We helped out a customer who was about to lose her insurance. The sad part is my guys forgot to take pictures of what would have been some great before and afters. "Great service! My home owners insurance company was ready to cancel my policy if I couldn't get the moss cleaned off my 100+ year old slate roo...
Do you try to remove covers? or clean it as though there are no gutters? This house has piped downspouts and these covers are the type that are riveted together so they won't come off easily. -- Edited by Bryan P on Wednesday 27th of July 2016 08:28:00 PM
The Roof Wizard crew cleaned this brand new metal standing seam roof and metal wall panels on the US Coast Guard training center in Cape May, NJ today. The building is only 3 months old, but the Seagulls have started to roost and leave behind some nasty presents. The roof had a good amount of pooh on it, an...
Does anybody know the rate that SH would be to weak to use? I had some SH (12.5 %) that was about a year old sealed in a 15 gallons container. I had a roof to do with light to medium black streaks. I mixed 2 to 1 and had a hard time removing the stains on the roof. I used it full strength and it seemed to work better....
A monkey with a crayon must have found his way to this roof. A local realtor who calls us often needed help with this home. I'll post the afters once we get to it. -- Edited by BlueRidge on Friday 1st of July 2016 07:41:46 PM
I've been doing alot of reading and research on getting my softwash roof cleaning business off the ground. I bought a ebook from John White in Virginia, and he explains how to do it and what tools I will need. One tool is a roof gitter, but I don't see anyone on here using one. Has anyone seen this equipment...
Hey guys, just passing through to say thanks for all the advice and support. I am truly gretful. Hey is my sec generation dual roof pump and my vehicle on site. Going after the big guys.
Hey guys! Just wondering if a flojet accumulater will prevent my pump from pulsing? It does not pulse when I attach a larger Tip size/orifice . But does when I attach smaller orifice. Will an accumulater solve this problem? Thank you! Hope I made sense! I have a shurflo 5gpm 60 psi. 200 ft of 1/2 hose...
Another soft wash shingle roof cleaning. These before and after pics speak volumes. Another happy customer, and a neighborhood full of onlookers....more jobs coming from this development for sure
This week I'm doing a roof that has heavy moss growth. I explained to the customer that After I treat the roof it will take time before the rain and weather will remove the dead moss. However he is putting his house fore sale and is wondering if there is anyway to remove it quicker. Would it help to do a r...
This newer shingle roof was much easier to clean than that old three tab. cleaned in no time. I actually spent longer on the rinse than the wash. I know there are plenty on here that say its their policy to not rinse. But, to me, The product I drive away from is much better after rinsing
I'm looking at getting together with a trustworthy company to build a softwashing super site... Softwashing.com will have everything you will need for softwashing. I use so many components from all different industries that's where the proportioner was born...from chemistry/ agricultural/i...
I finally added a flush tank for the purpose of flushing out the system with fresh water at the end of the day. Previously I would transfer the draw tube from the chemical tank to a 7 gallon container of fresh water and flush the system out by spraying back into the 7 gallon container. Now I added a 35 gallon...
On the job site and cleaning a tile roof today. InCase you're wondering what all the masking is for, this homeowner has teak shutters garage door and accents around the house. We wanted to play it safe so we went the extra mile and masked off all of these areas.
These are from Pressure Tek FATBOY 1/2" POLY KIT http://www.pressuretek.com/codefakit.html Pump In A Box Upgrade http://www.pressuretek.com/pumpinbox.html What size would you recommend for a chemical tank?
Pat started a thread about foam shingle cleaning and rinsing and I'd like to comment on rinsing with normal Soft Wash applications. In the past, we have laid down a pretty heavy coat of Soft Wash mix when cleaning roofs without rinsing (with awesome results). The run off was somewhat heavy but we ir...
Hey all. I've been asked to clean the roof of this house. I wanted some advice on how to price and what detergent/cleaning solution to use. I'm fairly new to softwashing and this is my first roof clean. Thanks Daniel
Someone said they saw the son at the Orlando event. They're cleaning roofs now. They leave a note for their gutter cleaning customers about moss and leave a price. It seems the first thing their customers do is call us. We got a handful of jobs from their customers because they simply don't trust th...
We cleaned our first glazed tile roof and with great results as you can see in the photos. We used a 50/50 mix with Gain in addition to Ammonyx LO.Even with the extra surfactant, the solution would quickly run off the tiles. These glazed tiles are smooth like ceramic tiles found in a kitchen. So we applie...
What do you think of my big tile roof cleaning fellas? 15,000 sq ft. I sure wish I had thought of walking up the overpass for the before photo as well.
We had a blast in Orlando hanging out with some of the best in the industry including Tonya and Ray Burke, Doug Rucker and Ed Thompson. Power Wash Store put on a great educational event and provided us with a great reason to escape the freezing weather in PA!
Up early on a cold winter morning so I thought I would clean up some bookmarks. I found this link I saved to the Canadian Asphalt Shingle Manufacturers' Association. Their wording is a bit stronger than ARMA and US shingle manufactures. CAMA Tech Bulletin #13 "High pressure washing is sometime...
I switched from a 5/8" to 1/2" ID braided hose this year. I seem to have lost a small amount of distance and I'm pretty sure it's the inside diameter of the hose but I also added 25 addition feet. I used to run with 200' now I have 225. (no couplers in between). Anyone who uses 1/2" ID hose, I w...
The Gemini Building is one of our City of Tallahassee owned structures that houses such departments as Growth Management, City commission, etc. It was a flat roof that is in desperate need of repair, but was so nasty that it had to be cleaned before it could be fixed.
A home owner that has a Vermont slate roof would like me to clean the algae off it. He is also asking if there is any type of inhibitor that we can spray on it. I believe there are some zinc and copper solutions. However does anyone know if they truly work? If so, could they leave any stains or oxidation on the...
Here's some feedback on OdoBan (Home Depot) if you are going to try it in the future for Soft Wash roof cleaning or exterior house washing. The citrus sucks and doesn't mask that great but the lavendar works very well. 1/3 of a gallon to a 65 gallon tank completely elimanates the smell. The downside to th...
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