An option for those struggling......

[An option for those struggling......]

I always have a brush with me for house washes but only use it for gutters and spot cleaning. No one here has ever asked about brushing the whole house and I wouldn't want to. Good idea to separate your company from others if it works for you.

[Obama - Biden - Your Opinion ?]

I will be voting for "none of the above". Jeff said that Romney has changed postions to say what people want to hear. I agree but so have all the others. Lets face it folks these politicians float trial balloons and conduct polls so that they can say what you want to hear to get elected. Once in office they do what they want.

I will not vote against one candidate or for the lesser of two evils. My vote will go for a third party candidate that better represents my views and what this country was meant to be when founded.

[Prayer for Chris]

Your family will be in my prayers Chris. Sorry to hear of your loss.

[So what was your first car?]

My first car was a 1969 Chevelle SS four speed. The previous owner had blown up the 396 and it only had a 283 in it when I bought it. Wish I still had it. I also had a 55 Chevy two door wagon and a 66 Corvair.

[is this a bad case of zebra stripes?]

Looks like wand marks from too much pressure. Those will not go away.

[My First "challanging" Client of the Year!!! Aye Yaye Yaye!]

I would let it go and move on. Some people just can't be pleased or have completely unrealistic expectations even after you try and set those expectations for them.

[Dormer Windows]

I don't think a house wash mix will clean the roof unless your apply 4 to 6% bleach to the walls with your mix.

I've washed alot of dormers and my mix won't cut the stuff on a roof.

With that being said you need to be careful and test your mix it may need to be adjusted.I think I put 1 to 2 % bleach to the wall in my mix depending on the soil and mildew level.

Same here. I have done plenty of dormers and the house mix just won't cut it to remove the roof algae.

[What is the most frustrating thing you have to deal with?]

Showing up for a new construction clean up and finding piles of crap in the garage and or other trades on the site and in the way. Several times I have gone to one and the water is not on.

[Hardy Plank Siding?]

I have Hardi on my house and I have done others with it. I use the same mix I use on vinyl. Never had a problem.

[new web site]

Looks nice. Hope it does well for you. Are you running Google Analytics on it?

[Happy Days Are Here Again!My First Acrylic Strip in Process]

Looks good. Can't wait to see the finished pictures.

[Working outdoors - most and least...]

I enjoy not being stuck in an office all day. been there, done that.

I least enjoy temperature extremes. It is tough working outside when the ambient temp is in the 90's and the humidity is high. Just have to slow down and drink lots of water.

[Is this a joke ? Who is washing houses for $39 ????]

I measure out and multiply also. I just round up to the nearest dollar. I have had people wonder where I came up with $247 or something like that.

[help with apartment complex estimate]

If you have a formula for residential bids use that and then take off about 30% to 40%. You make your money off jobs like this by the fact that there are multiple buildings and it is a larger job. If you bid these jobs like residential you will be lucky to land any.

[What sprayer to use?]

What size tip are people using in the Titan 440i?

[X jet VS .0040]

I keep thinking about DS but still x-jet. Only DS once and that was using a variable pressure wand and soaping some concrete. My big concern is that most houses down here are on at least a one acre lot. I usually park my rig in the street and routinely have 200'+ of hose out. Some of these houses can be pretty nasty and I don't think I could pull enough chem to clean them.

[Maintenance free! Yeah, right....]

Never touched any composite decking but I have seen a few that were several years old and they all have looked like crap. Oxidized, warped, moldy. A friend of mine was talking about redoing his with composite. Warned him against it.

[Need Help With Mix]

The problem with 6% is cost. You can usually find 12% for less per gallon. If you want 6% just cut it more and save some money.

[Pool apron problem]

I went out today to look at a pool apron. The pool is new and the owner had a coating put on the concrete apron. Soon after the coating began to blister up in spots and come off. The contractor came out, power washed the entire apron and reapplied. The new coating is now coming off. The coating contractor is ready to give up and refund the customers money. Any idea what is causing this and how to fix it. The coating looks like epoxy but I would think that would be too slippery to put around a pool.

[Ladder with Stabilizer where to buy?]

I have a Ladder Max and really like it. Had to buy it on line.

[telescoping wand? anyone still using them]

I have a 24' extension wand that I bought for one of the first jobs I did. Discovered the x-jet not long after that and have not used the wand since.

[Web services? recommendations?]

I set up my own site a year and a half ago. Didn't know much about it and although the site itself looked good there were a lot of problems I was unaware of at the time. I had never heard of SEO, I had the file sizes too big on the pictures and they took a long time to load and the host company I was using changed their software and I could no longer edit the existing site. I now have a local web designer working on a new site that should be much better and hopefully bring in some business. My advice for what its worth is if you want to grow find someone who knows what they are doing to build your site. It will free your time up for other things and you will end up with a better site. Call you local chamber of commerce or search the web, Yellow Pages etc for someone local. Most will have sites you can visit that they developed so you can get a feel for their design style and capabilities.

[YOUR Opinion On This ?]

Gas in Mexico is cheaper than the US. My guess is the price difference has more to do with how much tax the Mexican government levies on the gas and the fewer environmental, transportation, etc regualtions than it has to do with Bush helping out his buddies here. Just for the record I am not a Bush supporter.

['08 Economy Poll]

Residential is really slow. I am working on getting more commercial work. Have some bids out there for decent size PM jobs that will hopefully come through.

[YOUR Opinion On This ?]

Anyone who lived during the Carter administration knows taxing the oil companies doesn't work. It is also a dangerous game to let the government decide what an "unfair" profit is and punish a company or industry for it. All of you are business owners. If the government thought you were making too much money and raised your taxes what would be your reaction? I hope everyone in the class said raise their pricing to offset the loss. Anytime the government passes a higher tax onto a business that business is going to pass the cost to the consumer and you will pay the taxes in the form of higher prices. If anyone is making a windfall profit it is our government that takes 60% of our earnings each year and wastes the majority of it. I want the government to be punished for theft, blackmail, extortion, misappropriation of funds, etc. If anyone in private business did what our government does they would be in jail.