Rick2

Didn't know they could impose rules. The HOA would have a stroke if they saw my yard. My wife's SUV, my car. the company's truck, two powerwash enclosed trailers, a boat, and my little Triumph Spitfire. I have a good sized lot and everything is usually parked nice and neat. Usually. Oh, the snowplow for the truck too. Gotta downsize pretty soon.

Not in that truck.

I don't want to sound stupid... but,... why can't you just park it in the backyard?

p's and q's. My wife is away for a few days for classes for work. I'll not mind my pints and quarts. (Ps and Qs) Party time! Co;d beer anyone?

What are HOA restrictions?

Bahahaha, that's too funny. Thanks for the laugh!

This is getting good.

Can't remember when the last time we went out to the movies. What was that movie where Mel Gibson played Jesus? I think that was the last time we went out.

Why did you sell your boat if you were moving to Myrtle Beach? I love getting out on the water for a late afternoon boat trip. The three year old boy (Patrick) is still a bit afraid of the water but he'll come around. Having the cabin is a nice feature. If Patrick gets too hot or tired I can just throw him in there to watch his DVD or play with his toys.

I'm the one on the right.

Ahh, you got me. Wish I used the spel chek.

I don't know if it helps but these are the results I get with HD-80

I keep three different flyers in my truck and in my personal car. Each start out with "I happened to be driving by your house today and couldn't help but notice the condition of your..." House, Roof, or Fence. Then the usual " Hi, I'm from Pro-Power Power Washing, bla bla bla." If in fact I am driving by a nasty looking fence, house, or roof, I just slip the flyer in their door. Only takes a second and you're sure to get calls from it. Make sure your spelling and grammer are 100 percent perfect.

Seriously though, you might want to see how much the pros charge. It might not be worth your time to do it yourself. For example, when I was building my house I found it was cheaper to hire an insulation company to do my entire house than it was for me just to buy the insulation at Lowes.

Don't know about the rest of you but July and early August are usually slow for me. That's okay, more time to spend with the family and on the boat.

Advice? Hire someone that knows how to do it. That's what I'm doing next week.

Door hangers are a great idea but NEVER put ads in someone's mailbox. You can get in big trouble for that with the government. I know of this first hand when I started out many years ago.

Least: Mosquitos and bees Most: Well, there are several colleges in my area and the girls love to jog. I was thinking about putting up a fake jogging detour that goes through my back yard.

Looks good. You gotta get the guy to your left to powerwash his roof. BTW, how do you find time to wash your own house? The last thing I want to do when I get home is powerwash anything I own.

Never had powerwash items stolen, both trailers are always locked. Actually, now as I type this I think of the ladders on the top not chained. About three years ago somebody drove a truck in my backyard and stole my jetskis. They were sitting on the trailer and these guy just hooked up to the trailer and took everything. Before they left they slashed the tires on my new truck. The police said they did this so I wouldn't be able to chase them if I had woke up and saw them. I did get my skis back. The police found them a few towns over. My brother Tim ad his jetskis stolen once. About a month later his partner (police partner) took his family to Rhode Island for the weekend. He parked his car next to a pickup which happened to be towing a trailer with my brother's skis on it. Keep in mind they were stolen from Massachusetts. What are the odds of that?

Yesterday I was spraying Roof Reviver on a customer's roof to get rid of the black streaks and I happened to get some overspray on his white gutters. I quickly washed it off because didn't know if it would cause damage. Wow! The gutters look like new. Just thought i'd pass that along to you.

Reminds me of my college days. A guy filled his engine block with water because it was overheating. Ruined the BMW's motor when he started it.

Don't put anything through the pump except cold water. There should be a small check valve near the unloader for you to put your chemical hose on. This is called downstreaming. Use this method or use an x-jet. Also, when you're running your machine never let it run idle for more than 30 seconds or so. Pull the trigger to keep the water flowing through the pump. The water sitting idle in the pump heats up fast, real fast, and will destroy the pump. Hope this helps.

Dumpsters are nasty and don't pay well. Worse than dumpsters are the greese pit dumpsters. I really hate doing those. A few years back I had to walk off a job (house) because of the spiders. The spiders were EVERYWHERE and were big and nasty. I told the home owner to call me back when she got the spiders taked care of. She never called back and that was just fine with me.

That's been up there for quite some time. Some of those prices are a little crazy.