Roof Wash

[tegrey]

plainpainter,
Sorry you feel that way. If you can get 3X what I charged for the same roof, you are the man. You post on most BBS that I post on. Always the same thing WA WA WA. You always seem to be having problems. You consistantly complain about other businesses and down grade contractors. One sentence you tell everyone how great you are, then the next you are going broke? I won't dwell on this topic, because we all read the posts. As far as pricing, it should always be based on our local economy. I don't pay $4.00 for a gallon of milk, and my home is woth $500,000. in California. Your taxes are not the same as mine and I don't have to shop at wall mart for clothes. Get it? Probably not. Critiquing anyone is a mere form of self flattery? If you are making $1,000. per roof, you definatly should be called plain roofer washer, instead? Only a friendly suggestion. I appreciate your suggestions. I hope you become the King of roof washing. Should be @ $1,000 roof per day X $240,000 for roofs alone. Plus your profitable painting business. Looks like a $1,000,000 company to me. Please post friendly and educated comments as possible. We are all here for the benefit of all. Thank you.

[plainpainter]

Are you speaking from a point of an experienced roof cleaning contractor?

How many roofs have you cleaned, Daniel?

Don - I have cleaned only one roof so far - and here is a picture of the outcome. It was every bit as dirty as Terry's roof. Being that I have actually replaced roofs i.e. tear-offs and reroofs. I have the all the scaffolding, picks, ladders, planks that goes with roofing - and the experience of actually being up on roofs. So for me - leaning a ladder against this house - and then rolling up a 20 foot section of ladder with a hook-over, so I could walk all the way up the ridge and spray down with my hose fed by a 12volt delavan - proved to be very easy to do - as opposed to me actually having to pitch fork off the roofing shingles.

I bagged all the downspouts Don, cleaned out all the gutters prior {for an extra fee} and had my ground guy spraying all the bushes and siding of this home. I used 40 gallons of 30% strength modified apple sauce - or what I like to call the 'Tambasco' sauce. And applied and reapplied to bad spots that didn't clean up on the first pass. When I was done - I didn't rinse. Just took the bags out hauled them into a container on my trailer - and got $500 for washing the street side of this home. Didn't kill any vegetation nor affect any of the surrounding koi ponds.

So, what do you think Don? BTW - what do you think is a fair price for that job?

[The Cleaner]

Don - I have cleaned only one roof so far - and here is a picture of the outcome. It was every bit as dirty as Terry's roof. Being that I have actually replaced roofs i.e. tear-offs and reroofs. I have the all the scaffolding, picks, ladders, planks that goes with roofing - and the experience of actually being up on roofs. So for me - leaning a ladder against this house - and then rolling up a 20 foot section of ladder with a hook-over, so I could walk all the way up the ridge and spray down with my hose fed by a 12volt delavan - proved to be very easy to do - as opposed to me actually having to pitch fork off the roofing shingles.

I bagged all the downspouts Don, cleaned out all the gutters prior {for an extra fee} and had my ground guy spraying all the bushes and siding of this home. I used 40 gallons of 30% strength modified apple sauce - or what I like to call the 'Tambasco' sauce. And applied and reapplied to bad spots that didn't clean up on the first pass. When I was done - I didn't rinse. Just took the bags out hauled them into a container on my trailer - and got $500 for washing the street side of this home. Didn't kill any vegetation nor affect any of the surrounding koi ponds.

So, what do you think Don? BTW - what do you think is a fair price for that job?

There's not much roof surface on that house. If i walked it and shot it with the delvan, i would have charged around $400.00/$450.00 for roof only. It would have taken about 45min to do. I live in FL so i am giving you FL prices for a house that size.

[EasyPro]

$527 with house wash $697 with out

[JL Pressure]

All I have to say, Terry, is that I am glad you aren't in my area 'setting' the bar. Between bagging gutters - having a ground guy constantly watering vegetation - three hours on a job for 2 guys - $100 in chems - all for a $340?

It's shocking to me how guys like you can do a $1,000 roof cleaning job for a third of the price - and be praised up and down the aisle on these forums. And if you aren't the 'lowballer' - then what the heck would be lowballers' pricing on such a roof? $240? $140?

LOL

I missed this thread. First great looking roof job Terry. Great B & A pictures

Dan. I may of charged a little more than Terry, but $1000 LOL.

[Gulf Coast Power Washing]

Good job Terry!