[kleenandfresh]

hi i am looking at starting up on the driveway cleaning.I have a cc company it is a little slow, i have book up with smart seal in April the question is can you make a good living out of this or i am i wasting my money and time please help me
thank you
phillip

[Richy L]

i have had a few leads from smartseal but they were all a waste of time and their resin is expensive.

[drive surgeon]

yeah smart seal is rubbish. the custies wont pay the amount for cleaning, sanding and sealing and the selaants dont last anyway. :

[kordun]

i had few leads, 1 only god job others not.

what sealants do you guys use?

[kleenandfresh]

thank you so who is the best to get the equipement 

[drive surgeon]

i used to use resiblock but custys wont pay that either.

[Alan McTernan]

Last year only done one sealing job and that is because the customer insisted on it. I only use Resiblock as it seems to be the best!!! But expensive.
I had loads of enquirys for sealing but i try to down sell it as the conditions need to be perfect to put it down (it is bad enough trying to re-sand sometimes)
Also it makes a block paved driveway water proof so if you have issues with drainage and pooling it will be a lot worse when sealed.

Regards
Alan

[cleaner-exteriors]

sealing can be a very good earner on the handful of days you can do it, get it wrong and it will cause so much grief, usally when you tell the client price of sealing they tend to just go for the clean!

[kleenandfresh]

so is it best to just get into jet wishing to clean the paving and if not smart seal who should i go to 

[dandandan]

Were are you based mate?i`m in Liverpool and might be able to help you.Don`t go into driveway cleaning full time because it`s a summer thing,you`ll be left scratching your arse all winter,if you try sealing be ready for lots of headache because people think it comes with a 2 year gaurantee and will burn your head out when it blooms,if you do seal only do it when and if the weather is sunny for at least a week,even then your chancing it. Advanced Sealing Solutions are a brilliant company,ask for Drew.I just had a printed concrete drive bloom on me 6 months after sealing it,think it was due to ice and salt,my head was wrecked,sealing solutions sent me some xylene to spray on it and it came back spot on straight away,brilliant company and they are always willing to give advice.good luck Dan

[cleaner-exteriors]

dan did you have a quiet winter then? i was busy up till mid november still had a fair bit december wrote off janurary and done 2 weeks in feb, so far this month worked most days.
In the summer i tend to work long days to earn as much as possible so i can take it easier in the winter without worrying too much about cashflow

[dandandan]

Yes,2 quiet winters,to be honest i don`t push too hard as i don`t really want to work in the winter,i have other businesses you see to keep me going.I am just letting him know driveway cleaning will not support you all year round,like me and probably most people it`s an addition to other things,thanks dan

[cleaner-exteriors]

yes it is hard to make it work in the winter, if i can make it up to the end of november then i can afford to right off dec,jan and feb

[drive surgeon]

to be honest its a april to august business at best. it goes quiet in july in the school holidays and in august near the bank holiday its dead.   you cant live off driveway cleaning. 

[cleaner-exteriors]

maybe its different down south then, i admit it quietens down in the winter and were goverend by the weather but april till august!!! get some contracts dont rely on domestics and take every oppertunity... also what are you living on working only april till august??

[kleenandfresh]

great thank you it looks like i will have it as a add on to the carpet cleaning good news is that i am getting a little more work on that i am based in milton keynes and i will have a look at xylene and the sun is coming out.

[drive surgeon]

i do commercial work 

[dandandan]

Cleaner Exteriors-6 weeks work from November till March,this is why Driveway Cleaning is a sideline and i`ve got other businesses to fall back on.Once the frost and cold starts no one is interested in having their drives cleaned and to be honest i wouldn`t want to work in it anyway,theres easier ways to earn a living in the winter.I enjoy it in the summer though.

[drive surgeon]

dan is right.  in the snow and ice i had no work for 2 months.             

[davep]

Nice wheels DS