One lesson learned was that I needed more surfactant for this roof and I only had to use about 30-35 gallons. Mixed too much, oh well I need to finish my siding anyhow. One spot in the shade near the peak in the before pics I had to hit 3 times. Stubborn little buggers. Homeowner very pleased and even asked for a bunch of cards.
There is only one way in and one way out of this neighborhood and this house sits diagonally at the first intersection facing traffic entering the subdivision. You can't help but see the difference.
Another funny thing happened while I was there, a moving truck pulled up across the street and when he parked only one car at a time could get between us. Made people slow down and look.
Now the rest of the after pics will have to wait till tomorrow. Sun was casting wierd shadows and made the roof look dirtier than when I started on the main roof. Might have just been the angle I was at.
-- Edited by GreatWhiteTechnologies on Thursday 28th of May 2009 10:38:55 PM
Looks great ,wait for the rain then take a picture when its sunny you'll be surprised how the rain washers away those spots that you think needs a third shot
Way to go Michael! That roof looks like it had some steep pitches. I wish I had a dollar for everytime that I got in too big of a hurry and forgot to take a pic before I did the job...
Way to go Michael! That roof looks like it had some steep pitches. I wish I had a dollar for everytime that I got in too big of a hurry and forgot to take a pic before I did the job...
Always always always take pictures of every roof cleaning job. Not only do you build a portfolio this way, but you never know WHEN that million dollar picture will turn out ? I have done just so so jobs, but the before and after PICTURES were beyond belief. Plus, the pics come in handy when ya sue them to get paid!
Here is our latest trainee cleaning a few roofs in Tampa. Donny was down here for 5 days in Tampa. He left yesterday to return to the D.C. area. He is cleaning a Commercial Tile Roof of a Strip Mall in New Tampa.
Pat, Looks great!!! Keep em coming. Sounds like you got a great advertising spot. I would go buy a lawn sign, even if it is a quick vinyl letter type and ask the customer if you could put it out for a week. Get all the "Joneses" in the subdivision to call you for ROOF CLEANING. It was great talking with you the other day. Its always enjoyable to talk shop and bounce ideas off each other. Hope the software works out for you, and I took your advice on the phone number, it is in place right now. Talk with you again soon.
Here is a Tile Roof Cleaning New Tampa we did today 5/29/09 up in Tampa Palms subdivision. The Tampa Palms Homeowners Association sent out a Roof Cleaning Letter to our customer, requesting he have his Barrel Tile Roof Cleaned. Our customers neighbors used us in the past to clean their Flat Cement Tile Roof. Happy Roof Cleaning Customers send new customers, and we try our very best to make allour customers happy with our Tampa Roof Cleaning Service. No Pressure Washing was used on this Barrel Tile Roof at all. The pictures tell the story. Another happy Tampa Palms Barrel Tile Roof Cleaning customer!
-- Edited by Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa (813) 655-8777 on Saturday 30th of May 2009 12:35:33 AM
Chris, the roof looks great!!! After reading this post, I thought of a good marketing idea that everyone could use. smile Any one of us ROOF CLEANERS could contact the president of a home owners association and educate that person on the benefits and the need for NON-PRESSURE ROOF CLEANING. Ask them if you could do a small, quick presentation on these benefits/needs at their next meeting. Then you will have the potential customers attention and you can feed them the info as to why they need their ROOFS CLEANED. At the end you would have a small display (an 8 1/2 x 11 flyer in one of those acrylic standup holders next to the exit door with a stack of your business cards, tri fold brochures, or flyers. It would be great if you could have cleaned that presidents roof before the meeting, so everyone could see the difference, and what a professional job you did. biggrin What do you guys think? anyone out there do this already? I hope this idea helps some of you get some work out there. Anyone feel free to chime in here and add your ideas.
You took some really good pictures of that Commercial Tile Roof Cleaning over in Tampa Chris. I like how you had the new guy right up there getting into it. Great job!!!
You took some really good pictures of that Commercial Tile Roof Cleaning over in Tampa Chris. I like how you had the new guy right up there getting into it. Great job!!!
Thanks Larry! You can't learn to clean roofs w/o actually cleaning them ! He made the usual rookie roof cleaner mistakes, at first. It is hard to have faith in the roof cleaning chemical, have faith, wet it down, and move on. He kept spraying over and over, instead of trusting in the Apple Cider. We corrected this, and he was fine. He still used a LITTLE more chemical then Kevin. But Kevin has thousands of roofs under his belt. Our trainee will be fine, and leaves Tampa to start a roof cleaning business in his Hometown of Wash, DC.
I'm posting my roof cleaning from a couple of weeks ago.
No gutters and lots of plants. We did plenty of watering before and after but the heavy rains the following week took it's toll on a few plants that were in the drip line. Luckily this was my house and now there are no plants in the drip line.
I'm thinking maybe I should rinse the roof if they have no gutters, and charge more for the extra work involved.
The clean picture is from the next day. The roof seems cleaner now, a couple of weeks later.
No gutters ,you should use tarps and water the tarps and the house as the run off will splatter on it also you need to really soak the ground for the roots,its hard for the ground man to keep up with the run off when theres no gutters the tarps help him and your wallet, you maybe putting to much LOVE on
-- Edited by Roof Cleaning Long Island New York (631) 220 6985 on Tuesday 2nd of June 2009 09:47:07 PM