Apple Roof Cleaning
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What Happens To Ground Guys Who Don't Water Plants ! -
Here at Apple Roof Cleaning we always try to "rehabilitate" our employees.
So, instead of firing them on the spot, they can choose to get fired, or have a "Date With Duke" the Apple Roof Cleaning Yard Dog.
See the thumbnail picture below!
Seriously, we can't stress enough the importance of proper watering!
From the many phone calls we are getting about roof cleaning, and proper watering, I thought it a good idea to post some info on how we do it.
First, and very important, always tell your customer to go out and water ALL landscape in the drip line of the house a day or two before you clean their roof.
The ONLY exception should be is if it has been raining everyday.
Plants, unlike humans, will drink only when they need water. so lets not have 'thirsty" Plants.
Next, all plants should be wetted down by the ground man BEFORE spraying.
This will ensure that if any chemical does hit, it will have a chance of being diluted by the existing water on the plant.
Overspray and run off is not to be feared, as LONG as the ground man is there, and rinses it off at once!
Just dont get carried away, and careless!
One side of roof should be done at a time so the poor ground man isn't running back and forth.
Once roof is finished, then it can be rinsed, one side at a time.
If you are rinsing, be very sure you flood the root zone until water stands.
Then, go do the other side, and repeat.
Then, go back and flood the first side again, and then repeat on the other.
If you are tarping plants, be very careful when removing tarps!
It is easy to spill a big bunch of chemical trapped in the tarp.
If this happens, water, water, water, and water again.
If the plants were tarped, then the dual flood water method is un necessary, unless you rinsed the roof with tarps in place ?
If you rinse with tarps in place, all that water/chemical will have to go somewhere!
The water/chemical will go way out into the lawn, and it dont take much to kill grass.
We think it betteer to contain the rinsed solution to the plant beds to make it easier to flood.
Ever try to flood an entire lawn ?
In another thread, we are going to discuss our opinions of rinsing vs. not rinsing, but we will save that for another time.
the roof man and the ground man must follow each other around the house to immediately rinse off any run off.
And remember, the STRONGER you make your solution, the more you will NUKE the yard.
The use of TSP will allow a more weak solution to be used, and less possibility of harming your customers landscape.
We operate in the realm of "weak" chemical rather then strong, and go back over it and touch up spots, rather then use a stronger mix that cleans the first time, but kills plants.
I have to go to work right now, but if anyone has any questions, I will be back later.
Let the picture I have posted serve as a "reminder" to grounds people who get lazy ?
Here at Apple Roof Cleaning we always try to "rehabilitate" our employees.
So, instead of firing them on the spot, they can choose to get fired, or have a "Date With Duke" the Apple Roof Cleaning Yard Dog.
See the thumbnail picture below!
Seriously, we can't stress enough the importance of proper watering!
From the many phone calls we are getting about roof cleaning, and proper watering, I thought it a good idea to post some info on how we do it.
First, and very important, always tell your customer to go out and water ALL landscape in the drip line of the house a day or two before you clean their roof.
The ONLY exception should be is if it has been raining everyday.
Plants, unlike humans, will drink only when they need water. so lets not have 'thirsty" Plants.
Next, all plants should be wetted down by the ground man BEFORE spraying.
This will ensure that if any chemical does hit, it will have a chance of being diluted by the existing water on the plant.
Overspray and run off is not to be feared, as LONG as the ground man is there, and rinses it off at once!
Just dont get carried away, and careless!
One side of roof should be done at a time so the poor ground man isn't running back and forth.
Once roof is finished, then it can be rinsed, one side at a time.
If you are rinsing, be very sure you flood the root zone until water stands.
Then, go do the other side, and repeat.
Then, go back and flood the first side again, and then repeat on the other.
If you are tarping plants, be very careful when removing tarps!
It is easy to spill a big bunch of chemical trapped in the tarp.
If this happens, water, water, water, and water again.
If the plants were tarped, then the dual flood water method is un necessary, unless you rinsed the roof with tarps in place ?
If you rinse with tarps in place, all that water/chemical will have to go somewhere!
The water/chemical will go way out into the lawn, and it dont take much to kill grass.
We think it betteer to contain the rinsed solution to the plant beds to make it easier to flood.
Ever try to flood an entire lawn ?
In another thread, we are going to discuss our opinions of rinsing vs. not rinsing, but we will save that for another time.
the roof man and the ground man must follow each other around the house to immediately rinse off any run off.
And remember, the STRONGER you make your solution, the more you will NUKE the yard.
The use of TSP will allow a more weak solution to be used, and less possibility of harming your customers landscape.
We operate in the realm of "weak" chemical rather then strong, and go back over it and touch up spots, rather then use a stronger mix that cleans the first time, but kills plants.
I have to go to work right now, but if anyone has any questions, I will be back later.
Let the picture I have posted serve as a "reminder" to grounds people who get lazy ?
