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    I found since i posted last that hand rolling your hoses works well for me. Less stress on the hoses and unless" i "break down i can reel in hoses for a long time,lol. I can roll my hoses up pretty quick now. But heck like apple said i dont pull my hoses out a bunch mainly one time a night. One thing about hand rolling there is no  maintenance on a rell if you dont have one, no orings,bearings or bushings or having to pull the tools to remove your hose for repair. It just seems to work best for me actually.

    Marko

    Thanks for posting Marko! I wish more people who do not want or use hose reels would "Come Out Of The Closet".

    My company cleans more roofs here in the Tampa area then anyone I know, and we have been w/o hose reels for over 5 years now, and never looked back!

    You will never see a hose reel on any of my roof cleaning trucks, ever again.

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    I have tried 3 electric hose reels for roof cleaning, and every one of them failed soon.

    In fact, hose reels themselves soon fail, when faced with the roof cleaning chemicals.

    We eliminated hose reels nearly 5 years ago, and never looked back.

    But then, we are roof cleaners, not pressure washers.

    We don't pull and reel up our hoses 10 times a day!

     

    Hose Reels restrict flow, unless they have large internal manifolds, and they rob pressure.

    Not a big deal with a PW, but it can be a big deal with a low pressure roof cleaning pump.

     

    SH is both a liquid and a Gas, and the fumes are very corrosive. Once these fumes find their way into your electric motor, bye bye electric hose reel.

     

    In a SH delivery system, the LESS connections you have, the better!

    Less to fail, less chance of leaks.

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    This guy called me for a roof cleaning estmate, and we got talking. He told me there is money set aside for any company effected by the BP Oil Spill disaster.

    Many of us were effected, and lost money because of it. He said the money is fairly easy to get.

    He did not ask me to publish his email to me. I am only doing it so perhaps any roof cleaner or pressure washer who's business was effected by the Gulf Oil Spill Disaster may get compensated.

    Chris,

    My firm is working with Navigant Consulting to analyze and file BP oil spill claims. It costs you nothing for the analysis and there’s a 25% contingency fee for filing and defending the claim if you qualify and BP pays. We would need your gross monthly revenue from January 2007 through December 2011 (which you can put in a spreadsheet or just in an email if you want). We then run an analysis with proprietary software, which analyzes the data 64 different ways to see if you qualify. If you qualify, we will need tax returns and some other documents to file the claim. You can send the numbers to me or, if you prefer, directly to Navigant (just let me know and I can get you a contact person at Navigant). Your financial information is kept confidential throughout the process. Let me know if you’re interested and feel free to call me to discuss further.

    Thanks,

    Nathan

    NATHAN A. CARNEY

    Attorney

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    101 E. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 2700 Tampa, FL 33602

    Phone: 813-223-7474 Fax: 813-227-0424

    Direct: 813-227-7424

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    I am a roof cleaner near Tampa, Florida. So, the Google Search I want to be near the top of the search results in is simply "Roof Cleaning Tampa FL".

    However, my good friend Chuck Bergman lives down in South West Florida.

    They have a TON of smaller cities and towns down there, so I made this for him http://roofcleaninginstitute.org/index.php/blog/31/entry-47-pressure-cleaning-englewood-fl/

    Englewood Florida is one of about 35 smaller towns he services.

    If the forum you post on has blogs (This one does), they are much more effective for reaching potential customers then simple promotional posts.

    Every Forums Blog Software (if the have it) is different, but on our forum, you can actually approve, not approve, or even allow other posts!

    This is super important, to keep local competitors OUT of your promotional posts.

    Local Competitors will sometimes make a post in your thread that says "Nice work, Chris from Apple"

    And, often, they really do mean it!

    But some scumbags will only post in your thread, to try and STEAL your work.

    They post like they are flattering you, and your work, when they really hope the potential customers you attract will shop them, so they can cut your throat!

    Our Blogs (and the ones here on TGS) give you total control, to moderate, allow, or disallow comments, as well as delete them, in case a local competitor who has posted in your Blog becomes an enemy!

    I have seen cleaning contractors make promotional posts on some forums that become highly ranked in their search results.

    Then, out of the blue, a local competitor sees this, simply joins that forum, and posts in that highly ranked thread!

    The poor contractor then runs to the forum moderators, to complain about the local competitor who has jumped in the promotional post, and ruined the thread.

    Well, guess what ? Seldom will they do chit for you, and now your worst nightmare has become a reality. A local competitor has just stolen your SEO!

    My advice is, to use the Blog Feature here on TGS, to promote your business.

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    I wonder if The Hinderliters of Powerwash.com (Delco) are ok ?

