Dryvit Comdo complex Bid..... Help!!

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NJWashingGuy

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I am putting a proposal together for a condo complex that is entirely dryvit that it painted. It is 6 stories on the front and 5 stories in the back. The sides go from 6 to 5 stories with the rear elevated parking deck. No gutters but had those concrete patio / decks on them which are rather small. There are streaks in the paint by all of the windows and when the weather breaks here I will do a test patch to see if it comes out. What are your suggestions for manlift due to sloped terrain, x-jet vs. downstream and how long do you think it would take with 2 men washing and a ground guy. Rough estimate of the building square footage is 26,000. Also would like to see pricing ideas from guys in this area of the country (PM me if you dont want to post it).
Any other insight or asisstance would be great.
Thanks in advance for any help.
.........maybe the king can chime in here.........thanks
 
Hey Mike hope all is going well. The only thing I can add for you is to check your insurance coverage, some have limitations on building height.

Good luck on this one!
 
John, I was already looking into that, this would be a first for me at that height, but what the hell... right? How did you make out on that complex you were bidding last time we spoke? Also, if your going to the Albany RT perhaps we can car pool. Let me know and thanks for the response, Mike.
 
Mike, That bid was a no go, I priced it high due to the 'issues' with the board membership and they went for the lowest bid.

I don't know about Albany yet, but it's not looking good right now.

On the streaks below the windows you might try some roof mix strength solution and if that doesn't work maybe Safe Restore.

Good luck, hopefully someone with lift experience will chime in.
 
I know that our coverage only covers us up to 3 stories, but I can call them for an addendum for specific jobs, and they will cover as high as I need.
 
Mike, I do a lot of condo's, apartment buildings, commercial structures here in NJ. 6 stories up is going to be hard with a manlift on rough terrain. Most I have done is 4, and PEOSHA showed up at jobsite 4 times!!! Good thing my guys had their harnesses on. Most manlifts you will find go 60 feet and they have some commercial ones that go 100 feet. Can you rig something down from the roof? Can you get up 4 stories and work up two more stories from that height? Remember, up that high, using an extension wand is NOT fun! Gotta have real good sea legs. If you have any questions on where go to for a big lift in NJ shoot an E-mail to my blackberry: OffDutyLLC@aol.com I'm not on here too often but always have my blackberry. Good luck!
 
If you can use a manlift use it. The streaks you might need something with Butyl in it. For a test you can use some Simple Green, works wonders on stucco dryvit. A lot of those steaks get imbedded in the finish and quite often are the runoff from the alum frames of the windows.Xjet or Downsteam, what ever you are use to
 
MVP, it was looking at an 80ft articulating boom lift to the tune of $2600 for the week. I think I can bang it out in 4 or 5 days with 2 guys washing.
JL, MVP & John, it is PAINTED dryvit, meaning that there is a coat of who knows what paint on it. Would this imapct the butyl based cleaners, a harsher roof mix or the simple green??? I wanna do a test spot on it to see what mess I can get myself into. I think this is a magical hit money wise, but don't want to get caught with my pants down fixing somthing 5 or 6 stories up.
Thanks for the help so far, anyone else??
 
DJ, due to the landscape slope on the sides of the building, the 80 ft will allow more versatility and let me get the sides from the front and rear corner of the building. I wish it was flat as a board all around, but that is not the case here. The rental guy used whatever radius the machine can reach and states that it can accomplish what I was fighting in the landscape slope with the 80 footer.
 
On the runs near the window you may have to use some type of acid to get it clean. I'd use power house on the majority of it and maybe some probrc or prosoco acid products for below the windows.

Just take your time, keep everything wet and make sure you don't tear up the turf around the buildings with the lift. I'd use an 80' articulating lift.
 
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