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    Black Streaks from windows

    I've washed a few homes, new and older with vinyl siding with (black, dark grey) streaks coming from the 2 lower corners and run down the vinyl anywhere from 3 inches to 2 feet. Unfortunately the camera isn't working too well, so I can only describe things. I've used house wash weakest to...
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    Hay Barn wall

    Well things in general are going better than expected with my business. Question I have is I am to do a Hay Barn wall for repainting, painted aluminum siding. The immediate problem is there is a short steep hill alongside the barn, and my ladder won't be level period. What's a good way for...
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    New Concrete Quote

    Tomorrow I'm giving a quote on some balconies in a brand new Condo complex. The quotes are for washing the balconie before they are sealed. Question ? ? Wash in Hot or Cold water? There is no knob to adjust the temp, never was. Just water, or light duty concrete cleaner. I'll see the...
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    Historical Cleaning

    Is there/are there anyone on the boards who has/is pressure washing HeadStones ? I got into conversation with someone on the board of directors of a Historic Society, and they are looking for someone who can pressure wash/ clean headstones in a cemetary. The oldest headstone is early 1736 and is...
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    Cross Selling

    Hi folks I'm introducing my PW company to different areas of interest, one being to homeowners. Well there's a company that does decks mainly pools and hot tubs. Can someone give me an idea of a price scale in sq ft for decks 0-500', 500'-1000' etc. This company has been in business for 25 yrs...
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    New to Fleet Washing and big equipment

    Ok folks I know some more areas I want to be able to start washing; the big trucks, in & out of trailers, farm equipment, heavy equipment etc. What's the best way to approach these companies to get the projects. It seems I'm the only contractor around the valley here that uses 210F of hot...
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    Checklists

    How many people use them? How important are they? Before and after a project and truck checklist, equipment checklist. I'm considering a few, as in the past I was running around and wasting my time, customers time and spending a little more than what I imagined ( fuel, mileage, sanity ) Thanks...
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    Pressure Washing Myths

    I'm redoing my brochures and want to know from you all, the myths you run into about pressure washing. I want to put the Myths and pluses of using my service to put peoples minds at ease. How do you all put potential customers minds at ease, so they get past the questions and on to the task at...
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    Brochures

    I'm redoing my brochures all over again, they have too much info on them trying to sell everything. It's down right frustrating My targets were: Homeowners, Property Managers, Commercial. I had good success with these areas before. New areas of interest: Fleet Washing, Tractor Trailers...
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    HELP!! a bit of a read.

    I haven't been on this board for quite sometime, I was using a different name as well. My wife & I moved out here to Nova Scotia, from B C, a little over a year ago. I had my business for 3 years, and becoming successful each year by adding more customers in different areas. Problem: I was...
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