Recent content by Rick T

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Hey Jim and Shirley February may not be classified as winter there in Tenn. but here in New York it sure is. Wind chill factor right now is minus five degrees. It'll be sometime in late April or early May before I'll be cranking up "ole Betsy". Hope you have a very prosperous season. Rick T...

Remember when you were in high school being bad was smoking in the lavatory or skipping classes? Last week an 18 year old high school senior from my alma mater of a zillion years ago was arrested for bringing to school 18 pipe bombs,a sawed-off shotgun and a loaded pistol. More bombs were found...

Thanks Ron and Jon. Jon to answer your question of "why would I want to steam clean" the truth is while I was surfing the net I found a website that claimed they steam clean concrete without using chemicals and had some pretty impressive before and after pictures as proof. I hadn't thought about...

I have a two part question for those of you who wash and seal concrete. Question number one is : have you ever steam cleaned sidewalks and if so what are your opinions? Question number two is : do you or have you used V-Seal and what are your opinions on it? Thank you in advance. Rick T...

Last year I faced this same problem.Believe me there is no easy way to totally remove paint from a deck.After trying several differant methods of paint removal and about a half dozen differant chemicals but still unable to "totally" remove the paint the homeowner decided to let me repaint the...

I am curious as to how much "restoration" you get into.Do you limit it to tightening down loose boards or do you go as far as rebuilding sections of decking where needed? RICK T ------------------

I live in New York and I am convinced that this is the "TAX CAPITOL" of the United States.Everything is taxed up here unless you qualify for a tax exempt status IE:churches,government etc. I also have an exempt status but this only pertains to the purchase of material for resale.I don't pay the...

Dan I bought a Kodak DC210 plus zoom camera last year for around $300.00 to use mainly for my landscaping business. Although it doesn't have the megapixels your camera has I am very pleased with it.I purchased a digital imaging program to use in conjuntion with the camera and can honestly say...

Mike,J R is right.This time of year those of us in the north aren't sealing decks nor washing houses.Our inquiries have slowed down somewhat.I'm sure that everyone is getting prepped for the upcoming season.I just put up an inquiree about gift certicates in another section of the board. I am...

How many of you offer gift certicates? How do you word them? Do you make your own? Is there much call for them? I've had a couple of inquires before Christmas but that was the only time.Like all of you I am always looking for an edge.Just wondering if it is worth the time and effort.All...

Hi Adrain We've been sealing driveways for 20 years.Unless you are thinking about sealing surfaces larger than driveways or sealing driveways full time there is no need to invest a lot of money in equipment.The equipment I use is a grass trimmer, pressure washer,leaf blower or broom,a four inch...

i purchased six Motorola i500 plus through Nextel earlier this year and for the life of me I don't know how I managed to operate my business without them.Each crew wears one on their belt so that makes them immediately available to me.I have three of them capable of making phone calls while the...

I'm starting to see a few pressure treated pine boards with the sap coming out.Needless to say it can't be washed away so what is the proper procedure to get rid of it before sealing? Thank you for your help. Rick T

Craig,thanks a lot for the info.i've got a new e-mail address:rickt761@stny.rr.com.again thanks