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LPWash · Guest

In what order would you clean?

sweetwaterfish · Guest

My order that I usually follow is Roof, House, Flatwork.

Wet shingles are harder to clean, so I like to hit them first, prior to the house wash.

The landscaping gets the benefit of a secondary rinse when I'm washing the house. Also, any gunk that may drip down past the facia doesn't mess up an already clean house.

Confident Roof Cleaning Houston TX · Guest

Yep, we work top down and from the house out.

ChrisDuffy · Guest

yes i always do roof first

Guest

Soak the roof first, than clean the house, depending on what kind of machine you use for pressure washing the house would determine how much you would do. If you have a cold machine under 4 gpm and not down streaming your chemical than do half the house. Then check your roof for a second coat if needed or spot hit. If you have an industrial 5.5 gpm or higher heated machine than I would just wash the entire house as we do because because we can do a 2200 sq foot two story in under an hour. Than touch up your roof where needed, than your flat work like the fence or concrete.

roof

house

flat work like fence, concrete driveways or walkways

What's good about having a roof cleaning job and pressure washing the house you can usually do both in about 2 hrs from start for finish which makes for a nice payday for two hours worth of work. Good luck.

propressurewashing · Guest

My main objective is to never have to clean anything twice. It has taken a while for me to keep my ADD under control enough to accomplish this but I pretty much have it under control now. Top down and save all the rinsing for the end.

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Roof Cleaning Katy Texas (281) 392-2304 · Apr 10, 2010

Roof first then house.

Chesapeake · Guest

I work from the top down. Roof, then house, then fence.

Guest

Roof First. Then, if you know what you're doing, there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to have to leave the ground to clean that siding. With the right nozzle, you can effectively spray up to 50-60 feet with your eyes closed. Why are you considering getting on the roof to clean the siding?

Guest

I would agree, once we clean the roof first, then the siding we very rarely use the ladder for siding. Only if I can not reach it, we use certain nozzles and reduces to shot high enough, but one thing we never do is clean siding from the top down, always from the bottom up, then rinse top down, keeps streaking from happening.

LPWash · Guest

Well I like to think I know what I'm doing, but I'm here for a reason. I like to think of it as fine tuning. Their is clumpy moss buildup on the buildings J channel, which is the trim that meets the shingles. I will be able to hit the siding from the ladder with cleaner, but the question is rinsing. I always rinse siding, but prefer not to rinse shingles, allowing the rain to do it later. The shingles have small amounts of lichen in the areas that are shaded below the overhangs. In years prior, I have hit those spots with low pressure washing. After tons of reading here, I want to hit it with the sauce and prove that it will fall off eventually on its own. I'm a visual kind of guy and have to see it to believe it for myself. So back to the order of cleaning.

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