PressurePros

I posted a question asking directly whom supports the site. Hopefully someone replies honestly. Beth is on the right track as is Michael. **********/board/upload/showthread.php?p=48747 Interesting info ESPECIALLY the post about the email address of the founder being listed at PWNA.org's server. Thumbs down!

I registered. A link back to my website can never hurt.

I personally find it highly annoying and can't hit my 'mute' button quick enough. Like earlier websites that featured flashing signs and a ton of animated gif files I think this gimmicky stuff will fall to the wayside. In a website I look for informative content, easy navigation, relatively quick loading and cohesive structure. Instructional videos are definitely a plus (like we talked about last night, Michael)

hahaha gas, Behr brightener, a 1 gallon pump up sprayer and a 1.8 gpm washer. Those pics are the day I gave the estimate. The homeowner gave it a whack with above mentioned equipment and decided to pass. This guy was awesome to work for, very easy going but it was an ongoing obstacle course with garden hoses etc.

Is this Pressure-Tek's forum?

Jim, the smaller the better. John with having to apply multiple strippers, work around all the obstacles, sand some areas etc we had 50 man hours into this one. I estimated by the square foot when I did the proposal but.... I did a test spot on the lead in walkway which did not have the acrylic. I made the customer a promise to restore the deck starting with a strip so I had to bite the bullet and ate the extra labor hours and more expensive stripper (luckily only needed 7 gallons of it) I didn't lose money by any stretch but of course we got very busy and backed up fooling with this one. We are back on track now. I have four decks left and after that it is only going to be property washes. Rick, we will not win. More and more formulations are including them.

The owner has a new dog house being built that I have to go back and do in the spring. I would have just given it a quick shot but it actually has windows and an aircondition system on the other side. He didn't want to pay for it so it didn't get done. I know its a shame the darn thing ruin some pics. John T, you can never price a job that size well enough thats why I only choose one tough one every fall. Without giving away too much lets say it was between 5-10

Had issues with cross billing, incorrect cancellation of wrong policies and incorrect data on faxed liability certificates. I stopped using them.

I believe when you quote prices over the phone that leads to lost revenue. Does that count?

JJ, I was assuming you meant that you are going to use the well water for your business. If you are talking about using it for your household supply I would think you positively would have to have some type of treatment or at the very least, a professional testing. After rereading your post I still assume you mean using the water to perform jobs. My average house wash, if it is a very large house may use up 500 gallons of water. Total cost to the customer? drumroll please... $1.00 on their next bill. Now if you have to refill your tote and do every job 100% on your water you would spend more but I cannot see why anyone would do that (based on mainlad US municipal supply cost) To keep things in perspective my quarterly water bill (for my home) is about $200. You are about 35% higher. So your customers might pay $1.35 to $2 to let you use their water. If you have to pump it out, fill a tote, add softeners and bleach, lose gas mileage and spend a couple of hours filling totes every day what could you possibly save?

My feeling is they are generally bad news and destroy relationships. I am not even sure how husband/wife teams sustain them in all honesty. Friends or relatives, forget about it. No matter how much you list strengths and weaknesses and who is bringing what to the table, one part of the partnerships always feel they are contributing more whether it be financially or in sweat equity. You will become liable to another person who may not agree that you need a bigger machine, a new pump etc etc. If you are the one in the field you will be resenting the fact that you are busting hump and the other person is just giving you an expanded customer database. The other person will resent that they are spending all the marketing dollars and have spent their time building that datatbase and they have to pay you exorbitantly to do the work. Reconsider this idea or at the very least go in with your eyes open. Write a business plan. Do cash projections, income split formulation, write short and long term budgeting plans, have both sides write up a SWOT analysis and come to terms with everything WRITTEN before you agree. You can spend the next year working your tail off and you will not be the sole owner of your customer list. Be sure to label a preagrement when it comes time to split up and there is a 95% chance you will have to split off. If you have six months in, tough it out. Get loans, max your credit cards get a part time job whatever. Do what it takes to make it ON YOUR OWN.

That is a great one liner that says it all, Jim.

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that is genius. I couldn't do my website though

I looked at your "after" pics first, now seeing what you had to start with makes it even more impressive. Very nice job, it came out very nice. Just an FYI. You can post a second set of pics in the same post by clicking on 'reply' and using the advanced post settings.

Bless me faddah for I have sinned.. its been 22 years since my last confession and I got a lot to tell ya'.

He did some Cypress on the Hill.. "Insane with the deck stain.. Neil's got that stain on his brain..." Great job. Soon I will be caling you for pointers. Looks like you cornered that high end market.

When its mixed with water it is giving off gas (O2) It is degrading from the moment you mix it. SP is best mixed on demand at the jobsite. I am not a fan of straigh percarbonate. I think it is enhanced and is a much better wood cleaner with the right caustics in small amounts and with the right surfactant(s)

That guy was me. Your research now should point towards sodium hypochlorite as a keyword search. Sodium perborate, sodium percarbonate or any peroxide precursor will not be effective when cleaning stucco. The key for cleaning stucco is higher concentrations of sodium hypochlorite (hint: bleach or pool shock) I am not trying to be a smart a** when i say to kep reading I just think if you continue with your seacrh you will garner more definitve information. I have been on this oard long and often enough to know that the answers you seek are worth your time expenditure in terms of research. John Orr is also a very good source of information of stucco and dryvit cleaning. Keep in mind, which was also discussed on the PWN thread, often times stucco needs a 100% cleaning. That is, every inch of stucco will need to be washed with soe pressure (usually around 300 psi) This can require scaffolding or extension wands. Its not often but learning to identify the real bad ones can save your shirt on a misquoted estimate. Hope this helps. -- KF

Rich, My understanding of Craig's post was that the framing was undamaged (ie not charred per se) I also read that the more important sympton here is the need to remove not neccesarily aesthetic appeal to the wood but to prevent that recurring smell which can unltimately lead to restoring a property then having to tear down the entire structure due to that odor. I have read stories where people have tried to rid that smell only to still have it occur (like on damp days) as much as 20 years later. The more I think about this I think it is a risky propositon and best left to a company like ServPro that deals with this and probably carries the neccessary liabilities. I personally would not mess with this one. Too much risk for the return.

keep reading (and welcome to the board)

That looks good man. Smart move. Welcome to the DSNA (downstreamers of north america)

I don't know that I would pressure wash it, Craig. I would if there were no floors, interior or exterior walls but otherwise I would be wary of wetting some substrate that wouldn't dry easily and causing more problems. I would use maybe 1% bleach concentration and 4 oz of TSP per gallon if I couldn't do a rinse. The best type of breakdown for that smoke smell is thermal. This is pure speculation but if you could give the wood a steam bath that might work well too (as opposed to the chem route. The only thing that worries me is the ability for the framing to dry out to 10% or less.

Deck is prepped and ready to seal. Floor measures about 400 s/f plus rails and 4 steps and smaller area 60 s/f. Matt from MDS..interested?.. can't find your number.

Thank you, Daniel.