Jeff 232 Report post Posted March 15, 2006 Just wondering what your biggest or most challenging job/project was, residential or commercial Post some pics if you have them Just want to hear what you all do for projects JL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 newlook 265 Report post Posted March 15, 2006 If it is just power washing probably the biggest we have done was a baseball stadium for an Oakland A's Farm League last year ~ Stockton Ports. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Adrian 155 Report post Posted March 15, 2006 35000 sf of a strip mall. It was luckily my very first commercial job. I didn't know of the Grime Scene at that point or surface cleaners and I used the chem injector that came with my pw out of a 2 gal. bucket and 6% shelf bleach. 15k of job was sidewalk and I cleaned with a turbo nozzle. I actually creeped down the sides of the bldg. with a ladder to reach 15 ft heights of store front with a 3 ft wand. It took me 3, 12 hr days. My bid was pretty close to standard, but still a little low in terms of what I charge now. I seriously considered becoming a milkman instead. My bones ached and I was sleepwalking by the time it was over. I know better now and am better equipped for large commercial jobs. I have also done some pretty large resi's. The largest being a 15k sf mansion that Mr. Crossley farmed out to me. It was a great job. But getting paid was alot harder than the job itself. Those bigger resi's , I swear would be laughing at me as I pulled onsite. But like I said I am better equipped since I found out about TGS and my beloved X-Jet and chem two wheeler. Now I am laughing at those larger resi's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Scott Stone 604 Report post Posted March 15, 2006 It took me 3, 12 hr days. My bid was pretty close to standard, but still a little low in terms of what I charge now. I seriously considered becoming a milkman instead. My bones ached and I was sleepwalking by the time it was over. I know better now and am better equipped for large commercial jobs. Having spent five years delivering milk, I can assure you that being a milk man is not easier work. Try 5 and sometimes 6 14 hour days, as a start. My record was 130 hours worked, on salary, since I was considered management, in a 7 day period. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Adrian 155 Report post Posted March 15, 2006 makes my back sore just reading your post Mr. Stone! I used to run a route for Coca-Cola when I was alot younger so I know it can be tough running a route. Just an example compared to how poorly equipped I was when I first started. At least we have learned the right choice by working for ourselves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Littlefield 65 Report post Posted March 16, 2006 http://www.thegrimescene.com/gallery/files/5/0/Celestespics001webresize.jpg This is my wife and son last year on top of Mauna Loa, on the big Island of Hawaii, up the hill several miles from the site of my biggest job ever. It also holds the record for the furthest I've ever travelled for work, 5500+ miles. We blasted, sanded, borated, and stained over 50k feet of wood....Only took us 3 months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 JFife 14 Report post Posted March 16, 2006 ....and what was the customer's name, Rich???:)j/k Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Ron Musgraves 240 Report post Posted March 16, 2006 that was funny jon, i really wanna know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 JFife 14 Report post Posted March 16, 2006 :) He won't tell us Ron, suppose he doesn't trust us:) I thought everyone knows, you are supposed to "trust" people you meet on the internet:) ....I think he had to sign lots of 'confidentiality stuff', so I doubt our begging will help:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Scott Stone 604 Report post Posted March 16, 2006 Last month we had 100,000 sq. ft of sidewalk that had to be in a 6 hour stretch. That was pushing it. We have also done a 500,000 foot parking garage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 seymore 90 Report post Posted March 16, 2006 I have a 6000 sqft deck we maintain up on Lake Livingston...:cool: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Mike Sullivan 15 Report post Posted March 16, 2006 My crew and I did 33 apartment buildings in two weeks in the summer of 2001 one time. I have yet to receive a job that big since then. Mike Pressure Washing Pro, Inc. www.pressurewashingpro.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Beth n Rod 1,279 Report post Posted March 16, 2006 Commercial: Single largest building - new hotel Largest multi-building project - condo complex Residential: HUGE Cedar home Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Littlefield 65 Report post Posted March 16, 2006 :) He won't tell us Ron, suppose he doesn't trust us:) I thought everyone knows, you are supposed to "trust" people you meet on the internet:)....I think he had to sign lots of 'confidentiality stuff', so I doubt our begging will help:) Hey, you know what they say about begging and flattery, "it will get you nowhere, but don't stop." I did sign a lot of confidentiality stuff, mostly to prevent people from trying to swing by and see the prgect un announced, I think. I can say this, the name would mean nothing to you, but you could find almost an exact style log home on this website, http://www.loghomescanada.com/gallery.php, look down on the right at "the Blue Ridge". Now picture 6-8 of those together in one project. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Big Bill 14 Report post Posted March 16, 2006 I did a big project last August. 