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    No matter what it is..... IMO $20/hr is crazy. If you can get something off that nobody else can, then it is worth a PREMIUM. A simple house wash generally nets most of us $150/hr+, so why would we sell a PREMIUM service for even less? AF removal would be a $200 add on if I was getting it off. I hope you let us all know so that we can start up selling it over our competitors. LOL

    You read my mind, and beat me to the same responce. If you offer something that no one else can do, the price should go way up, not down.

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    Lateralus,

    I disagree with the other comments. We have a backpack sprayer, have used it for 6 or 7 years. The make is RL Flowmaster, Pro model, and it has served us well.

    While Shurflo or Delavan 12 volt pumps are wonderful and we use them almost daily, a manual backpack sprayer has its place. First and foremost, a backpack serves as a backup. 12 volt pumps, especially Delavans, have a tendency to die suddenly.

    Second, if you use sodium percarbonate based wood cleaners, electric pumps tend to choke due to the off gassing. Until the mix cools, a backpack unit can be used.

    Third, for small jobs, backpacks are ideal. No need to drag out the electric pump units. Backpacks are easier and quicker to clean out.

    I do agree with others that backpacks should not be used for NaOH strippers. They do have a tendency to leak at times.

    My question would be why not just use a quality hand held pump up instead of the back pack sprayer?

    Not only for the issue of leaking, but I find it far more efficient, and less cumbersome to refill, clean, and carry a hand held sprayer.

    I use modified handheld pump ups all the time when I need a strong dose of chlorine, or for spraying oxalic.

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    Ummmm.... ok. I look at code.

    I see you used images rather than text on your pages... Pressure-X Power Washing - (843) 442-2722

    This is HUGE NO NO. The search engines will not read that as text, they will index it as an image. You will not like what I am going to tell you , but redo it. No use having a page that the engines can index the text on. Sorry...back to the drawing board!

    Beth

    Wow! good catch Beth. I was to busy looking at the top of the source code to even notice that.

    Shes right though. You have pretty much no readable content for the search engines to find. Search engines need text to crawl through, lots of it.

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    Wow Lance..what kinda funk was going on up under that overhang on yer first page??..great results!!

    Yeah, That is still the dirtiest house I've ever cleaned to date. The house was buried back in the woods, and was absolutely covered from top to bottom with spider webs, cob webs, cocoons, nests, dirt, mold, and algae.

    That window was one of the worst spots, but the rest of the house wasn't much better. The house actually cleaned up beautifully though, and considering how heavy the build up was, fairly easy as well. I love cleaning houses like that because when you done the customer thinks you have magic powers.

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    It's a good start, but here a few things:

    I'm not even looking at the aesthetics of the site because I know it is a work in progress.

    some suggestions:

    Make your title tags on each web page more search friendly. instead of having the title of your index page as the name of your company, put "pressure washing | (your city, state)" the idea is to rank high in the search engines.

    When someone does a search for pressure washing services in your area they aren't going to likely type the name of your company in google, but rather "pressure washing in city, state"

    Also, after looking in the source code, I noticed that you don't even have Meta description tags. These are very important for the search engines.

    You do have the meta keyword tags, but the truth is, they are pretty much worthless to search engines these days because of past abuse. Google pretty much ignores them. I didn't even bother with them on my website.

    Use an alt img tag for your logo on your homepage

    Use Header tags for important key phrases

    I don't see your service area written anywhere on the website. This is a big problem. You need to have your keywords, including your service areas sprinkled in all through you page content, but don't over do it.

    Lastly, Google likes a lot of good quality content, so I would suggest spending a lot of time filling up pages with text, and as I stated before, be sure to sprinkle your keywords evenly through out the text and pages.

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    I did a job today on a small box ranch near my home and I gave the quote of my basic minimum of 150.00 to clean his home, he was very pleased with the price and I was washing within minutes.

    He stay outside and watched my technics and results, we started talking and he told me he had couple of estimates ..... one was 250.00 and one was well over 1,000.00, the guy that quoted well over 1,000. said that 2 facial boards needed to be replaced. After the house was cleaned he saw the boards was not rotted but just needed a fresh coat of paint.

    His real estate agent told him don't pay over 175.00 and he said I was the only one under. His next statement was he was going to pay me 175.00 instead of the 150.00 I quoted, I often get customers that tip or pay more than I charge, it happens more when they are watching me work.

    I realize that people may charge more and I am by no means a low baller but I don't like to over charge my customers either. I know what I have to charge to make money and in my area I know what is overcharging, Its hard to find a honest contractor in any field and I know whats it like to be overcharge and I like to treat my customers the way I would like to be treated

    Charging too much will put you out of business just easy as low balling. My advise would be not to worry about how your price lines up with others, and just concentrate on what you need to make to keep your business moving along, while still earning the $$ you feel comfortable with.

    I get kind of tired of hearing people say you can't make money charging X amount. Every business is different. An established, small business like mine for example, that has many repeat customers, will make much more profit than a guy still trying to develop a customer base because most of my work comes from either repeat customers, or referrals (easy sales).

    besides the obvious, that being a decrease in advertising costs, I don't have to drive out for as many on site estimates because I've already serviced most of the houses I'm cleaning.

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    I've had estimates like that. They never say they will be there, and even though you know they are there, they wont answer the door and obviously prefer that you leave the quote at the door.

    I also have a few customers that will not answer the door when the job is finished. I know they are there, but they pretend they are not. So I leave the bill in the door and they mail me the check.

    I've still yet to have a customer not pay for services, or even try not to pay. I don't know if that's common or if I've just been lucky.

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    One thing everyone need to keep in mind is that it is possible that those marks already existed on the siding, but did not become noticable until after the cleaning. I've personally experienced this myself. I've cleaned dirty siding, and when finished, and sometimes not until after it drys a bit, I notice the handy work of either the homeowner, or a past idiot contractor.

    With that being said, even if it was this guy who damaged the siding, it would be very difficult to prove it in court. Hate to say it, but you may be out of luck on this one.

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