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I know it's hot out there being the dog days of summer now, so here is a little Video that will keep you cool in the summer heat and maybe bring a smile to your face :D http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3338191572033931115

Today I was at a Lowes here in town, this store is about 4 years old or so, I asked the manager if they contracted out for any Washing on the entrance ways for their store and I was told they Sell Pressure Washers so they do all their own work. Well maybe thats why there is 4 years worth of gum...

We Started one of our new accounts the night before, it is for a large chain and they have 7 stores here in town. We only did the Sweeping part to start, I will be pressure washing in two weeks for them, But at one store during the night the Night manager come out and talk to me and tell me How...

Ok I don't want to say what chain it is, but they have a 39 page environmental pdf file on thier website. Now they are building a Very Big new store here in my area and after looking their website over they are big on Recycling on most everything atleast the website says they are. I have a...

I find people will do anything but work now days and will steal everything and anything..............LINK

I picked up two stores today from a large chain around here, they have 9 stores in this area, but I think they want to try me out on two of them and see how we do. We will be Washing and Sweeping at them. I know it's not a large pick up like Russ got today, but it's money in the bank anyways and...

OK I have been doing flatwork on sidewalks, dumpster enclosures for about 8 years, but I have never washed a house. This is my own house and it is painted with semi gloss paint about 8 years old or so, Now I am not going to repaint it this year maybe next year, but want to know what chems to...

I got a new account last weekend and here is a before and after of the sidewalks there, I only used hot water too clean it. They were very pleased with the way it turned out and they had it cleaned two weeks ago by somebody lol I don't know what he cleaned it with but it sure does not look clean...

Last night I was out washing and picked up some more accounts just by people driving by seeing us work. That has happend two times this week and this one is for both sweeping and washing. I meet with him monday or tuesday, he is going to call me and let me know what day. Man I love this not...

Has anybody ever clean these types of floors. I have a customer that asked me if anybody does this or if I could and I have never done this type of cleaning before. Here is a pic of the floor he is asking about, Please need help in answering him on this. He was asking me about getting the grout...

Early today I was washing a sidewalk at a Restaurant and I still had the back dumpster area to do and A contractor pulled up and got out looked at the work I had just done and said when I finished to come over to new new Home Depot across the parking lot. So when I got done I went over and he...

I had a customer of mine this week send me a payment and when I looked at it I was like WTH it was for about $300 more then I charged him for both sweeping and washing of a shopping center, so I called him and told him about the mistake his office made and thanked him for paying so fast, 8 days...

I'm a Newbie at using Sodium Hydroxide Beads, I have a few Dumpster enclosures to do and they have grease rendering containers in them, some are not to bad, but a couple are real nasty and the cleaner that I have been using does not get it clean enough for me. What is the best way to apply this...

I have to bid on five Restaurants, sidewalks and dumpster areas and two of them are out of town, they are about 40 miles from here one way. So what I want to know is with gas as high as it is how much if any do you add to the job to cover gas and or travel time. This is my first bid that's not...

Just when I though I had seen it all Now this. You and I are about to get hit with a $1.2 trillion tax increase all in the name of Al Gore's radical Climate Alarmist agenda. Gore and others are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to push this new legislation that will get a vote in...

OK I went out and did some cold calling today, I ended up getting one job for early tomorrow morning all sidewalks, an easy job BUT the district manager was there and talked to me and want me to bid on five of his restaurants here in the area. They want me to bid the sidewalks and dumpster areas...

OK I run a sweeping and washing service, with the price of Diesel @ $4.05 to $4.10 here now it is really getting crazy. I called one of my good PM's that I have 6 shopping centers with today to get a monthly increase in our services, we are on a 30 contract with them for a set price mostly...

Hello All My name is Terry and I run a sweeping service here in Reno, NV. I started my business 5 months ago, I worked part time for another outfit doing sweeping and washing for about 13 years and had been at my main job for 30 years. Now I have done a lot of flat work in shopping centers for...