Roof Cleaning set up in Lexington KY

Wesley Teston said:
Mike are you starting to go after commercial work?
If so good luck, you will see the real money is in commercial.
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No, I don't go after the commercial work. If they call, I'll entertain them long enough to find out if my time is respected and give estimates, but we don't chase it. I have been doing commercial work a long time. Folks don't think I do because I LOVE my residential cutomers and that's what we chase and prefer to do. I have found it to be the opposite. Much better margins in Residential and WAY easier to market to. Commercial is pretty much whored out here. We do the ones that want to pay what we are worth. The rest are pretty much done be a revolving door of low priced guys in and out of business.
 
No, I don't go after the commercial work. If they call, I'll entertain them long enough to find out if my time is respected and give estimates, but we don't chase it. I have been doing commercial work a long time. Folks don't think I do because I LOVE my residential cutomers and that's what we chase and prefer to do. I have found it to be the opposite. Much better margins in Residential and WAY easier to market to. Commercial is pretty much whored out here. We do the ones that want to pay what we are worth. The rest are pretty much done be a revolving door of low priced guys in and out of business.
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Gotcha. Yea it can be frustrating at times in the commercial side of things. Anyways nice roof setup.
 
I don't remember if I posted it here or not but I had to replace the roller pump in the original Bandit I got from Bob.

I got 2.5 years out of the original bandit roller pump. It was a great pump and common sense, rinsing it out when done and listening to what Bob mentioned when he sold it to me helped it last a very long time.

I purchased a spare roller pump from Bob so I threw that one on to do some roofs but I will open up the old pump and see if it can be rebuilt with the rebuild kit I have.
 
I also purchased Chemical bandit from a guy in Florida, didn't use it at all for a year. Last week I did my own roof and pump went south on me. Chems aren't coming out(NOTHING). Can you help. Great thanks!

Christopher said:
I don't remember if I posted it here or not but I had to replace the roller pump in the original Bandit I got from Bob.

I got 2.5 years out of the original bandit roller pump. It was a great pump and common sense, rinsing it out when done and listening to what Bob mentioned when he sold it to me helped it last a very long time.

I purchased a spare roller pump from Bob so I threw that one on to do some roofs but I will open up the old pump and see if it can be rebuilt with the rebuild kit I have.
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Grab the pulley on the pump and turn it over by hand, it might have seized up.

If you can get it to turn then give it a try, if not then remove the pump and take the cover off and see what shape the pump is in along with the rollers. You might be able to replace the rollers if that is the only problem. If the case is really bad then you will have to replace the pump. Give Bob at PressureTek a call.

Good Luck.
 
It is turning,....holding the triger chems still aren't coming out!. Any idea how much is it for roller pump(Del....6000)

Christopher said:
Grab the pulley on the pump and turn it over by hand, it might have seized up.

If you can get it to turn then give it a try, if not then remove the pump and take the cover off and see what shape the pump is in along with the rollers. You might be able to replace the rollers if that is the only problem. If the case is really bad then you will have to replace the pump. Give Bob at PressureTek a call.

Good Luck.
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If I remember correctly the roller pump is under $240.00 Maybe less, just give Bob at PressureTek a call, I don't know if he has them in stock or has to have them drop shipped.
 
I wonder would one of those skid units they sell at northern work for this app.
They have a 200 gal tank,5hp comet pump, 300ft of 3/8 hose for $2849 would it work or to much money for the wrong thing
 
DARCO_PM said:
I also purchased Chemical bandit from a guy in Florida, didn't use it at all for a year. Last week I did my own roof and pump went south on me. Chems aren't coming out(NOTHING). Can you help. Great thanks!
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Roof Cleaning Education can be costly Darco. Us guys here in Florida clean lots of roofs, year around. We cherish our roof cleaning pumps. I never had ANY luck with any roller Pump for cleaning roofs, and I have tried them all. Same with the UDOR "Chlorine Pump". I called it a "Bandit" long before anyone gave it that name, because it like to have broke my company in down time, and repair bills not covered by warranty. In fact, the UDOR broke so much during the "warranty period" UDOR refused to even honor the warranty any longer. Here are some pictures of the last one of the 3 UDOR Roof Cleaning Pumps I purchased. The Gearbox is still good.
When these worked, and that was not very long, they spray OK. The Big John Blue DP 193's these replaced spray circles around these, but they were not reliable either. The UDOR's, John Blue's, and the Comets all have more then one achilles heel, Stainless Steel Valve Springs for starters and Poly or fiberglass coated heads and manifolds. The Chlorine attacks them, and they fail by breaking and or leaking all over the place. This is our experiences with them, and you will not see them on our roof cleaning trucks, for these very reasons. Others seem to be reporting good results with them though! Maybe my competitors will read these great reports and buy a UDOR ? I sure HOPE so :rotflmao1:
I will see IF I can find a pic of an old roof cleaning truck when it WAS equipped with one of these ? It should not be too hard to find, I will just look for the bypass hose back to the tank required by these UDOR Pumps. Just another thing to mess up. Roof cleaning is an exciting life Darco! You simply have not lived till a bypass hose snaps and "comes to life', marinating everything in it's path at 12 GPM + 200 PSI with Chlorine. I have trained Thousands of roof cleaners via the Internet Darco.
But grabbing a live chlorinated bypass hose that has come loose is a "special skill" you must come here to Tampa to learn from me, in person. It is not for the faint of heart.
Would it not be better to eliminate the bypass hose altogether ? What IF I told you there is a pump, intentionally designed to soak in chlorine and laugh at it, that costs 1/2 of what one of these does, complete with the air supply to run it ? it is called an air operated diapraghm pump made out of Kynar. It is what we have used for the last 5 years on all our roof cleaning trucks.
I know hundreds of roof cleaners using these pumps with great success. No, they are not w/o problems either, They can stall, and not want to always prime, and they do not spray quite as well, nor shoot as far as a UDOR or John Blue DP 193, when they are working. But my guys like them, because they are far more reliable, in our experience. Maybe they have changed the UDOR since we used the 3 we bought, I don't know. All I know is if the UDOR Pump was made out of solid gold for 1200.00, I would not buy one. A Pump Manufacturer that does not honor their warranty is not one I will ever do business with again. Lesson Learned, for me anyway. Enjoy the pictures of my last remaining broken UDOR.
Unfortunately, the files are too big for this forum of the broken UDOR, I will have to come back to this thread and resize them.
 

