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A couple days ago
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I was on the BW going to pick William up. Was already pullin the trailer. House and one section roof wash that day. The stains on the roof didnt turn white. It got hit twice, the second time heavy, nasty heavy! noticed moss, It was black, black moss??? even after 2 sprays? It didnt turn white? HO asked m...
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Composite Roof cleaned in Houston Texas
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I want to thank Chris Howell of Roof Restore for helping me November 23rd to clean this 3 story house in Houston Texas. Originally Chris was just going to watch but one of my helpers quit with no notice that morning and my other helper barely made it but had a bad upset stomach & diararrhea. I decide...
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Roof Cleaning Katy Texas (281) 392-2304
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Closing ratio - when is it just right?
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There seems to be a lot of info on the board for marketing, but very little for sales - closing the deal. The best marketing in the world is useless unless you can land the deal, right? I've been giving a lot of thought to closing ratios (mostly mine ) and although on the surface it seems straight forwar...
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Roof Cleaning Northern Virginia (571) 250 9650
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Insurance & Bonding
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Through my many years in remodeling I have seen people use the term bonded and actually are not. I thought it would be a good thing to post that definition here. If you can afford to be bonded and feel it is good for your company, that's a good thing but in most cases and especially with what we do, a bond is no...
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Roof Cleaning Virginia 540-949-6277
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RCIA Member Certificates
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Finalizing the RCIA Member Certificates. Please go to the bottom of the thread and correct any errors, spaces, dashes, etc.. We want to make sure your company names read exactly the way you want them to. All paid members will receive a membership packet soon by: www.parliamentpaper.com Thanks for y...
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Roof Cleaning Pro Greensboro NC (336)362 7659
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Potential client angered by baggy/rock/postcard combination.
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So, I had a potential customer who was very irate about the postcard/baggy/rock combination and said it was a "H#$% OF A WAY TO ADVERTISE!" I tried to calm him down and joked that I'd give him a discount. He didn't think it was funny and started yelling some more about hitting his car (his car w...
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Roof Cleaning Severna Park MD
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1st roof went great!
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A little windy but my first roof went great.Just wanted to say thanks for all the info.Did about 1000 sq ft house.Did the bagging of down spouts and very little run off.Just a little black streak remains I am hoping the rain will wash away. gain, thanks.
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Two RCIA Members get a call for the same bid?
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This has only happened 2 times now that I know of. One was out of my area, and turned out to be 2 houses! I backed out of the bid and recommended the other RCIA member, who also got a call I didnt know about. The other time I didnt lowball his bid, I bid it 50 higher. Wasnt gonna lowball a friend. My question is...
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Best website builder for those that do it themselves?
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Would love to get some input on what programs you all think are the best. Ease of use, templates, publishing live etc. I've been playing around with CoffeeCup Visual site designer and its really easy to use. What do you guys think? Please tell me why you like it too!
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Found a tank
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Any comments on this tank that fits around the truck wheel wells? My concern is the bottom valve. Can I seal that so it won't leak I was thinking of offering him 75.00 and... his roof really needs a good cleaning.
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Roof Cleaning Virginia 540-949-6277
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Document & Research Reference Articles
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I was thinking that it would be good to have a topic dedicated to some research and science articles to better understand the many facets of roof cleaning. Topics including the chemicals used, governmental articles,biology, health related articles etc. Here are a few that I found pretty interesti...
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Roof Cleaning Bradenton FL 941-822-2454
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For the northern cleaners interesting addition if you are not doing this already
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Winter Ice Dam removal Found this company on the web and I like the way they think and present them selves. But if any roof cleaners want to add ice dam cleaning there is some good info from them Here is an excerpt from the page..... While I was taking photos for this article, I happened to drive by a local sa...
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Roof Cleaning Bradenton FL 941-822-2454
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Copper flashing stains & Synthetic Stucco
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Commercial account called me out to wash this building. These stains on the synthetic stucco were not a "biological type stain", and traditional SH/ detergent applications did nothing to remove the discoloration. Additionally, this stucco was VERY thin. Even my 3000 PSI machine cau...
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Organizing the premium section
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Gary, How do you put up with all this work? but just wanted to see if there was any plans in the future to organize the premium member section like it is on the guest side of the forum. As the posts get higher and higher, it might be more diffcult to reorganize down the road. Even some basic catagories for sta...
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PREMIUM MEMBERS
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Hey Guys and Gals; Now that we have decided to change the titles to PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP, could everyone please be more careful in ANY posts you make and refer to Premium membership and NOT paid members. You help is appreciated. Gary
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New Member Recruiting
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Hey guys, I was reading through some of the last weeks posts on the "free" side.I see a lot of push telling people to pay, or become a paid member etc. I think after a while this might tick some guys off (there are a few with a short fuse) LoL..... or chase some really good candidates away.I think...
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Title Changes----AGAIN
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Starting changing everyones titles to PREMIUM MEMBER status, per your requests. If yours is not changed yet, be patient. It will be before Monday. Going to spend the day with my 3 yr. old grandson. Gary
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Roof runoff, flashing issue
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Had a unique issue I had never run across before. Notice this photo and tell me what this discoloration is form. I'll post the before and afters a little later.
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TONITES (SUNDAY) RADIO SHOW.
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http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=90215&cmd=tc
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SAFETY POSTERS/RCIA MEMBERS PLEASE READ
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RCIA Merchandise committee is working on RCIA Safety Posters. These will be for members only and be the proper RCIA standards for SAFETY POSTERS that we all should have once these standards are in place. This covers all aspects in the workplace, even things like sexual harrassement for larger compa...
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