Largest commercial service thus far... a few tips please!

Riley Harth

Riley Harth

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Ok fellas just looking for a few tips were doing all walkways, blasting away some old paint on curbs, and full front building wash. Work is scheduled for wed/thurs night. Confident in my services but few things... ive never ran my machine for more than 3 hours im looking to go 7-8 per night..any precautions? take breaks?? . Ive never worked that late into night..noise issues? I included a the property overlook take a peek. My office is space 900 so im in good with PM. great people with plenty of work for me! just really need this to go smoothly! any tips are appreciated this place is dirty tons & tons of gum! k file i have is too large to upload i guess so ill post a pic or 2 from phone>!?
 
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I think you are all right Riley. Just use your head and go about it logically. I have equipment run much longer than 8 hours some days and on top of that at night I don't think you need to worry about over heating an engine. Being an obviously commercially zoned property noise probably isn't much of an issue either. Good luck buddy
 
About time they are cleaning that filthy place up. Try to not face your exhaust toward to building or the house's across the street and noise should
not be a problem.
 
Only 3 hours? The machine isn't even warmed up yet in 3 hours. I run mine sometimes 12 to 14 hours without shutting it off or having to refuel it.
 
Some of our units run 18 hours a day 6 days a week! All day and night. Your unit should perform fine as long as you maintain it properly. The longer you run your unit the more things go wrong like flow switches, pressure switches, ignitors, hoses popping, seal kits, stuff like that. So make sure you have a lot of back up parts. But you should be fine if it is your first time going over 3 hours. Your machine is probably begging you to let it run! haha

GOOD LUCK! Sounds like a great job.

Oh yeah, almost forgot, make sure you bring a turbo nozzle if you are stripping paint off curbs... Might come in handy.
 
AZ PowerWash Pros said:
Some of our units run 18 hours a day 6 days a week! All day and night. Your unit should perform fine as long as you maintain it properly. The longer you run your unit the more things go wrong like flow switches, pressure switches, ignitors, hoses popping, seal kits, stuff like that. So make sure you have a lot of back up parts. But you should be fine if it is your first time going over 3 hours. Your machine is probably begging you to let it run! haha

GOOD LUCK! Sounds like a great job.

Oh yeah, almost forgot, make sure you bring a turbo nozzle if you are stripping paint off curbs... Might come in handy.
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No way, you mean a pressure washing biz can operate 24 hours a day? Amazing lol


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Riley Harth said:
Ok fellas just looking for a few tips were doing all walkways, blasting away some old paint on curbs, and full front building wash. Work is scheduled for wed/thurs night. Confident in my services but few things... ive never ran my machine for more than 3 hours im looking to go 7-8 per night..any precautions? take breaks?? . Ive never worked that late into night..noise issues? I included a the property overlook take a peek. My office is space 900 so im in good with PM. great people with plenty of work for me! just really need this to go smoothly! any tips are appreciated this place is dirty tons & tons of gum! k file i have is too large to upload i guess so ill post a pic or 2 from phone>!?
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Hey Riley besides everything else you may need, the most important thing is to make sure your Powerwasher can go into bypass mode when you stop squeezing the Gun. We can run our machines 24 hrs a day 7 days a week if necessary and the trick is that they go into bypass mode. When we had the hurricane here last August I had my Father in law staying here until the hurricane passed. He was on an Oxygen machine so the power to my house had to not fail. When the storm hit which it just slightly under hurricane levels.. But power was lost. I ran two generators for my house. One was my Generator and the other one was my Powerwasher that had a generator on it. So we never really lost power except for the first minute or two. Since the Powerwasher ran in bypass the water just kept recycling itself round and round thru the pump, the Unloader(Bypass side) the water tank and back to the water feed to the Powerwasher. That keeps the water cooled as it runs thru the pump. The generator ran all night no problem.
Bypass is key for these long hours of operation on your Powerwasher.

Good Luck.
 
thanks everyone for your tips im excited to get my hands on this place! everythings lookin good i am in bypass. only thing is like you said Ty i need to start buying spare parts! truth is i dont have crap for spares!
 
Your going to Flat have trouble with Noise, those homes are across the Street. Never face the Exhaust towards them, know the noise ordinance if the Police to show up.

I have a bunch or centers with Noise issues. I'm doubtful in Lafayette your going to get away with it. Good luck

Get a Piece of foam from Lowe's That other home center Joint you all have there. Let it bounce off that, don't wait till the police warn you. Do it right away, test it by leaving someone on the street while another is setting up.

Fortunately its cold an people are still leaving windows closed. In another month or so you will never pull working across from homes in the middle of night.

Let the PM know your taking all needed precautions so if they get a warning or call from home owners she knew you had been concerned.

Good luck, know what the law is an the fine.
 
Ron Musgraves said:
No way, you mean a pressure washing biz can operate 24 hours a day? Amazing lol


Ron Musgraves text me for
questions 480-522-5227 Pressure Washing Institute.com
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Shocking, simply shocking, I say.
 
We used to keep a short roll of carpet about 6 ft wide to put on the exhaust side. You can stand it up on its side and curve it around but don't put it too close to the exhaust. It works like a charm. 6 ft high is enough to divert the sound upwards. I learned that from a guy with a loud generator at a campground.
 
Scott Stone said:
That is ok. Ron hasn't seen any of my trucks either.
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We work less hrs than either of you two. I guess since our trucks sit here at the shop more that makes us more successful! We are real! You guys are fake! NANER NANER!

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