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Technical Info for NEWBIES starting out-Valuable info you can use.
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All Newbies and RECENT roof Cleaning Start ups Go here for plenty of available info on reasons for roof cleaning and to answer your less technical questions. This is a Valuable Resource which has been posted before but is worth posted yet again. Click on it, read it, link to it, use it. Hope this helps to...
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Roof Clean USA Georgia 229-227-0000
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Any Good Videos
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I'm wondering if anyone has a good video of a job in progress on a shingled roof where I can see the amount of runoff on a home without gutters. I would like to see how the ground guy handles the situation & how much runs down the roof and how fast it comes. If you don't want to post it, you can email me it. J...
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Any thoughts on Delavan pumps?
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Ok..I bought a Fatboy bandit from PressureTek last year (August). Worked great for about 8 jobs and then nothing would come out of the nozzles. I did notice some rust when I first sprayed on jobs and thought nothing of it. Then again today, damn thing worked for half of the job and quit again. The pum...
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Got my first chem burn
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I got my first armpit burn yesterday and so did my helper. I didn't know it until he shower me his red line from his forearm to his armpit, so I figured I better take a look see at mine and I popped my shirt off and had a red trail from my elbow to my lovehandles. This is with gloves on too. We are going to tighten t...
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newpaper article
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I mentioned on my facebook today that I was doing a few house washes. One of my friends is a newspaper reporter and she picked up on it. She met me at a customer's house [they were ok with it] and interviewed me. She took pics of my rig and me working. She was real impressed with the methods we use to not...
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Anyone ever heard of the HPS or HSP list? It is for individuals who are hypersensitive to chemicals.
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I hear that guys who spray lawns with Chems. have to call anyone on the block before they come out or send a letter to the people who are on this list. I was just wondering because it is a concern. Also I don't think that our chems are noteably hypersensitive types of chems especially when compared to ferti...
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plastic roof vents
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as I drive around and dream of all my potential costumers. I noticed most of the plastic and metal roof vents have black stains all around them. Is this algae or is it from the vents? will the mixture of apple sauce, cider or billybob going to clean that area up also. and will it harm the plastic vents. any t...
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Amonyx LO
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Got my shipment in from Lori on thursday and used it Friday for the first time.... in one word "WOW"! It will most definitely save on chemical cost over the long run. It was a moderate pitched shingle roof and that solution just stuck like peanut butter! House had an extensive landscape pa...
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SH on Roof caulk or cement repairs
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Does anyone have an idea of how SH affects caulk on shingled roofs. I'm talking about the last ridge cap that gets nailed and caulked and around vents. What about black roof cement, if a homeowner did a quick repair years ago. I didn't know if I would cause any black run off from old roof cement. (can't r...
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Steep shingle roof in Seminole
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This one was tough because of the steep slope and loose granules
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Largo shingle roof
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my new employee on his first roof.
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In what order would you clean?
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Upcoming job of asphalt roof cleaning, pressure wash house and also lots of vinyl fencing. I also get to try out the new all-flo setup for the first time, can't wait. The house has siding and fascia gables over the shingles that are in need of the love. Should I wash the house first, then the fence (...
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I did something wrong?
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First, I would like to say hi to all in the Roof Cleaning Forum. I've been looking at old posts over the winter to try and understand how to correctly apply a solution to roofs that make a house look new again. I bought a Delvan Fatboy and mixed my Apple cider Sauce and went to work. The only thing I...
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Question of run off after rain
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What do you tell your customers in regards to parking below their fascia on driveway. I've been looking at homes all over since discovering this forum. My concern is someone parks a car below their fascia/soffit without gutters and then it rains with the product dripping on their car. I'm guessin...
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First test
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Hey everyone, we tried our mixture on a house and did a test square. We used a pump up sprayer because our equipment isn't here. We had a lot less run off than we expected. The house had gutters on the area we tested. Here's a before picture. I'll attach an after picture tomorrow when we recheck it and maybe...
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mix for tile roof cleaning
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I am looking for a mix that is not as strong!!! We have been using 50/50 mix. Would like to know if there is a mix ratio that we can use that is not as strong but that will still clean! The home owner has plants and a fish pond right up next to the house and it cant be tarped off So I am trying to find some thing not as...
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Need a Roof Cleaner near Joliet, IL.
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Anyone know of any roof cleaners in Mokena, IL near Jolioet, IL?
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Roof Cleaning Evansville Indiana 270 860 7894
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How does NP9 match up against Ammonyx LO
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has anyone have any experience using NP9 surfactant. Will NP9 leave a soap film on windows or are there any other down falls using NP9 oppose to Ammonyx? -- Edited by Walk on Tuesday 6th of April 2010 09:30:40 AM
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Roof Cleaning Lanoka Harbor NJ 609-971-6553
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The Rinsing issue
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I know that most of you guys don't have mulch where you are at but 90% of our, well I guess mulch beds, have mulch. Sometimes its black and somtimes its red. People remulch every year. All the mulch has a dye in it. I will be bagging the gutters but in a rinsing situation has anyone had a problem with either ov...
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Northern states pricing
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I'm looking for ideas of where people are at in their pricing for roof cleaning in the Midwest or northern states that see long winters. I'm assume that in states like Florida and Texas you are cleaning year round. Up here in Minnesota there could be snow from Nov - April so I assume like everything els...
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