Power Washing and Roof Cleaning Forum

we are taking advantage of the New Year's holiday and the reduced vehicle and foot traffic to clean " Bills bookstore " which is a Tallahassee landmark! Located directly across from the main gates of Florida State University, this can be a very difficult area to wash due to lots of students...

Here are some pics from our first ever WFP job. We also removed the rust stains from the windows. Big thanks to Steve Blyth at Jracenstein for his advice on removing the stains.

Had a restaurant suddenly lock their doors and leave the area 6-7 months ago. New lessor is putting in a new venue, using existing equipment, and had us come and clean. Old restaurant simply dumped their perishable food and left....so this kitchen had been sitting for six months. Took a crew of four o...

Can't believe this year is over all ready. It feels like it was just spring. We had a decent year with a nice push at the end. December has been a really good month so far and people are still calling for service. We have 1 roof on Friday and 2 gutter cleanings. Looks like this might be the last of the work as ne...

Hey, Everyone, Ron and I will be traveling on the road from Houston to Orlando for the Powerwashstore event that is being held November 20 and 21 in Orlando, Fl. We will be leaving Houston on Thursday January 15th and plan to arrive in Orlando on Sunday January 18th. Along the way we would like to make so...

Looking for gutter cleaning tools. What do you guy use. -- Edited by Art O on Friday 13th of September 2013 03:12:10 PM

Pressure washing is generally the best way to clean a concrete driveway or walkway but for longer lasting results you should consider a "Soft Wash" after the pressure washing has been completed. Here in Southern Louisiana our driveways can turn black very quickly and the process of soft...

Merry Christmas from Liberty SoftWash.

I just bought some Banjo Quick Connects . Are they alway kinda lose. They seem like they won't seal.

I know not all here are completely wet behind the ears when it comes to some of the more difficult window cleaning tasks. Quite a few "how to" videos show the demonstrator oversimplifying the process or encouraging time-wasting measures. It's not always a matter of simply wetting the gl...

When we first started cleaning roofs, we often thought about what could be done to make accessing a roof safer. Wouldn't it make sense to have a D ring permanently installed on roofs? Not just for roof cleaning but for roof repairs, chimney work, gutter work, etc. It would be so easy to install somet...

We often receive calls asking about cleaning the clay tile caps on the tops and side of roofing here in the greater Baton Rouge, Louisiana area. Serving the greater Baton Rouge area, Ascension Parish and even into LaPlace, Louisiana, Cajun Soft Wash can certainly get rid of those ugly black streaks o...

Hello again from down here. I recently made enquiries about cleaning Tensile Canvas Awnings of which I received some sage advise. We had the opportunity to put those suggestions to good use and I thought I would share our findings with you all. The job consisted of cleaning both the top and underside...

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...

We started a National Soft Wash Alliance Linkedin Page. Please join our page if we haven't tag you already. Thanks The Team

Mr Patel just called for a Gutter Clean on a High Ranch 15 mile from the office. I tell him $125 He says FORGET IT BABY!!!!and hangs up. Check out his house 103 Headline Road, Deer Park, NY 11729. I hate Gutter Cleaning, Risk your life and they think you charge to much!

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Blew a spark plug out on one of the work trucks today. 2002 f250 5.4. From my research apparently forwards are notorious for doing this, it's got 240,000 miles on it. The cylinder in question is one of the rear ones right up next to the firewall and very tough to access. Has anyone gone through this in th...

Has any body had some positive results with a paid Yelp advertising page? also any imput on the zeta pump performance that Russ sells thanks to all Merry Christmas

I took a screen shot of one of my most active FB campaigns. As you see I received over 12,000 clicks, shelling out over $3K for the year. I think I got maybe 1 or 2 jobs from it, that I know of. I am here to say, for me, it wasn't worth it.

I don't use Angie's list, I think they're a bunch of extortionist Jack-wagons. However just had something happened to me today and wanted to bring it to the forums attention. I received a certified letter in the mail that was a cease and assist order from a new company called "extreme cleaning&q...

Got an e mali from Amex yesterday. Somone tried to charge $278.00on my buisness card, in person! It is in my wallet! They said it was in New York but they declined the purchase which I'm happy about. Got to watch who we give card info to for now on, they are sending me a new card with a chip in it to prevent it fu...

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Hey all, who has used a SH based cedar shake cleaning mix? I have a 5 year old blackened untreated cedar siding job (not roof) that I'm planning on using a 25% ratio mix of 15% SH and surfactant/water. I know the sq/ft'dge of the project. I just need to figure out how much area I can get out of each gallon of...

This is a skid I'm building. I had most of the part hanging around. It's portable and light weight. It's desighed to fit a Tote tank in front of it if needed. Yes it could be made better, but like I said it just stuff that I had hanging around. It's got a Fat Boy and a Batary in the tool box. The right valve goes...

In my quest for world domination, I've been kicking around ideas for service add-ons. Anyone ever tried chimney sweeping or know anything about it?