How much money can be made in pressure washing.

I don't love financing, but if used right can do you really well. Problem is too many people get financing and get way more equipment/truck/bling then they need. They then don't get the work or things slow down and the debt still needs to be paid. A lot of guys around me right now are exactly in these shoes and will be going under. For a good example of good debt I leased a vac/reclaim setup as I saw a need coming although didn't have the jobs for it. Equipment sat for a few months then I was able to get a one time job for 2.5 months that paid for the the entire cost of the lease 10x plus more because I had that equipment. My big truck is another example, I would not be where I am today if I had not taken the chance on getting that truck. Now in saying that the truck was no show piece at 13 years old and with 280k miles on her but the age allowed me to be able to reasonably afford a bigger truck that didn't put me crazy in the hole. A new truck my size would have been 10x the cost and would have been a large burden. The truck in the last 5 years has only made me miss 1/2 day of work and has been one of the most reliable piece of equipment I run.
 
Scott Stone said:
How much money???
It all depends on your are, and what you want to specialize in. there are a few rules to follow though. If you specialize you will after a time make more than if you are the one stop shop that cleans everything. That is unless you are Dave Olson and live in a small market. In my opinion he is probably one of the best operations in the business, although I would bet that there are a lot that make more money than him though, not that he does not deserve it.
Now what kind of money is to be made. there are a few contractors on this board that make an easy six figures. I know of quite a few that make in the low to mid 7 figure range. They are the exception and not the rule. In my opinion, most of the contractors on these boards make around 40 to 50 K a year. That is purely conjecture on my part, but I think that it is close.

Scott Stone
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I;ll bet scott might have a different answer today
 
No, I am still good with what I said. The annual income has gone up for the full time guys, but the basic principles are the same. The poor writing is a little bothersome, but I think I have gotten better,

I will say one little thing, there are a lot of contractors on these boards that seem to have all the goodies, the cool logo's, the shirts, the websites, that talk a lot about how wonderful their business is, that are not what they pretend to be. The reason I say this is because a few years ago there was a contractor that was offering a school, that everyone thought was really successful. I even looked at his training website, and realized that this guy that everyone thought was so great, was an officer of the PWNA, was grossing less than my net, by half. I about died. He is out of the business now, but it was an interesting lesson for me.
You cannot judge your success by looking at someone else's business. You need to judge your success on what you do, and how your needs are met.
 
This is our first year in house/roof cleaning. It is our official 3rd week(end, as we do this part time) and it is taking off a lot faster than we could ever expect. We can definitely see ourselves going full time by next season if the demand keeps up. It's still technically "winter", so hoping it keeps ramping up and staying steady. I know it is a little premature as it JUST started to think too big, but for right now, I couldn't be happier.
 
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Scott Stone said:
No, I am still good with what I said. The annual income has gone up for the full time guys, but the basic principles are the same. The poor writing is a little bothersome, but I think I have gotten better,

I will say one little thing, there are a lot of contractors on these boards that seem to have all the goodies, the cool logo's, the shirts, the websites, that talk a lot about how wonderful their business is, that are not what they pretend to be. The reason I say this is because a few years ago there was a contractor that was offering a school, that everyone thought was really successful. I even looked at his training website, and realized that this guy that everyone thought was so great, was an officer of the PWNA, was grossing less than my net, by half. I about died. He is out of the business now, but it was an interesting lesson for me.
You cannot judge your success by looking at someone else's business. You need to judge your success on what you do, and how your needs are met.
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A + tell it like it is.
 
It takes time, start slow, build sustainable relationships and before you know it you have 10-15 employees and you have build a sustainable business.
 
Clean County PW said:
Scott(Thread starter),
I would also keep your teaching job unless of course you start making serious money from powerwashing. Teaching at least here in NY has great Benefits and pays real well once you have tenure(Time on the job).

Plus considering that you have summers off that is a great time to do some powerwashing. Even better then that is that you can also powerwash after school if you get out early enough and also all your weekends are available to do even more work.

Teaching is the perfect job to have a side business and considering that you probably have Health,Dental and 401/457k benefits among others, a side business more or less means more cash in your pockets.Besides business expense, the rest can be put in your pocket to spend as you wish.
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Teaching Garage Cleaning
 
You only teach garage cleaning for pay if you aren't making your money elsewhere.
 
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