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    Website pictures

    I recently came across one of my pressure washing pictures that i took and is on my website, on one of my competitors website. They never asked for permission to use this picture. My question is, is that legal? thanks for the advice and im sorry i havent checked in on this board for a long time.
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    I need a fulltime employee, know anyone?

    I am bidding a job where i would need a fulltime employee. The work would be at night and in the orange county CA area. If you know anyone who might need a job let me know. eric@epmaintenance.com
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    Exterior building washing

    Guys sorry i haven't posted anything in forever. i recently got married and have been extremely busy. I have 2 commercial buildings and they want me to wash the exterior of the buildings the first building is 500 feet long 300 ft wide and 20 ft tall the second building is 550 ft long 350 ft...
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    They can't catch me ridin' dirty

    the other day a customer of mine had an oil spill. They called me to come clean it up. But like sharks, these guys smelt the oil from a mile away. They watched me for the entire job. made sure I would not drop a single drop of water down the drain. These pisc are with my camera phone, sorry...
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    looking for a great degreaser

    I posted that I will be washing the scrapers and I got the contract. I need a very strong degreaser. Please post the best degreaser that you have used.
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    What would you charge?

    What would you charge for something like this? at this job there are about 25 of them. I do have to reclaim the water and take it to properly dispose. I will figure out those costs later. My question is what would you charge for these trucks. there are two engines, they do not want me to wash...
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    Best Detergent

    For trash trucks. Does anybody have some suggestions. Right now I use heavy duty Degreaser, and truck washing soap? Works ok. I still think the trucks can come out better. any suggestions?
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    Does anybody belong to fleetwash?

    Just want to know before I talk some smack. If there is I will respect that and wont say a word.
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    Has anybody used

    Zep chemicals for fleet washing? I just ordered 10 gallons of the Speed truck wash. How does it work?
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    Looking for a water reclaimer

    I still can't decide to go with an expensive filtration system. or go with a heavy duty wet vac. I was looking at the vacuboom but it is very expensive. looks like a very good product though. Does anybody have any good sites that I could check out. It would be used for commercial jobs, I...
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    This is bull****

    A few weeks back I submitted a bid to this property manager for pressure washing about 1200 sq ft. and then he also wanted a trash enclosure to be washed plus all of the water had to be reclaimed. I bid the job roughly around $200. travel time is about 1 round trip and the frequency is 1X a...
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    Questions for ron

    I don't know if i am missing out from something but i have not received one email about this porperty mgmt topic. I have a couple of questions.. 1) What services does your property maintenance consist of? 2) Do you measure the entire property? Right now I am trying to put together a speech...
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    This has nothing to do with pressure washing but....

    on sat i was in a motorcross race and i busted myself up. i will be fine but i wanted to share my x rays with you. that bone should not be standing up. i tore the ligiments that hold the clavicle bone together. the trapiziod and conoid ligiments
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    Is it bad to ......?

    Change the orfice(spelling?) size, when you want to add or decrease pressure and water flow. I mean is it bad for the pump. I run a size 4 right now with a 4000psi 4gpm. I am looking add more pressure with less water. What would you do?
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    I can't believe this

    I get a call yesterday from one of my customers saying that I never showed up to clean his albertsons. I actually cleaned his albertsons about a month ago, and now he is making this big deal saying that i never showed and he doesn't have to pay me( when I already got paid for the job). Basically...
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    Surface cleaner

    I just purchased a surface cleaner yesterday. It is a 20 inch surface cleaner. I had a quick question. Will the surface cleaner in any way discolor colored conctrete, using 0 chemicals? Thanks for your help.
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    just another question

    I have been washing some storage units(Like the ones that haul on the back of trucks or a better example is the boxes that come from over seas boats.) in Laguna Beach and the lady asked me if there is anything that I can do to seal the ouside top of the containers. You know that stuff that you...
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    Pricing Hourly vs Per sq ft?

    After being in the business for a few months now, I am still confused if charging by an hourly rate is better than charging by sq ft. I am bidding on a couple of monthly contracts and I was thinking about bidding by sq ft. The job is about 1300 sq ft and about 1/2 an hour travel time. charging...
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    Starting off manditory chemicals?

    In you opinion, For a person who is just starting off cleaning concrete, driveways, walls, etc. What are some manditory chemicals to have. What is bleach used for?
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    Water Reclaimer & tips?

    I just got in this business. What is the deal with reclaiming the water. I have my first job on monday. There is a moss problem. I was also wondering what kind of chemicals would be good for concrete driveways. Also different tips. Where could i get different nozzles and what is each one...
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