Josh Spoehr said:
I have my first coustomer today. Just a straight forward wash on three side of vynil, but the front is dryvit? I am pretty sure I didn't bid high enough on this one, $150, and I couldn't upsell anything... I have two questions. There is a small screened in porch on the back, should I tape up plastic on that, or just be real careful with my spray and ask the homeowner to move things off the porch. Also how high should I go with the clorine consetration on the dryvit? I think I will be using a 8010 tip to rinse, am I correct?
Thanks to all of the great insight on this board. My first customer, alright!
Josh Spoehr
That is a little low (even in our area), depending on the size.
As for screened in porches, I wash the inside of screened porchs all the time. There's just a few things you need to look out for:
1.First, the obvious, make sure you have the customer remove all the items from the porch.
2.Check out what the ceiling is made out of. There are a number of fool contractors around here putting up drywall with a knock down finish on the ceilings of the front and back porches. If its ply wood, vinyle, or stucco/dryvit you will be ok to wash it.
3. Make sure all outlets are well sealed, and make sure any ceiling fans, and outdoor lights are turned off.
4. Most porches I wash in the newer communities don't have any carpeting, but sometimes they will. Most indoor/outdoor carpeting will be tolorant of a basic chlorine/detergent house wash mix just be careful and make sure you pre wet the carpeting before cleaning, and thourghly rinse it when finished (it can take a long time to rinse the chems out of indoor/outdoor carpeting so make sure you charge accordingly).
You should be alright with an 8010 tip on dryvit, but one thing to be very carful with, On most of the dryvit homes going up in this area, the colums, the borders around the window and any other dryvit part of the house that is decorative, or pertrudes from the surface is much more delicate, as it is only foam covered with a very thin coating, so be very carful around these areas.
One more thing, you may allready know this, but I'll say it anyway, BE VERY CARFUL around the windows. Most new homes will have therma pane windows which can be damaged in a heartbeat if you rinse with to much pressure. I don't rinse windows, or around doors, with anymore pressure than that of which is supplied by a soap tip.
How big is this house you, I guess by now have allready, washed?
And do let us know how things went.
Hope some of this helps.
Lance Powell
Clay County Pressure Cleaning
(904) 535-4590