Pressure Washing Year Round? Really?...

GumDestroyer

New Member
I run my pressure washing business from about May-early October then shut it down due to freezing temperature and roll into my insulation business. But I hear some go year round? Sure seems inconvenient to have to pump with antifreeze and then remove and then pump up again? We have bitter cold winters here like -5 to 20 average.

Should I stay seasonal? :confused:
 

New Look

Registerd User
Year around out here. Tends to slow down around mid Oct through Jan on residential due to the weather and the holidays. Commercial is going on year around.
 

Chad Cobb

PWN TEAM - Moderator
Year round here also, it does slow down around Oct, but then a mad rush in Nov, before family comes.
 

Scott Stone

New Member
Absolutely year round. If, on the rare occasion, a freezing night is expected I throw a halogen lamp under a tarp to keep my machine nice and comfy. I do that maybe once every couple of years.
 

GumDestroyer

New Member
You guys are great! So a tarp and a king size heating pad over the machine and the hoses I assume since it's outside?
So what do you wash at 10 deg outside?
 

PressurePros

New Member
Mike, its not the willingness to work in winter or knowing how to protect your machine. Its generating leads that is the killer in winter. Unless you are commercial, if you live in a climate with real winter, you can be assured you will wrap up operations from November til March. You have to consider that when you are pricing or you will be greeting Christmas shoppers in some retail store.
 

GumDestroyer

New Member
Mike, its not the willingness to work in winter or knowing how to protect your machine. Its generating leads that is the killer in winter. Unless you are commercial, if you live in a climate with real winter, you can be assured you will wrap up operations from November til March. You have to consider that when you are pricing or you will be greeting Christmas shoppers in some retail store.

You hit it on the nose Ken. I live about 40 miles from the Canadian border in Eastern Washington State. The Winters are horrific and cold. Short Spring/Summer where the possibility of overnight freezing temps don't end until the end of May and freezing overnights begins in October. My season is June-October. This is why I also have an Insulation Business.
 

New Look

Registerd User
I know a contractor from Oregon that is selling his rig/set up...As a matter of fact he bought the skid (Hydrotek) from Mark. I don't know the reasons but maybe the WEATHER had something to with him deciding to call it quits!
 

GumDestroyer

New Member
Depending on where he is in Oregon he should have a little longer season that I. One has to have a Spring/Summer business AND a different Fall/Winter business where I live.
 

TPenland

New Member
Did my first job of the year this year on Feb 12th. Wasn't too awful cold...I don't remember the exact temp, maybe in the lower 40's, but when you're doing a house wash and the sun starts to go down while your on the opposite side of the house from it, you kinda wonder why in the heck you're out there that early in the year. Then I remember I got three mouths and bellies at home to fill....and if I don't do this job, the other guy will. SO BRING IT ON!!
 

archie_MN

Moderator
I close up when we freeze in November (ish) and get about 6 weeks off before I start getting ice dam calls. I get about the same break in March, waiting for the temps to get above 40. As far as cold weather upkeep on the machines, I don't have a choice in Minnesota. Anti-ice windshield washer fluid between jobs, and a heated garage overnight.
 

GumDestroyer

New Member
I let both businesses go Doug. Just living on the proceeds and keeping my eyes open. I don't see the economy picking up and if we have four more year of this Administration we won't recognize America anyway. The good news is I trust that God will direct my path here shortly.

Thanks for the inquiry.
Mike
 

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