How manyy people use a Chicken ladder for roof washes

How many people use a Chicken ladder for roof washes

  • Love a Chicken Ladder

    Votes: 2 22.2%

  • Hate a Chicken Ladder

    Votes: 1 11.1%

  • What the heck is that

    Votes: 6 66.7%
  • Total voters
    9
  • Poll closed .
Hi Lester, first off,...how in the world have you been able to clean 21 roofs efficiently with the weather the way it's been. Maybe Ohio is warmer and more "springy" than Pa. But I am now just getting started this year,..the weather hasn't been good enough here for efficient roof cleaning.

Basically you choose an application method and then you pump the mix onto the entire roof and then roll up your hoses and move on. Not that difficult. Everything I left out is easily found on the various cleaning boards.

Roof Cleaning Institute

The Grime Scene

Pressure Washing Institute

Jeff
 
And lets not forget the Roof Cleaning Forums.

Jeff, what kind of pump would you recommend?? LOL, I am soo just kidding.
 
I have been a remodeling contractor for 30 years. As I said earlier, I just started this roof cleaning this year but even in Ohio, I have already cleaned 21 roofs since early March. I apply my "Glow Juice" (sodium percarbonate based from wash-safe.com) from a 50 gal tank in my box truck with a Delavan 5800 115v. (5/8" garden hose) do you think 3/8 would give me more distance? Walking the roof for the most part. When it dries, I use 800-1000psi to the 4 nozzle rinsing tool,( pitch witch some call it) making each nozzle at 200-250 psi at most. An 8/12 I can walk ok with my Cougar Paws but over that is out of the question. Presently, I'm using a ladder either from the ground at the same angle of the house or hanging a Chicken ladder from the ridge. I can see where there would be situations where neither would work so the no pressure method would come in handy. It takes me 2 hrs to get the product dry from the time we get there and rinsing is 2 more hours on average.
Does the sauce method work the same way, except for the rinsing? I see some rinse and some don't. I would be a rinser more than likely, so that the job would be done when I left.
 
Jeff, I guess I'm just motivated to make this work. I have advertised in the paper, set up at home shows, went door to door etc etc. Had one good weather week where I got in 6 roofs, otherwise it has been 3-4 per week between cool or wet days.
 
3/8" easier to handle can be hard on a 12V pump. 5/8" flows better and will shoot further and easier on your 12V. Good choice is 1/2".

Percarbonate is hard to mix strong enough to clean a roof efficiently, but with 800-1000 PSI I can see how you've been able to work in cooler weather. There's a lot of benefits to using hypo, better for the roof and safer for the contractor.

Time wise hypo out performs percarbonate.

Jeff
 
Jeff, it is not 12v, I plug it into the house and have generator in my truck in case I blow a fuse. But thanks for your reply
 
Lester said:
I have been a remodeling contractor for 30 years. As I said earlier, I just started this roof cleaning this year but even in Ohio, I have already cleaned 21 roofs since early March. I apply my "Glow Juice" (sodium percarbonate based from wash-safe.com) from a 50 gal tank in my box truck with a Delavan 5800 115v. (5/8" garden hose) do you think 3/8 would give me more distance? Walking the roof for the most part. When it dries, I use 800-1000psi to the 4 nozzle rinsing tool,( pitch witch some call it) making each nozzle at 200-250 psi at most. An 8/12 I can walk ok with my Cougar Paws but over that is out of the question. Presently, I'm using a ladder either from the ground at the same angle of the house or hanging a Chicken ladder from the ridge. I can see where there would be situations where neither would work so the no pressure method would come in handy. It takes me 2 hrs to get the product dry from the time we get there and rinsing is 2 more hours on average.
Does the sauce method work the same way, except for the rinsing? I see some rinse and some don't. I would be a rinser more than likely, so that the job would be done when I left.
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To effect an increase in your pumps performance go UP in hose size - not down.
3/8 hose will make you shoot LESS not more.
 
Lester, when we talk about rinssing a roof, we dont mean with a pressure washer. You are talking about a garden hose pressure at MOST.

As the SH is sprayed on the roof, you literally watch the stains disappear as the algae is dying.

That is the problem w/ the percarb, it doesnt kill the algae, it only "loosens" it.

We do not rinse, and when we leave the property, the roof is clean. 100% No rinsing necessary. And definately no pressure washing necessary. Another benefit is that those houses that take 4 hours w/ your method now, you will knock out in an hour, maybe 1.5 hours.
 
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