Rust Removel How to Price

[Solopressure washer]

And that would be a picture of a what?

That was an endless wall pool. That was the spill way tile with calcium deposits. The wall had weepers and the owners got tired of them.

 

[Craig]

Just out of interest what does an attorney make per hour in the US.??
I am pricing a concrete deck wash at the local stadium that is covered in red clay from dust from the car track and black Algae.
It is 250 square metres or 2690 square feet. At a rate of .60Cents /sq ft it prices out at $1614. I wouldn't have a snowballs chance in hell of getting the work at that sort of figure. worst case scenario it will take me 6 hours to edge out with the rotary nozzle, surface wash with the BE and then rinse. @ attorneys rate that would be $270/hour. How do you get away with screwing you customers for that sort of money????? and as for $3/ sqft SERIOUSLY!! $8070 to wash 2690 sqft of concrete how on earth would you justify THAT sort of figure to your customer??????

Those prices are not for concrete cleaning, they are for specialty cleaning. General concrete cleaning can be as low at .05 to $0.25 per foot depending on how much and the frequency.

I can see why you're all wound up in your post, you are just not realizing what the .60 to $3.00 a foot is for.

The types of restoration I'm talking about is usually removing battery acid stains, fertilizer rust stains, calcium carbonate or something of that nature. We have special solutions to special problems... This is RESTORATION. Some customers are looking at getting fined $100,000 per day that certain types of stains are present, so the justification of $3.00 a foot for neutralizing hazardous stains, using primary and secondary wash water containment, surface cleaning these areas with on-the-fly wash water recovery equipment, filtration and relocation of this water.... Justification is pretty easy.

A hazmat team would easily charge 10 times what we do and they would still leave the stain

To answer your other question, I think most Attorneys in the U.S. are asking $150 to $350 an hour.

Before you go into attack mode next time, just ask for clarification. There are reasons for what we do and what we charge. Pressure washing companies are valuable assets to the health and safety industry and we all need to realize our worth.




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[Doug Rucker]

Just out of interest what does an attorney make per hour in the US.??
I am pricing a concrete deck wash at the local stadium that is covered in red clay from dust from the car track and black Algae.
It is 250 square metres or 2690 square feet. At a rate of .60Cents /sq ft it prices out at $1614. I wouldn't have a snowballs chance in hell of getting the work at that sort of figure. worst case scenario it will take me 6 hours to edge out with the rotary nozzle, surface wash with the BE and then rinse. @ attorneys rate that would be $270/hour. How do you get away with screwing you customers for that sort of money????? and as for $3/ sqft SERIOUSLY!! $8070 to wash 2690 sqft of concrete how on earth would you justify THAT sort of figure to your customer??????

Ummm, that's not specialty cleaning...IMO. That's like .10-.20 a square foot. I,d be at about $1200.00 for that, based on your 6 hour projection