[vivaro 013]

working at my own house this evening , notices van with drive clean sign written on it , 2 people starting knocking on doors, within 10 minutes pressure washers was out of van with a young lad operating it.
Drive  pressure washed within a 75 minutes or so, and  of there went in there little ford connect van
HOW MUCH WOULD THAT OF COST   

[trevor perry]

probably between £1 and £2 a square metre

[Nathanael Jones]

I charge about €70 - €80 for driveway & footpaths on a standard house,.. but I've a 24' extendible lance and I offer to do the gutters at the same time,.. another €70 or so (I'd charge more if I was making a special journey just for the gutters!).

[vivaro 013]

personally there struck me as  the traveller type who  go knocking on doors

[pt]

A customer of mine got done over for £500 a few weeks back by this type of outfit!

[Steve CM]

probably between £1 and £2 a square metre

thats far to cheap!

[Nathanael Jones]

probably between £1 and £2 a square metre

thats far to cheap!

I average 60 -80 sq mtrs an hour,.... so I charge less than this I reckon on average!

[DaveG]

probably between £1 and £2 a square metre

thats far to cheap!

How much would you charge per square metre Steve?

Ive got to price one up next week

Cheers Dave

[trevor perry]

probably between £1 and £2 a square metre

thats far to cheap!

I average 60 -80 sq mtrs an hour,.... so I charge less than this I reckon on average!

i agree i charge less on large areas in fact one job i do is under 50p a metre but for an average drive you have to get there sometimes the drainage is bad and it can also take a while to rinse walls plant pots and windows etc hence between £1 and £2 a metre,

[Nathanael Jones]

My 60 - 80 mtrs an hour includes rinsing walls & plant pots etc,... a decent machine eats through this kind of work.
My only problem is water,.. my powerwasher uses 13 litres per minute @ 4000psi and tap pressure in my area can't keep up with the washer. I arrive with 1000 litres and start the tap filling it straight away, but still after 3 or 4 hours the tanks is dry. Good excuse for a tea break though!!

[Steve CM]

other guys are charging 3.50 to 5.00 per square meter so there is a clue!!

[simon knight]

I did a bit of this before taking up window cleaning. It was a good little earner but too seasonal for my taste.

I charged £1.50 per metre for the basic clean. £5 pm if they wanted it regrouted as well...they usually did as the washer usually ripped out half of the mortar.

[trevor perry]

My 60 - 80 mtrs an hour includes rinsing walls & plant pots etc,... a decent machine eats through this kind of work.
My only problem is water,.. my powerwasher uses 13 litres per minute @ 4000psi and tap pressure in my area can't keep up with the washer. I arrive with 1000 litres and start the tap filling it straight away, but still after 3 or 4 hours the tanks is dry. Good excuse for a tea break though!!

i think mine is a decent machine theres a picture of it on my website although only 3000psi it is 21 litres a minute which is much quicker for rinsing off oh and by the way it is hot, like you i have a 1000 litre container in the trailer and when water supply runs out due to tap not keeping up i fill up at a stand pipe fire hydrant so as not to waste any time.
 out of interest what would you charge for a driveway that would take approximately an hour as i thought i was cheap at £1 a metre.