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Check out the Lowes unit, I'm pretty sure it said it carried a two year warranty for commercial work. Gav

"Home units = Homeowners light duty (with some grades a little better than others)" Thats not true in my experiance, my HD unit has worked hard and long for 3 years and made me a bunch of money! Gav

I almost don't want to say anything in case i'm tempting fate, but my HD unit is 3 years old and has been worked Hard and is still running like a champ, however, i don't feel like pushing my luck anymore, so I will be semi retiring her to a back up roll. When I got this one, it only carried (I think) a 3 month warranty for commercial use, the one at Lowes carries (I think) a 2 year warranty for commercial use.

I would say, someone who has a full time job and does this in the evening and weekends, though I have my weeks where I feel like a part timer. Gav

I'm not sure, the machine I have now has an AR, if i'm not mistaken, I thought all the HD and Lowes machines had either General, cat or AR, I could be wrong on that, I will check on the pump make this weekend. The reason I figured it was cheaper is because it is put together by Delta, most their tools are cheaper than their rivals, not sure why, I have had a Delta chop saw for a few years now and never have had any problems, however, I'm always kind of wary about bargains. Gav

would that be why my pump seems to pulsate at times, not enough supply? Gav

Mostly residential housewashes, I have a cold water 3600 psi 4 GPM machin with an 11 HP honda engine, it's still going good but I want a second machine, they are aprox $1000 at HD and Lowes for the same, Sams has theirs price at $800, Honda engine, the main difference I see is the GPM, I was just wondering if I would regret "saving" the $200 or so. Gav

Hardy plank is the way to go IMO Gav

Two questions, one for Seymore and one for everyone, first for anyone, does Clorine have a shelf life like bleach does? Seymore, where are you getting your Clorine? Gav

I'm going to that, I use mine all the time and have well got my moneys worth out of it. Gav

I've found that beer keeps me in shape, don't know if it's the right shape, but it's definatly a shape. Gav

I don't know if the M5 excisted when I purchased my X-jet, if it did, I wish I had known, with the regular X-jet you have to swap over to a short range spray nozzle that screws on the end of the long range nozzle, it can be a pain and I've lost a couple of them while working. Gav

I generally charge between $145 and $185 Gav

Whats the difference between the M5 and the regular X-Jet? Gav

"If you need to reduce the mixing ratios, it comes with about a dozen reducers to place inline with the injection line to lower the draw, but they are a pain to keep up with and swap out while working. " I threw mine in the toolbox the day I got mine and I havent seen them since! Gav

I have a bid on a brand new fence today, the guy already knows he wants me to use Dark Red ready seal as I did his deck last year, my question is, with the fence being brand new (its been up 3 or so weeks) what is the best way/method of prepping it, would it be the same as an old nasty fence. Gav

Yea, it's a lot of fence, he's a pretty good customer, so he was fine when I told him to giuve me a couple of days to get a bid together. Gav

Thanks guys, this thread was absolutly no help to me whatsoever, as I sit here trying to put together a price for sealing 1300 linear ft of 8 foot fence. LMAO Gav

Thats 1300 lft @ 8ft high, which by my reckoning is 10400 sq ft. Gav

ok , this fence has Cedar pickets and of course the rest is PT, there is aprox 1300 ft @ 8 ft high, does the cedar make much of a difference as far as cleaning and how does Ready Seal do with Cedar? Gav

Thanks Shane, will do, August always tends to slow up for me as "back to school" nears. Gav

Thanks Guys, Hey Seymore, you were right opposite the road from me, I do a lot of house cleaning around this area but not a lot of staining, there's a lot of new sub divisions around here and more going up, the little bit of staining I do seems to be in the older sub divisions. Gav

I need a replacement pump for my cold water 3600 PW, there seems to be literally hundreds of companies on the net that sale them, does anyone have a company that they would recomend through experiance? Thanks Gav

The house I did yesterday had vynal sideing on the garage, I have never had trouble with vynal sideing till yesterday, well, whilst the outside came clean as expected, dirt kept seeping out from behind and leaving brown streaky trails. I rinsed and rinsed to no avail, so then I decided to do the house and let the garage dry out some and then rinse briefly at the end, still no good. Any suggestions? Thanks Gav

Good luck with whats left over from the vines, I have never had any luck in getting rid of whats left of them because they actually grow into the wall and I let customers know this right up front. Gav