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the hook attachment stinks. hard to control on 2 story houses and one wrong move you blast a shingle or two right off. Also makes a huge mess of the house and the yard. I get right on the roof and hand scoop. I can do about 10 linear feet per minute, most of the time is getting up and down...

I advertised in the local papers while waiting for the yellow pages to come out. I recieved only a few calls over two weeks. I changed the add to read Power Washing Blah, Blah, Blah Call now for our April Specials Blah, blah, blah, I have recieved a ton more calls and have landed...

I used my M% X jet today for the first time. I used 2 gallons 12%, 2 gallons emulsifier plus and 1 gallon water and used no proportioner. Had just enough mix to do a 2 story colonial with garage and some heavy mold. The amount was perfect and the house came out sparkling. The homeowner told...

Scott, I figured the price was fair at I based on it on the avg. of 10 cents ft2 siding and 25cents ft2 for the concrete. I have won all my bids so far and am afraid that I may be underpricing as this is what others have thought. I am not out to make a million bucks an hour, but I am in this...

I have quoted a few residential jobs and landed them all. Will be doing my first one tomorrow. I did however just get a call for a business building which includes 4 business, daycare, resturaunt, realty office, hari salon. The building is 150 x 60. All one story, 9 ft of siding except 1 60...

I used tuff stuff with bleach. I have some gutter cleaner on the way, hope that works.

Went back to the same house today I had trouble with on saturday. Yellow painted, tons of black and brown mold everywhere. I don't have an x-jet or m-jet yet so I used a small 2 gall pump up spayer. Filled it with 2 parts 12% and 1 part soap and 1 part water. Sprayed and let it dwell 10 minutes...

Thanks for the help. I think I should invest in the x-jet, shur flo or m-jet. However, there are so many different views on which of the three works best. Given my situation, can anyone offer some advise I which of the three I would benefit from. here are my intentions. 1. Speed is...

Thanks everyone. PP, I know I am cheap right now and my next quotes will be higher. I don't feel I should be charging full price when I can not offer full experience. But I am in this to make money. Please share with me your ways of avoiding a telescoping pole and hopefully ladders as well...

Thanks everyone for the help. I will strengthen my mix and use my adustable injector I should be getting monday to see if I can get a better mix on the surface. Can someone tell me what a sureflow pump is, I keep reading them but have not found them online. I have considered the x-jet...

Thanks for the help. Is it the chemicle injector or to weak of a concentration I am using. It is a fixed injector and I have an adjustable on order. Perhaps more of the weaker or less of a stronger solution should do.

I did my first practice job today for an uncle in preperation for my scheduled jobs next week. He has a large colonial, painted yellow, mildew, mold, and black gutters. The scary thing is, he cleaned it last year. I got started by cleaning is asphalt driveway and cement steps with some hot...

Thanks guys.. I plan on raising the prices once I get into the groove a bit and get some confidence. There are only about 10 companies in Rhode Island that power wash and only a few that specialize in it. I am from Coventry and work for Coventry blazing

Thanks Celeste, I figured I would stay a good few feet away from the electrical and I told the homeowners that I don't get within a few feet and they seemed surpised. Oh well.. I will be using emulisifier plus with 12 % hypochlorite as I have heard great things about this mixture. I have a...

Thanks Carolina, I think the deck job is priced well and the house job is cheap as it is for a friend of a friend. I just landed two more this evening. A yellow vinly, filthy 40 x 24 two story colonial, no garage, no walk ways, just gutters as well for $220 and a two story cape 36 by 28...

Got my first two jobs today. I advertised in a local small paper and recieved 5 calls so far and have quoted out 2 so far and got the job. The other 3 I will be quoted tonight and tomorrow. My rig is all set up and working great. Did the fire trucks today at work and they came out nice, a...

Hey, There is guy on Ebay that sells and delivers dual axle landscape trailers. He also delievers from florida to maine. A 12 x 6 tandem was about $1500. A 16' is slightly more. You would need to request dual brakes though. Do an advanced search on ebay and sort by location of new jersey...

Thanks guys. I thought it made sense. I have an extra filiter just before my intake on the pump as well for debris.

It is the fixed injector that came with the unit. I believe he said it is 1.8 orifice. It is just before the water outlet. They ordered me an adjustable as well, I am hoping this one works better. Thanks.

Hey again, I was playing around with my machine the other day using 50 feet of house and washed my truck and front of my house. The downstream injector worked great. I then put my hose reel on with 200 feet of house and I can barley draw any soap. Is it because of the 200 feet our house. I...