I use the old green soaker hose and set it right on top of the hedges even with a ground man. Whirly bird type on the decks.

al9226 wrote:

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I was thinking that in a pinch when I had a small roof and no ground man if a tripod sprinkler would work to keep the plants wet.  Has anyone here ever tried anything like this?


-- Edited by al9226 on Wednesday 26th of May 2010 10:29:44 PM

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Al, there is NO substitute for a good ground man, but on small shingle roofs, we have HAD to do, or lose the job, here is what can be done.
Get up there, spray the top 2/3 of the roof SLOWLY, watching run off, and pre wet the bushes first. Then, from the ground, spray bottom 1/3 of roof with water hose in one hand, spray valve in the other. I have even taken water hoses UP on the roof with me.  But it is always better to USE a ground man, find someone on disability, or at an AA Meeting, and pay him per roof, be a roof cleaning company Al, not "some guy who cleans roofs"
remember, the best sprinkler is a human one

 

Start an apprenticeship program for local at risk teens.
The PR is great and you give the kids a chance to get out an try something.
Some might like it better than flipping burgers for the summer.
I say kids but I mean 16-20 year olds.

I have a kid that helps us from time to time. I pay him $7.50 an hour plus lunch and he loves it. He graduated last year from high school, still lives at home and hasn't decided what he wants to do. I work him 24-32 hours a week, buy him lunch and a few gatorades.

Who knows, if he gets a little ambition he might run a rig of his own for me someday.

gutterdog wrote:

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I didnt have help for a couple weeks. Recently. Rinse them down good at first. Every time you come down from the ladder to mix another 5er up, rinse again. Ive had no probs using that method washing roofs on my own.

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 To mix another 5er up?

Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa FL (813) 655-8777 wrote:

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al9226 wrote:

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I was thinking that in a pinch when I had a small roof and no ground man if a tripod sprinkler would work to keep the plants wet.  Has anyone here ever tried anything like this?


-- Edited by al9226 on Wednesday 26th of May 2010 10:29:44 PM

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Al, there is NO substitute for a good ground man, but on small shingle roofs, we have HAD to do, or lose the job, here is what can be done.
Get up there, spray the top 2/3 of the roof SLOWLY, watching run off, and pre wet the bushes first. Then, from the ground, spray bottom 1/3 of roof with water hose in one hand, spray valve in the other. I have even taken water hoses UP on the roof with me.  But it is always better to USE a ground man, find someone on disability, or at an AA Meeting, and pay him per roof, be a roof cleaning company Al, not "some guy who cleans roofs"
remember, the best sprinkler is a human one

 

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which are the best, from the drug addiction meeting or the eating addiction or the sex addiction, or AA meetings?

 

Maybe he is using my old back pack pump up sprayer method and mixing up 5 gallons of mix at a time...  lol  I do not miss those days but it sure gives your biceps and back a work out pumping up the sprayer.

Ahh gotcha. I was just wondering

Matthew wrote:

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Start an apprenticeship program for local at risk teens.
The PR is great and you give the kids a chance to get out an try something.
Some might like it better than flipping burgers for the summer.
I say kids but I mean 16-20 year olds.

I have a kid that helps us from time to time. I pay him $7.50 an hour plus lunch and he loves it. He graduated last year from high school, still lives at home and hasn't decided what he wants to do. I work him 24-32 hours a week, buy him lunch and a few gatorades.

Who knows, if he gets a little ambition he might run a rig of his own for me someday.

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Around here you will get your throat silt hiring some of these fools........what about a 10' PVC with 4 sprinkler heads spaced out, you have the option of spray heads, round, quarter, etc.......

Just lay it out on the drip line, plus you can have a 3-way at the start for a small section of hose with a hand sprayer to spray anything that the sprinkler missed.

 

Washed-up wrote:

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If you were a lil closer, I would be your ground man, or I would have my helper (son) be your ground man. If you run into a large job, keep my number handy....I will work for Lunch for a member of RCIA

Good Luck....

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 Hey I like this. RCIA helpin another. That how it should be. Ive gotten calls out of my area and thrown it to another RCIA member! I'm just glad the home owner gettin their roof washed right! Oh and the karma thing too! RCIA rocks!