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Also, it might be an issue in RI, but around here most houses supply anywhere between 5 and 8 gpm, but most are between 6 and 7 gpm. But you never know when you'll come across the house with some serious water flow/pressure problems.

I run 5.6 gpm and I do fine with a 25g float tank, Allthough I'm looking into plumbing it to a 100g tank for other reasons.

I've never heard of this, and obviously my accountant hasn't either. So you can deduct 8c for every gallon of fuel you buy for your equipment?

I've been giving it a lot of thought, about the roller pump that is. unfortunately, until I get around to setting up a new rig, which I've been pondering on for months, I just don't have the room. I currently use a 10' trailer and it's about as loaded as it can get. What I'm really interested in is finding better methods for rinsing. I spend much more time rinsing the roof and landscape then applying the chems. I would really like to set up a trailer with a high flow roller pump, maybe 15gpm, and cut my rinsing time in half. When you get a chance, post some pic's of your new roller pump set up.

I just wanted to throw out a few things about squirrels just so as there's no confusion. Squirrels (at least Grey Squirrels) can be extremely loyal and loving pets, but in general they don't make very good pets. The are wild animals, and with that, their behavior can be a little unpredictable. Douglas has only bitten me twice, once while trying to bath him, and the other when I had the scent of another squirrel on my hands, but this is somewhat of a rare exception for one to be this predictable. The other major problems with keeping a squirrel as a pet, is they usually tend to take real well to one person (usually the person that spent the most time with them when they were a baby), but tend to be very intolerant to anyone else. Unfortunately, this is the case with Douglas, I'm his best buddy, and he loves me to death, but my finance and her daughter can't handle him because he will attach and bite them. lastly, if you're willing to deal with all the other issues, squirrels require a lot of room and a lot of attention. This can be difficult in home if your squirrel decides to be the kind that doesn't like anyone, but yourself. You will have to to be willing to find the time to give him the attention he will always want (squirrels are very social animals they may only like you and no one else, but they will always want to come out and play, and they can get very depressed when you don't give them this). A very large cage/terrarium will be a necessity. I built Douglas a 6' X 6' enclosure and he still makes it look like a shoe box the way he flies around in it. One more thing, you can't tame a grown squirrel from out of the wild. Douglas was found as a baby, and was hand fed which is the only way one will ever possibly be tame enough to keep as a pet. To sum up for most people and families, a squirrel would not make a good pet.

I tried my experimental wand today, and I must say I was rather impressed. Coverage was faster, and went on very even with less run off then usual. In a lot of ways it was easier to maneuver than my regular wand. All in all, I think it will work out real well for the way that I clean roofs (i.e. walking them, and applying at close range). Actually I think this would work even better, and be even more useful, with a higher gpm shurflo. I've always shy ed away from the high gpm shurflo's because all they seem to do was create more run off without much help in the way of application speed, but I think I'm going to try this, or something similar with a 3-4 gpm pump, but which kind I'm not sure.

Funny you should say that, because I also have a cat of which is deathly afraid of him. Believe it or not, the squirrel will actually chase the cat away while nipping at him when the cat invades his space, but my cat is an exception to the rule in the way of cats becuase he's somewhat of a sissy.

Yeah, he's a house boy. I built him a large terrarium, but he hangs out with me in evening most of the time. The best way to describe him is like having a miniature dog. he wrestles, responds, and comes when called, plays chase and is more loyal then any other animal I've ever had. When I come home, he's at the edge of the enclosure waiting for me to play with him. Squirrels are very intelligent animals, you wouldn't know it when observing them in their natural habitat, but it's actually quite impressive, what they can do.

Resentful comments to your posts?? Not sure what you mean there. I scrutinize and make comments on all posts with the same judgments without prejudice to the poster. Just voicing my ideas and thoughts, I thought that was what this forum was all about. Envy and Jealousy?? of what?? I do what I do, you do what you do. That's silly and I'm surprised you would even suggest it. just out of curiosity, I'm wondering what all these posts are that I've so negatively followed up your posts on. The only one I can think of is the Tarp thread, but that was just me being the funny guy that I am, and there was no seriousness intended. Where are all the others? Look, I've got nothing against you. I'm not sure where you conjured up these ideas and if I came across that way, it was not intentional. I do feel that you can tend to be a little condescending when speaking of others ideas in regards to roof cleaning, which doesn't bother me much either, it's just your way. So lets just get on with our lives a play like grown ups. What say?

