Rain Today In Tampa

[Apple Roof Cleaning]

I HAD two 3000 plus sq ft tile roofs to clean today in the Tampa area.
One in Eastlake Woodlands, and one in Palm Harbor.
Rain and wind is expected, so we decided to stay close to home, and clean a few here in Brandon, FL instead.
I moved the tile roofs in Palm Harbor and Eastlake Woodlands to Friday.
The customers are all repeat roof cleaning customers, so they had no problems waiting a few extra days.

 

[jjones4574]

Storming bad here in Ocala right now. Verry windy. Not a roof day :0).

 

[Apple Roof Cleaning]

Storming bad here in Ocala right now. Verry windy. Not a roof day :0).

We had 45 mph winds come through Tampa/Seffner area.
No way we are cleaning roofs in that weather.
The two tile roof cleaning customers we moved to Friday are repeat customers.
Actually, over 1/2 of our business are repeats, or referrals from same.
Word of Mouth Brother, that is what happens after 16 years cleaning roofs in Tampa

 

[Steven Button]

... I just got done washing a 4,500 sq.ft. house in Celebration when the heavens opened!!

Winds were a bit of a pain for reaching high peaks, but I used the 8' lance with garden hose nozzle and managed to soap and rinse with no problem! (thanks greg! )

so fortunately, there was no rescheduling for me today!

 

[David O'Connell Jr]

garden hose nozzle and managed to soap and rinse with no problem!

so fortunately, there was no rescheduling for me today!

Steve do you have a picture of that?

The wind pick up here a lot today as well.

Still did 1 complete house, roof included and another roof only. It got exciting on the second house.

 

[David O'Connell Jr]

Good to see ya back Chris.

 

[Peerless]

rinse from the heavens....


When you are Roof Cleaning Tampa you must always keep an eye on the weather.

I have been caught up on a tile roof cleaning when a sudden rain storm came in and it is not fun.
Sudden wind can really cause problems, especially in Tampa FL where all of the air is HOT air.

 

[Steven Button]

Steve do you have a picture of that?

The wind pick up here a lot today as well.

Still did 1 complete house, roof included and another roof only. It got exciting on the second house.

Hey David

Pics below... need to give props to Greg from Splash and Dash for this, he's got a whole bag of tricks after 20 some years in the biz. THANKS GREG!!!

 

[servicemark p.w.]

hey steve, whats the brass spray nozzle do. i've read about it before . is the spray a straight pattern or ?

 

[David O'Connell Jr]

Poor mans ladder saver LOL

Probably works better

 

[Steven Button]

hey steve, whats the brass spray nozzle do. i've read about it before . is the spray a straight pattern or ?

yeah, concentrated straight jet of water... orifice allows you to downstream. Since I changed to downstreaming from X-Jet the garden hose nozzle has helped me work a lot faster... that's just me tho!

Poor mans ladder saver LOL

Probably works better

lol... some may say that it's the smart man's ladder saver! ($$$$ saver)

works real good... never used ladder saver, so have no comparison - but it has helped me out a lot.

 

[Chris Francis]

Stevewas it hard to make it does let you controll soap and clean water

 

[Steven Button]

I soap with garden hose nozzle and rinse with X-Jet Nozzle (gives me the fan for lower areas and 'jet' for higher, without drawing soap) - if needed I'll go back to trailer and unhook downstreamer... but that's not been necessary so far.

 

[Chris Francis]

So it has nice pull garden nozzle able to change pressure or is one opening

 

[Steven Button]

Garden hose nozzle has one orifice (in picture).

M5 X-Jet Nozzle has a 'twisting' adjustable spray pattern - wide spray to narrow 'jet'. The orifice size in this one isn't big enough to draw from my downstreamer back at the hose reel.

When I don't want soap I change out the nozzle as you would when, say, changing from a 15 degree quick connect to a 25 degree quick connect...

hope this answers your question Chris.

 

[Chris Francis]

Steven that did answer question. Steven have you ever used verable wand or double wand setup I have heard some talk about them

 

[Steven Button]

Recently bought variable pressure dual lance... not used it yet though!!!

I was going to test it today, but I was short of a couple of quick connects.

I don't think I will use it for residential/house washing... I bought it mainly for 'soaping' and washing block walls (which I've done a few of recently), to test out the variable pressure in gum removal and for use on EIFS.

Maybe some of the other guys will chime in... although, it is changing the topic from the original thread.

Chris, ask the question in a new thread... we may get some more info from other people's experiences?!?!

 

[Chris Francis]

Ok how long did rain over by you steven I worked 7pm to 7am so went to bed I awoke to ground was wet I want to say it was short rain fall.

 

[jjones4574]

We had 45 mph winds come through Tampa/Seffner area.
No way we are cleaning roofs in that weather.
The two tile roof cleaning customers we moved to Friday are repeat customers.
Actually, over 1/2 of our business are repeats, or referrals from same.
Word of Mouth Brother, that is what happens after 16 years cleaning roofs in Tampa

I hear you bro, Word of mouth, its the best advertisment

 

[Steven Button]

it didn't last long here... windy for quite a while, light showers, then came on quite heavy for about half an hour... just another day in paradise!!