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What do you use as work orders for your employees? My accounting program currently doesn't allow me to convert estimates into work orders. I'm looking for something simple that will allow our technician to know what work to do, have the customer sign off after satisfactory completion of the...

How would you clean eggs from the pics attached? Customer's house was egged this past weekend. He would like to have the eggs cleaned off now, and then have us come back later in the spring to wash the entire house. The temps are in the 20's this week, but should reach the low 40's by the...

In your opinion, what is the best small business organizational structure? This would be for a exterior cleaning business that has a max of 10 to 12 employees. Do you keep it simple and use a flat structure like: CEO/President -> Managers/Lead techs -> Assistant techs? This structure seems...

So what do you feel is best for a pressure washing business and why? Is it better to have a niche market like flatwork, wood, roofs, fleets, hoods, etc. or be the business that offers almost everything? I'm curious to here everyone's opinion and reasons, but I'm really interested in hearing...

Here are a few pics of our new truck lettering. It isn't as in your face as some in this business, but the new look is definitely a step up from what was on our truck before. The goal is to be noticed more in 2014, and I have already observed many people rubbernecking as I pass by. I have...

Although the wood side of our business has its own unique setbacks and problems, it is definitely growing and has very good potential to take us to the next level or as a stand alone division. Listening to Everett at the NOVA event intrigued me and has my wheels turning a bit more than usual...

I'm just curious to see if anyone is bringing any used equipment to sell at NOVA next weekend.

Today I said good bye to my great friend Mike Strouse. He has been my best friend and inspiration since we were kids. ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) finally took him early this morning at the young age of 40. He has left behind a very strong, loving wife and beautiful 1-year old daughter. Mike's...

Our new website Pressure Washing York PA went live yesterday. Please check it out if you have the time. This website was developed by Ty Schell from AZ Power Wash Pros and his website business Website Design PHX. Ty was very easy to work with and did great work. The site will get better once...

I have a customer that wants 2 entrance signs washed for their neighborhood. As you can see from the pics, there is some heavy growth in the brick. What solution would you tackle this job with? Low pressure or soft washing? I'm leery of using pressure because of potentially damaging the...

I have a house wash customer that would like their stamped concrete patio/walkway washed and sealed. The customer has been in the house for 1-year, and they think the patio was installed at least 6-years ago. As you can see from the pictures, the finish is chipping/cracking off at numerous...

On Friday, I went to look at my business emails and they were gone. Disappeared without a trace. I contacted my local web/seo professional to see what happened. He looked into it with the server provider, and said I had too many emails so the server erased all of them. That sounds like BS to...

Happy Birthday Cullen

On another thread about sales people, Ron talked about how we need systems in place before even thinking about sales people. That hit home with me, because I have some systems in my head, but nothing concrete or written down. So one of my recent goals is making sure I understand this concept...

I received a call from a customer today for a quote on washing his townhouse. This is a small community I am familiar with. Normal size homes with no major problems. This is the short version of the conversation: _____ Hello WDR, how can I help you? I need an estimate on washing my...

Below are a few pics of some rust stains I removed for a customer on her concrete porches. I used F9 BARC to remove the stains. It only took one small application of the F9 BARC to get rid of the stains. I can't say enough about how great this rust remover product is.

I am still a solo business, but I am starting to get more calls for bigger jobs. I am just wondering what the largest job you other successful guys have completed by yourself? What type of job was it and how many hours/days did it take? Was it worth doing by yourself, or in hind site, would...

What should you do with lights and junction boxes to protect them when washing the ceiling inside of a warehouse? I'm trying to get my game plan down before I venture into these types of jobs.

These are pics of a bid I put in for a township the other week. The entire playground including the fence and picnic tables needs washed (not stripped) and stained with a semi-solid. This also includes inside of the playground towers and bridges. I had to really focus when taking measurements...

I came across these flood pics that I thought some might appreciate. The flood happened in the Fall of 2011. This is a picture of a barn down the road from us. Coincidence that the flood waters stopped where they did?