    [h=1]Tornadoes cause massive damage across Dallas, Fort Worth and North Texas[/h]By The Dallas Local | Local Dallas – 1 hr 13 mins ago

    (Updated at 3:45 p.m. CT)

    By Jason Sickles, Yahoo! Dallas Editor

    At least two large twisters rumbled across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area Tuesday afternoon, crushing homes, flipping trucks and sending thousands of North Texans scrambling to take cover.

    More tornadoes were possible, but not immediately confirmed by the National Weather Service. Storms also produced heavy rain, lightning and hail as the band of extreme weather swept across the area.

    By 3:45 p.m. CT, most of the warnings were focused north and east of Dallas. Tornadoes were spotted on the ground in at least seven counties, with the most recent report at 3:40 p.m. CT in Kaufman and Hopkins counties east of Dallas.

    "Oh no! Oh no!" a storm spotter in Forney (25 miles east of Dallas) told CBS 11 during a live broadcast. "Oh my goodness. I can see the homes just being torn apart."

    Some minor injuries were reported, but an exact number is not yet known.

    At one point, the National Weather Service declared counties in Dallas-Fort Worth to be under a "tornado emergency."

    Sirens blared across downtown Dallas and Fort Worth, schools huddled children in hallways and passengers at DFW International Airport were rushed to safe areas during the height of the storm.

    "This is as serious of a tornado we've seen in years," said CBS 11 meteorologist Larry Mowry.

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    Hello all,

    I need some help, I have been in the pressure and window cleaning business since 1993 and I have many homeowners asking for me to do a preventative maintenace program for their roofs - what I need help is for the bidding of this job it's 28 roofs 6000 Sq feet small barrell tile in Southwest Florida they were just cleaned there is no real pitch to speak of, and they want a price for chemical treating on an annual basis.

    Any help would be appreciated!

    I would say 5 cents a square foot for yearly treating the roofs Jason, and 20 to 25 cents a square foot for cleaning. Bear in mind if you treat a clean tile roof on a yearly basis, they will want a guarantee the roofs will not get dirty. If they do get dirty, you will have to come back and clean them.

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    http://www.tommyspressurewashing.com/home.html

    Someone very kindly let me know today about these being stolen from our site....let's see how fast he removes them. For his sake, it better be TODAY!!!!

    GGGGGRRRRRRRRRR! :lgangry:

    Beth

    They do it to us all the time, even worse! We have one local clown placing dead plants on his website, then naming whatever company he is mad at that Day as the culprit! Yes, we could sue him, but he lives in a weekly trailer park. We also saw him on America's Most Wanted, so it is doubtful he will obey a cease and desist. I don't publish his web site, because it gets him hits, and a valuable link!

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    These "miracle roof cleaners" are nothing new. They have been around in some form or another for many years. If they worked, many of us cleaning roofs would have been out of business years ago. Many people wanting or needing roof cleaning can't afford to wait a year for the black streaks to disappear from their roof, if they ever completely do. The principle these work on is they claim to kill the Algae, Mold, and Mildew growing on a roof. Once the Algae is dead, the rain washes it off. This has not been our experiences with these roof cleaners. Not a month goes by that we don't get a call from someone who used these types of products that did not work as claimed. So, in a sense they are good for the roof cleaning business! Users of these products tell neighbors they are gonna clean their own roof. So, when it don't work, they call a roof cleaning company to properly clean it, vs looking like an Idiot to their neighbors.

    I had a retired guy call me from up in Tennessee, wanting to clean his roof this way. I told him to simply take some Rock Salt and water, and spray the roof. It will do nearly the same thing. Actually, any plant killer will do the trick, as will good old bleach and water, if you have a long time to wait ? Many of our roof cleaning customers are trying to sell or paint their homes, or got a roof cleaning letter from their homeowners association. They want their roof cleaned now, not a year later.

    The Roof Cleaning Business has never been better since these types of products came out. I hope more of them come out, complete with advertising campaigns. They raise awareness of the awful looks and filth of a dirty roof for all us cleaning roofs properly.

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    I highly doubt this will be affordable, but FWIW here is an email we just received.

    Good Morning!

    My name is David Miller and I am an account executive with CBS Outdoor, representing over 1,600 billboards in the Tampa Bay area.

    I wanted to see if you have ever considered billboard advertising as part of your marketing strategy for Apple Roof Cleaning. We are an aggressively priced advertising medium that is an excellent way reach the local market and raise awareness of your practice. Below is a billboard that is becoming available on Sr. 60 that represents the type of advertising we have to offer.

    If this type of advertising is something of interest, please let me know and I will be happy to send you more information.

    Sincerest Regards,

    David Miller

    Account Executive

    CBS Outdoor Tampa Bay

    6904 Cypress Park Drive

    Tampa, FL 33634

    Ph. 813-901-2846

    Fax 813-886-8744

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