$5000 job cost over $700 gass--Ouch!!!

[Clean County PW]

We did a job a couple of weeks ago to clean all the paint from many years of Paint gun shooting off the walls. This sports facility is getting the floor from the NCAA's final four installed amongst many other things. All these walls had to be turbo nozzled because of the paint gun build up. Nasty Nasty job.

The Gas bill for this job cost me over $700 between propane and mainly Diesel. This is what where up against now with these off the wall and still increasing gas prices. If I had to do this job over I would have charged more.

 

[PowerWash Pros]

John- Wow, how long did that take you? Looks like a pain.... I hate those kind of jobs.

 

[Christopher]

John, I was wondering why you did not use your bucket truck for that wall in the first picture, a lot less climbing, no feet aching from standing on ladder rungs, be able to do more and feel safer at the same time, etc.....

Just wondering because I would have used mine.

I like those shiny hose reels. Are those Steel Eagle?

 

[Russ Spence]

he wanted to be a manly man ! haha

 

[dhadaway]

Did you use a chemical to get the paint off, or straight power? I have a very similair job i'm bidding right now that is painted brick, and they want it back to the original brick. Do you know a chemical that can do that?

 

[scottwash]

ouch the yellow pole,
Try a alumin pole much easier, might weight 2lb

 

[Lou Zehnder]

John wouldn't mind seeing a picture of your truck set up.

 

[Doug Rucker]

ouch the yellow pole,
Try a alumin pole much easier, might weight 2lb

I agree. Used one of them yellow poles one time. Never again. Aluminum everytime now.

 

[Paul Kassander]

That building needs a lot of work, but your part looks good.

 

[The Cleaner]

I think John sold his lift truck? I hope that didnt take more than a few days? $700.00 in fuel sounds like a weeks worth of time at one location?