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    looking for work in Portland Oregon

    Hello from Portland, Oregon. My wife and I owned our own pressure washing business in Portland but due to limited start up savings, we have had to unfortunately close our doors. We were vey successfull but just didn't have the funds to survive over the winter. If there are any Portland...
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    Closing our doors, selling our equipment

    Hello again from Portland, Oregon With deep regret, we are forced to close the doors to our pressure washing corporation. We are required to sell off our equipment too which has been meticulously maintained. We are selling the following items: Landa 4/3500 psi pressure washer w/unloader...
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    Anyone on this Kitchen Exhaust Cleaners board bonded?

    Hello Randy! How are you? We are bonded for $10,000.00 and carry $1 million in insurance. Our state requires a bond to receive a license to be a contractor. ------------------ brian donaldson
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    contracting kitchen exhaust cleaning help

    Hello fom Portland, Oregon! I'm interested in the idea of approaching the local kitchen exhaust cleaners in my local market to offer my subcontracting labor to them. Does anyone have any ideas or views on this from a business owner standpoint..?? I have found that the local cleaners are...
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    Bento restaurant trailer cleaning

    Hello from Portland, Oregon! It's raining here.. Has anyone tried cleaning mobile bento restaurant trailers before..?? This past weekend we cleaned a mobile bento shop that was housed in a fiberglass trailer. The cleaning didn't go too well and we had to stop because of some environmental...
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    What brand of Hot Water unit do you have and how would you rate it.

    Hello from Portland! We use a Landa cold water commercial pressure washer. We worked into getting a Rahsco hot water burner from ***** . We have the RH4400 190 degree electrical/diesel hot water burner. We bought it for $1400.00 (including freight to Portland). This burner works AWESOME...
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    finally......112 apartment units

    Here's another trick we use... When cleaning apartment entryways, we use a portable air compressor (Home Depot special on sale for $99.00 last week I saw).. This thing works great!! You need to get electrical cord (plug it in from a apartment deck outlet) and also buy a trigger gun for the...
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    finally......112 apartment units

    Hello from Portland! I too know the feeling of pressure to bring in business and pray that we will be lucky. We've been blessed today with $1300.00 in new business. Whew!! I'm calling, stopping in and visiting everyone possible to get our name out! The secret I've found in the past with...
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    McPlaceplace cleaning?

    Upon researching this area of cleaning, I talked with my local County Health Inspection Office. They said there is no monitoring or compliance requirements for the cleaning of these internal/external playstructures. They called it "a grey area" with no regulations. I am using a bacteria...
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    McPlaceplace cleaning?

    Hello from Portland! it was 70 here today...hehehe I've received many requests from the fastfood world for cleaning their inside/outside play structures. These things are FILTHY everywhere! man o' man... We have 190 degree hot water capability so cleaning isn't really a issue. I'm small so...
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    Carrying water...what a great idea!

    Hello from Portland, Oregon! It was about 75 here today.. We came up with a great idea for transporting water. We use a 32 gallon dark green colored Rubbermaid garbage can which is plumbed with a garden hose connection at the bottom. This connection feeds our hot water unit. On the can lid...
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    CHOOSING A SURFACE CLEANER

    We have a Landa surface cleaner and it RULES! The thing is ultra lightweight, has a hand wand for blasting away areas that the circular cleaner can't get to and it also has big'ol rubber tires in the back. We got it for $1100.00 from Landa in Portland, Oregon and HIGHLY recommend it.. One...
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    We believe ya'll were right, presentation is everything.

    It's too clean... Get it all dirty then take some pictures...we wanna see the mold & algae over-spray look..and grease... No really...it looks great! ------------------ brian donaldson
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    transitioning into hot water...have a question

    Thank you all for the info. I am now informed and knowledgeable! Whohoo!! The burner should show up Monday from our supplier...it's just like Christmas in August...hehehehe ------------------ brian donaldson
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    transitioning into hot water...have a question

    Hello! We've decided that we are going to aggressively attack the vent-a-hood market as our primary service offering for our business. We have just ordered a hot water burner from that Ft Worth Texas pressure washer dealer to connect to our Landa commercial cold water unit. We were...
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