well water use question?

a68cudas

New Member
have to give a bid on a 2000 sq ft house tomorrow afternoon. Problem is is that i dont have a tank and therefore will have to use his water. The person has well water and i have a 3500 psi 6-8 gpm pressure washer. About how many gallons of water is this gonna use? the problem im afraid of is running the well dry? Any others have jobs where the us of the peoples well water was used? Can this job be done safely with out running well dry? Or should i just pass on this one and tell them they will probably need to find a washer who has a tank?
 

Dave Olson

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If your part of Ohio is like my part of Illinois, you should not expect to be able to use the customers water. Alot of folks here are hauling water from town to keep from running out of water for their daily needs.

Dave Olson
 

R. E. Crouse

New Member
You have one hell of a machine drawing 8 gpm! Use the right chems, lower psi to 2500 and you will be fine. Take a 5 minute break every 30 minutes to help the well recover. Good luck!
 

Cat Powerwash

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R. E. Crouse said:
You have one hell of a machine drawing 8 gpm! Use the right chems, lower psi to 2500 and you will be fine. Take a 5 minute break every 30 minutes to help the well recover. Good luck!


I did A job in jersey that had well water with two 3500 4 gpm and ran out of water after two hours. Had to go back the next day to finish
 

CaroliProWash

New Member
One other thing to consider when using well water......the iron content may be higher than regular municipal water. If this is the case, make sure you have oxalic acid with you to return the house to its normal color!

Celeste
 

R. E. Crouse

New Member
Cat Powerwash said:
I did A job in jersey that had well water with two 3500 4 gpm and ran out of water after two hours. Had to go back the next day to finish

That would mean the well had a maximum capacity of 960 gallons, if it were full and you ran two machines wide open non-stop for two hours straight. Those numbers don't jive, at least not here in MD. I have NEVER drawn a well dry. We are just patient, but not too patient, and have never had any big problems. If you finished the job the next day, I assume you didn't have much left to do, considering how quickly the well ran dry.
 

Cat Powerwash

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R. E. Crouse said:
That would mean the well had a maximum capacity of 960 gallons, if it were full and you ran two machines wide open non-stop for two hours straight. Those numbers don't jive, at least not here in MD. I have NEVER drawn a well dry. We are just patient, but not too patient, and have never had any big problems. If you finished the job the next day, I assume you didn't have much left to do, considering how quickly the well ran dry.






We had about an hour in a half worth left.
 

Intown Paintr

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CaroliProWash said:
One other thing to consider when using well water......the iron content may be higher than regular municipal water. If this is the case, make sure you have oxalic acid with you to return the house to its normal color!

Celeste


Yeah definitely been there. Washed a white vinyl house that was real dirty, after washing it was bright white until about 10 minutes after when it turned completely yellow!!! could not believe it. we had to use acid on the whole house, what a waste of time we have learned and now make sure our 500 gallon tank is full before we go there.

Adam
 

PressurePros

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Before I added a beefy reserve tank I did a deck where the customer's pump was on it's last leg. I didn't know any better so I washed away wondering why my hose was pulsing and after doing the length of a single board I had to stop for sixty seconds to let my small resevoir fill. It cost me a valuable lesson and a pump rebuild. Do a flow test. If the well cannot keep up get a permit and meter to tap into a hydrant.
 

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