASH WHEN EVER WE HAVE TIME. AS FOR HOW TO PUT THE CHEMICALS (BLEACH)ON THE HOUSE. I TOOK 25 DEGREE SPRAY TIP AND DRILLED A 3/16 TH HOLE IN IT. THEN TOOK AN IN-LINE CHEMICAL INJECTOR AND PUT THE SRAY TIP ON ONE END AND A MALE QUICK CONNECT ON THE OTHER END. THE CHEMICAL INJECTOR THE ATTACHES DIRECTLY TO YOUR SPAY GUN. THIS SET-UP ALLOWS YOU TO SHOOT CHEMICALS 25-30 FEET. WITH A 12 FOOT WAND AND THIS INJECTOR I CAN WASH A TWO STORY HOUSE AND NEVER LEAVE THE SECURITY AND COMFORT OF THE GROUND. THIS ALSO MAKES WASHING A HOUSE 3 TIMES FAST THAN USING A PUMP UP SPRAYER TO APLLY CHEMICALS. IF YOU NEED MORE DETAILS ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHEMICAL INJECTOR E-MAIL ME AT morselawnservice@yahoo.