Jarrod

Fair price. I don't use a wheel anymore. I just pace everything out.

Hey Jesse! Good for you! As far as target services go, well go for deck washing & staining, house washing & gutter cleaning for resi work. Keep in mind that deck season is winding down though. I would send out a multi service flyer.

Don't waste your time. 3 gpm on each gun is useless.

Nice job man! Is that cedar tone?

This deck scared off 4 previous contractors. It had a nasty finish on it that was very hard to remove. I used HD80 and let it dwell 30 min. and then washed it with my chem tip! I'm glad I took the job and hopefully, so is my customer. The deck is 535 sq. ft. and it took me about 2 hours. If it was an oil base, it would have taken me half the time. Patience is NOT one of my virtues, but these jobs are forcing me to acquire some.

Ken & Beth, thanks for the compliments. The logic was, that the customer wanted to replace the boards next time. The sealer I used is TWP cedartone 101. I still gotta find out what the previous crap was.

Thanx for the good comments Shane & Brent. We all can use a pat on the back from time to time.

Here's the finished product Believe it or not, no sanding was needed. Deck only had a slight two o'clock shadow. Customer didn't want us to sand off the grease spot or the burn mark.

Thanx for the positive feedback everyone. Beth, thanks for the sanding tips. I will keep what you said in mind. I'll post what the product was. I forgot what it was. Barry, I'm glad I could help, get up here dude! Ken, I did not stick around for the deck to dry, but, I think it will need a "shave" if you get my drift. I washed with my chem tip to avoid a 5 o'clock shadow. Hopefully it worked. More to come in this weeks saga, PITA decks from Hell!!! (with lots of reverb)

straight stripper, dwell, aggitate, wash. Or oven cleaner (this method will remove some cement too)

True, very true!

BTW, that black spot is from the grill. I washed it 3X with little results. I re-applied HD80 all 3X too.

1200 minimum

Well, it has been a pretty good season so far. (Knock, knock!) Decks - 76 completed Brick paver jobs - 24 completed House washes - 30 Completed Only 3 deck touch ups, 1 brick pavers touch up, and NO house wash touch ups. Only 1 big, fat PITA customer! The season for us began in mid April. How's it going for you?

You are washing truck fleets with two 3.4 gpm units? Holy crap dude! You have a lot more patience than I do! I could not wash trucks with less than 5.5 gpm.

Yep, it works - until it rains!

That's really good. Success is about all of those things, not just profit. For example, This year, I discovered a much better & easier way to wash houses. Man, what a difference that made!!

We're in that inbetween stage where nothing fits right. I have looked at all of my overhead and it all is necessary. I pay my crews comission on all resi work, so I have a lot of control over what the co. will make. I hear what you are saying about the amount of crews. Next year, I will add one more and double my advertising. Don't get me wrong, I'm not starving or anything. It's just that I want to be more profitable. I think streamlining will help too.

It's all one big monster. - Office rent, supplies, advertising, labor, repairs, fuel, blah, blah, blah

If you X-Jet dish soap on your lawn to get rid of misquitos

I wish just me and a helper could do all that! I have 4 employees and a secratery. I only did a handful of decks this year because I was soo busy "steering the ship" per say. It's amazing how busy I am just running the company. I work longer hours than my crews!!! Jon, I'm glad you are gonna hit your goals. My overhead is "snacking" on my gross goals. One more snack, and I'm sending it to Jenny Craig! Barry, CALL ME!! What Ken & the others said is right. My first year totally SUCKED!

Clean from the outside in. It takes time & practice to get the finess to not make a mess.

Yes it is! I was eating a huge turkey leg. Man, that was good!

Husherfan, give me a call 248-961-0800 I have just what you need, and you can get it localy!

Well put Ken, I would suggest a "no limits" type house wash.