That's Douglas, he's my buddy. I adopted him after the hurricanes a couple of years ago. His tree got blown down, then he lost his momma and brothers, then he almost got eaten by neighbors cat, then was put in my yard (without my knowledge) to sit and starve for over a week before I found him. He's a true survivor.

The plumbing on the end is definitely inefficient, but that was mainly due to not having the most efficient PVC parts on hand when I started putting it together. As for being heavy, awkward, or bulky, not in the least. I played around with it for quite awhile, and it's very easy to use and maneuver. Heavier?? were talking PVC and nylon fittings. Aren't you the one that was saying in a past post how lugging around a ball valve (much heavier) on the end of your high pressure hose all day was no big deal? Hmmm.

I think in your situation the best thing would be to drop the 525 water tank, and down size too a smaller trialer with a nice 25-50g float tank to back up your water supply. There's no logical reason to carry around a tank of that size, when all you do is residential. 12' trailer should allow for plenty of room without the tank.

I don't use them, but in the past when I did they seem to make more of a mess than anything. So with that said, when you stop seeing wet nasty dirt, leaves, lizards, snails, and puppy dog tails from flying out of the gutter as you're cleaning it, you can safely say it must be clean.

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Ditto that. I'm already starting to wish it was winter again, mid 80's all week, but the evenings are sweet!! Wind sucks, but hasn't been as bad here this March, as it was last March.

I clean dryvit just about every day, and most dryvit has the color mixed in with the top 1/8" of surface. This is a good thing because it allows for less effect from strong detergents that can potentially fade the color. Still, with darker colors, you must use caution when applying gutter cleaners, or any other strong degreasers. Dryvit is most vounerable at the areas where it protrudes from the base surface i.e. moldings around windows, colums, etc, these areas are very weak, and are generally foam with a very thin layer of dryvit to cover. Pressures exceding about 500-600 psi can easily take a chunck out of the foam. Also using excessive pressure on any of these surfaces can fade the surface by essentially stripping some of the top coat which contains the color. Bottom line, use chems and be very carful with the pressure. Good luck!!

Jeff said it all. If you do a good job of decribing what you have to offer, and detail what it is you do, they will realize on their own that the landscaping company is not a qualified proffesional in pressure washing (if this is the case). You need to accompany your sales pitch with some good literature about your cleaning processes, and maye a portfolio of some of your work. If you do these things, you'll stand out like a dimaond compared to the others who don't have the knowledge or skills. At that point, it they still decide to go with the others, maybe becuase the're offering a cheaper bid, so be it. You don't want to work for them anyway.

I'm in the process of looking into learning a new language, probably Spanish.

You know you're a pressure washer when you have more jeans stained with Bleach and stain then you do clean ones. :dancing:

that's pretty cool, and in a strange way, slightly disturbing.

As Mel has suggested in another thread, and I can attest to as well, if you use a size smaller injector than the one rated for your gpm you will get much better chem draw. Often you will come across exteriors that just have far to much build up on them to match up well with an injector. For these instances, you need to consider other options that allow for a stronger concentration hitting the surface. Look into an M-5 X-jet, shurflo setup, and a good pump up sprayer. A lot of times you can clean almost the whole house fine with an injector, but there may be a few small stuborn areas these situations are best suited with the use of a pump up.

Done that plenty of times, but not hitting the house. As a rule, and now as habit, I always engage the gun away from the house or anything else that can be damaged. Actually, I do it more becuase of the pressure burst when I first hit the trigger. Funny how it always seems to happen to the tip I don't have a replacement for on the truck. :rolleyes:

Anyone seen any of the Deadlist Catch series on the Discovery Channel? Imagine what they pay in Workers Comp. Allthough, I guess when you bring in a half a million in crab in a weeks time, it doesn't really matter. I couldn't beleive what the deck hands made, one of the boats had a really good pull, and the deck hands share came out to around 27,000 a piece...for a weeks worth of work. Crazy, but I guess when you have to cross your fingers every time that you'll make it home in one piece, or make it home at all, it's well deserved.

that's interesting, I callled the Florida Comp people to get an idea of what PWing fell under, and they told me it was under the concrete construction code, as well as a few others, but I can't remember what what they were now, but they were all construction codes.

I clean a Sweet Tomatoes restuarunat annually, and I clean them with my regular house wash solution (bleach and Emulsifer Plus) and they look great everytime. I've heard people say that bleach can weaken the stitching and what not, but I've been cleaning these this way for a couple of years without any problems.