11,000 sq. ft. of awnings, plus store fronts, and flat work. The sad part is that Hurricane Katrina hit 2 weeks later, had 9' of water in the entire complex. I busted my ass on that job. Because of all the crap going on, it took me 2 months to get paid, but man was it sweet $$$. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Celeste 341 Report post Posted March 16, 2006 32 cedar mansard roofs - strip & reseal.....thanks to Jeff :) Celeste Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 James 624 Report post Posted March 16, 2006 Washed the windows on 2500 condo's. It was 3 or 4 months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Chappy 138 Report post Posted March 16, 2006 Almost 300,000 sf concrete at 3 seperate high schools, at least 1-2 pieces of gum every square foot. Doing it while construction crews where there and painters were painting all buildings. Completed in 7 weeks, even with multiple equipment breakdowns. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Jeff 232 Report post Posted March 16, 2006 These are some of our arger projects the 1st & 3rd pic we do annually, 1st is 35 buildings we do every June, takes about 6-7days. 2nd pic iwas one of the funkiest to rig it was a 17 story building, 3rd pic we do about every 16 months its 6, 3 story buildings and 26 , 2 story buildings, This was the job I went fulltime on , I dont do 3 story buildins now with out a lift unless its 1 or 2 buildings. Im so used to doing condo complexes now , they dont even seem like big jobs. Im working on getting 42 huge , 3 story buildings we will be doing them every 18 months. I love the vinyl condo complexes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Adrian 155 Report post Posted March 17, 2006 Hey Jeff, in the second pic (just curious) is the bucket you are in mounted to the side of that building, because I don't see a boom on it if you are using a lift, maybe just a bad angle on the pic. If so, was it a pc. of rental equipment or do you own it? Seems like it could be handy. Just curious! Adrian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Jeff 232 Report post Posted March 17, 2006 Hey Jeff, in the second pic (just curious) is the bucket you are in mounted to the side of that building, because I don't see a boom on it if you are using a lift, maybe just a bad angle on the pic. If so, was it a pc. of rental equipment or do you own it? Seems like it could be handy. Just curious! Adrian Its a Spider basket, like a swing stage but for one man. On roof its a rolling counterweight rig, so you can just roll it around the roof. Its when you cant go off of the paraphet walls. Its funky set up all that is holding the weight & you is about 2000lbsof wweights at the end of the rig. Its a rental from Sunbelt it serves its purpose. If I ever to decide I want to do more high rises I would buy rigging, but I rather stay below 4 floors, Im getting to old to be playing like that and its to damn windy here at the beach. I had that swinging about 15 ft each way one day in the wind JL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Adrian 155 Report post Posted March 17, 2006 Hats off to you bro. I would never get on that thing. You got guts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Littlefield 65 Report post Posted March 17, 2006 Swinging in the wind is why I always preferred to clean glass and PW off my bosuns chair....;) "Stages are for wimps!" JK, Jeff. I'have been on a 40' stage and been blown 10' or 15' out from the building, talk about a scare coming back in!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Jeff 232 Report post Posted March 18, 2006 Swinging in the wind is why I always preferred to clean glass and PW off my bosuns chair....;) "Stages are for wimps!" JK, Jeff. I'have been on a 40' stage and been blown 10' or 15' out from the building, talk about a scare coming back in!! Last time I was on a bosuns chair it was at a nuke plant and they took this big motor of this water treatment pit, it was about 15 feet across and it was about 40FT down to sea water below we hung the chair off a large pipe and I got init and lowered myself down. I was to PW off the barnicles. As soon as I hit the trigger I started spinning , Itried that for a minute or 2 then we tied a piece of wood to the gun to try to prop it against the inner wall, spun again, they had supers above watching, everyone was laughing, after spinning for 15 minutes I told them forget it. Then I tried to pull myself up the ropes swelled and were real slick I almost went for a swim. I got up top and was dizzy all my crew were laughing their ****** off. The motor went back on the next day. Just another fun day at the office JL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Littlefield 65 Report post Posted March 18, 2006 Freehang PWing, always fun. You know, if you're far enough down the building, a water hose can push you off??? I would have two or three guys holding my ropes in to the building to be able to PW. Didn't do this often at all, just "emergency" jobs, usually a big wig coming in and theres a really dirty sign or something really obvious. All my work was in ATL, or NO, La. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Craig 111 Report post Posted March 18, 2006 My biggest job that I had to do by myself was in the same month that I went full-time. This single job launched me and set me up for the next three months. It was a complete washing of a casino, top to bottom and measured 56 feet to the top. It had 380,000 square feet of interior space and took me 14 days to complete. It also took me almost a year to rehab my arm! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Just wondering what your biggest or most challenging job/project was, residential or commercial
Post some pics if you have them
Just want to hear what you all do for projects
JL
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