Hello All
Our company primarily washes underground parking garages. like all contractors here I am always looking for better ways to do things.
Hopefully other people can post their ideas and we can all benefit.
Here is our process. 4 man crew average job, 2 levels 200 parking spaces booked for one day 8AM - 5 PM
1. Get to the job, one guy heads to the PM or building super, makes sure all is well and that the exhaust vent fans are on and working, he will get access keys and fobs etc. He then helps the guys set up the machines.
2. One guy will start power sweeping ( tennant 6600 ) immediately around the area we want to start washing, this guy will sweep almost all day, We do a grid pattern so all areas are swept twice. Once he is done sweeping he helps with things like hooking up more hose, cleaning around the drains etc.
3. The other 2 guys drive the truck and trailer down into the garage to set up for the washing, start filling up the tanks and hook our machine exhausts up to the ventilation fans using exhaust hoses. We always set up right beside the fans for safety.
4. We always pre-soak and soap the area to be washed first, this helps loosen up any left over dirt from sweeping and breaking down the oils and grease.
5. Start washing and rinsing in one step, no surface cleaners, just 40 deg tips and wand washing. This has proved to be the fastest for us so far, I know a lot of guys swear by surface cleaners. My guys are trained to keeps the tips an even spacing and know to look out for marks, we also rinse the posts and walls up to a couple of feet of the floor. We push the water towards the drains. Any dirt that collects around the drains is scooped up into buckets and the water is rinsed into the drains.
We use 3/4 supply hose
1/2 in and 3/8 galvanator pressure hose on cox reels and keep 500 ft loose on the trailer
one 9GPM hydrotek SCU on trailer with 275 G tank on our trailer, Hot water only if there is a lot of oil.
and as many 4GPM machines as we need, sometimes hooked together to get 8 GPM if there are enough supply taps available.
Tennant 6600 propane sweeper
That is our way of doing things, I would love to hear other peoples ideas. Im sure there are many ways of doing this.
Thanks, its deep winter here so were hibernating, otherwise I could post videos of our current jobs and setup
Our company primarily washes underground parking garages. like all contractors here I am always looking for better ways to do things.
Hopefully other people can post their ideas and we can all benefit.
Here is our process. 4 man crew average job, 2 levels 200 parking spaces booked for one day 8AM - 5 PM
1. Get to the job, one guy heads to the PM or building super, makes sure all is well and that the exhaust vent fans are on and working, he will get access keys and fobs etc. He then helps the guys set up the machines.
2. One guy will start power sweeping ( tennant 6600 ) immediately around the area we want to start washing, this guy will sweep almost all day, We do a grid pattern so all areas are swept twice. Once he is done sweeping he helps with things like hooking up more hose, cleaning around the drains etc.
3. The other 2 guys drive the truck and trailer down into the garage to set up for the washing, start filling up the tanks and hook our machine exhausts up to the ventilation fans using exhaust hoses. We always set up right beside the fans for safety.
4. We always pre-soak and soap the area to be washed first, this helps loosen up any left over dirt from sweeping and breaking down the oils and grease.
5. Start washing and rinsing in one step, no surface cleaners, just 40 deg tips and wand washing. This has proved to be the fastest for us so far, I know a lot of guys swear by surface cleaners. My guys are trained to keeps the tips an even spacing and know to look out for marks, we also rinse the posts and walls up to a couple of feet of the floor. We push the water towards the drains. Any dirt that collects around the drains is scooped up into buckets and the water is rinsed into the drains.
We use 3/4 supply hose
1/2 in and 3/8 galvanator pressure hose on cox reels and keep 500 ft loose on the trailer
one 9GPM hydrotek SCU on trailer with 275 G tank on our trailer, Hot water only if there is a lot of oil.
and as many 4GPM machines as we need, sometimes hooked together to get 8 GPM if there are enough supply taps available.
Tennant 6600 propane sweeper
That is our way of doing things, I would love to hear other peoples ideas. Im sure there are many ways of doing this.
Thanks, its deep winter here so were hibernating, otherwise I could post videos of our current jobs and setup