[dave f]

got a few jobs presure washing off my custys but aint got a clue as to the right gear.ie good presure washer etc tested the place where i live with a few flyers got a good responce but how do do you charge?? by the hour ?? or metre  i am planning to have a go soon as i get the wright kit shortly. ive had a shot with a mates but it was a bit off a micky mouse washer. did my drive but took a while . so a petrol washer is next would my public liability insurance cover any missap??

[LWC]

Personally speaking from experience, unless you know what your doing, i wouldnt bother. Takes too long, messy and its a hard job and unless your price well youll be kicking yourself.

I priced a walkway once at front of bungalow round to back which i thought would take about a hour...took 5 hours and id only said £50.

Others might tell you other wise but i wouldnt bother. I had a good pressure washer and sold it few months ago as was doing my head in.

Window cleaning...pull up, clean window gone.

Pressure washing, pull up clean for ages, start getting ticked off with it. Tidy up the mess, get covered in crap etc etc

[Lee Pryor]

Personally speaking from experience, unless you know what your doing, i wouldnt bother. Takes too long, messy and its a hard job and unless your price well youll be kicking yourself.

I priced a walkway once at front of bungalow round to back which i thought would take about a hour...took 5 hours and id only said £50.

Others might tell you other wise but i wouldnt bother. I had a good pressure washer and sold it few months ago as was doing my head in.

Window cleaning...pull up, clean window gone.

No offence mate but that is totaly the wrong advice, we offer pressure washing as one of our services and it is by a clear mile the highest earner per hour for us!

We got our kit from jet wash direct total cost was around £3000 and it is worth geting the proper kit for this otherwise it is a messy slow job, but as with anything else the proper tool for the job makes all the difference.

then you need to price right. set a minimum price, ours it now £100. We charge £4 a square meter for block paving as it needs to be re-sanded and £3 a square meter for everything else. during the summer I do drives and patios week in week out that easily generate double what you would cleaning windows all day, plus you have a saving at the same time by not driving round all day, true it can be a messy job, but i find the kit is fun to use, gives and incredible result that the customer is ALWAYS happy with and I can do £500-£600 pound drives in an 8 hour day!



Pressure washing, pull up clean for ages, start getting ticked off with it. Tidy up the mess, get covered in crap etc etc

[LWC]

Like i said others might tell you otherwise.

Speaking from my experience mate 

[Jimmy Jon]

Hi Lee, What kind of petrol washer are you using petrol/diesel 11/13hp? I have a 11hp petrol Honda pressure washer with Whirlaway & Turbo lance and am just looking to get going with that service as there loads of minging block paved drives where I live. 

[dave f]

i think ill do acouple of relatives see how it gose before fully commiting

[john the cleaner]

have to carefull here make sure the  slabs or blocks are cemented down or  you will be taking all the sand up and then they start to drop and will have to be relaid could cost u a packet i would leave well alone mate.

[LWC]

have to carefull here make sure the  slabs or blocks are cemented down or  you will be taking all the sand up and then they start to drop and will have to be relaid could cost u a packet i would leave well alone mate.

Couldnt agree more.

[Lee Pryor]

Hi Lee, What kind of petrol washer are you using petrol/diesel 11/13hp? I have a 11hp petrol Honda pressure washer with Whirlaway & Turbo lance and am just looking to get going with that service as there loads of minging block paved drives where I live. 

I have a petrol cobra with 13hp honda engine, 15l per min. mosmatic stainless 21inch rota cleaner, adjustable high-low pressure lance, dirt blaster lance (my favourite toy) 10 and 20 meter lengths of hose and 125litre water feeder tank, my kit is the dogs! and I really dont know what these guys are talking about mate, the only thing you need to be carefull with is crumbling pointing on patios. Ive been jet washing with this kit for 3 years and have never come accross the problems being talked about on here, I have never had a single complaint from a customer about any jetwashing we have done ever. the only thing I come across is loads of money . when doing block pave drives you need a warm sunny day so it is bone dry before re-sanding the joints, for this you need a trip to jewson for some kiln dried sand. sanding can be a bit of a skill to get it right and even, I would surgest you drop me an email with you number to talk about the do's and donts before you get started.

[dave f]

hi cheers for responce click user name for my email add

[clearlyclean]

Have you thought about hiring a petrol washer,we use to when I did building work,Its a horrible job the lance gives you white finger after a holding a while you get soaked and if you get it wrong could cost you to put it right,But dont get put off do a few friends and see how you get on.wear waterproofs and wellies 

[prestige cleaners]

I go for £50 an hour, you cant go too far wrong then, ive never measured an area and based it on that. just guessed how long it would take and gone from there, not the best way i know, but its been fine so far, only the first job i did i underpriced (£40) took me 2 hrs! but you learn from your mistakes.

[gilbert]

i do jet cleaning in west yorkshire charge  £65 per hour or £10 per square metre never had a problem just go for  it

[Alan McTernan]

i do jet cleaning in west yorkshire charge  £65 per hour or £10 per square metre never had a problem just go for  it

HOW MUCH

That will make all the doleys start PW now