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chrishartje said:
Nice set up!
Hey to you roof guys. Wodering how much mix do you use on an average lets say 2,000 sq. ft house. No market for it here but just wondering!
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We are using 15-25gal these days.
 
Ian V. said:
I wonder would one of those skid units they sell at northern work for this app.
They have a 200 gal tank,5hp comet pump, 300ft of 3/8 hose for $2849 would it work or to much money for the wrong thing
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Ian V. said:
I wonder would one of those skid units they sell at northern work for this app.
They have a 200 gal tank,5hp comet pump, 300ft of 3/8 hose for $2849 would it work or to much money for the wrong thing
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NO, not for long. Larry from All Surface Pressure Washing here in Florida had a Vomit, I mean Comet Pump. ALL these types of Pumps have stainless steel valve springs that are no good for chlorine use. Stainless Steel has only a C or a D Rating for Chlorine use, not good. Plus, you do not want small 3/8 Hose either.
 
Nice set Up Chris
Apple Roof Cleaning said:
Roof Cleaning Education can be costly Darco. Us guys here in Florida clean lots of roofs, year around. We cherish our roof cleaning pumps. I never had ANY luck with any roller Pump for cleaning roofs, and I have tried them all. Same with the UDOR "Chlorine Pump". I called it a "Bandit" long before anyone gave it that name, because it like to have broke my company in down time, and repair bills not covered by warranty. In fact, the UDOR broke so much during the "warranty period" UDOR refused to even honor the warranty any longer. Here are some pictures of the last one of the 3 UDOR Roof Cleaning Pumps I purchased. The Gearbox is still good.
When these worked, and that was not very long, they spray OK. The Big John Blue DP 193's these replaced spray circles around these, but they were not reliable either. The UDOR's, John Blue's, and the Comets all have more then one achilles heel, Stainless Steel Valve Springs for starters and Poly or fiberglass coated heads and manifolds. The Chlorine attacks them, and they fail by breaking and or leaking all over the place. This is our experiences with them, and you will not see them on our roof cleaning trucks, for these very reasons. Others seem to be reporting good results with them though! Maybe my competitors will read these great reports and buy a UDOR ? I sure HOPE so :rotflmao1:
I will see IF I can find a pic of an old roof cleaning truck when it WAS equipped with one of these ? It should not be too hard to find, I will just look for the bypass hose back to the tank required by these UDOR Pumps. Just another thing to mess up. Roof cleaning is an exciting life Darco! You simply have not lived till a bypass hose snaps and "comes to life', marinating everything in it's path at 12 GPM + 200 PSI with Chlorine. I have trained Thousands of roof cleaners via the Internet Darco.
But grabbing a live chlorinated bypass hose that has come loose is a "special skill" you must come here to Tampa to learn from me, in person. It is not for the faint of heart.
Would it not be better to eliminate the bypass hose altogether ? What IF I told you there is a pump, intentionally designed to soak in chlorine and laugh at it, that costs 1/2 of what one of these does, complete with the air supply to run it ? it is called an air operated diapraghm pump made out of Kynar. It is what we have used for the last 5 years on all our roof cleaning trucks.
I know hundreds of roof cleaners using these pumps with great success. No, they are not w/o problems either, They can stall, and not want to always prime, and they do not spray quite as well, nor shoot as far as a UDOR or John Blue DP 193, when they are working. But my guys like them, because they are far more reliable, in our experience. Maybe they have changed the UDOR since we used the 3 we bought, I don't know. All I know is if the UDOR Pump was made out of solid gold for 1200.00, I would not buy one. A Pump Manufacturer that does not honor their warranty is not one I will ever do business with again. Lesson Learned, for me anyway. Enjoy the pictures of my last remaining broken UDOR.
Unfortunately, the files are too big for this forum of the broken UDOR, I will have to come back to this thread and resize them.
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