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I just submitted the proposal today via email. Tomorrow I'll be out in the field all day doing a roof cleaning demonstration on a time share for a local resort(part 2 of their bid process), doing an estimates for the other areas(lawn care) of my property services business, cutting grass for five large properties and then taking my daughter to get her hair done(I'm a widower with two children). As soon as I know anything I'll post it.

Hank

I'm not the best at it either. My belief was the worst they could say is "no". And as far as I know "no" is not a bad word unless you're 3 years old and then it's the end of the world(LOL).

Hank

Roof Cleaning Northern Virginia (571) 250 9650 wrote:

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Excellent hunting skills Hank!  The job itself looks fairly straight forward.  I'd probably step up the surfactant a bit.

I'd price it to win it, because GOOD pictures, before and after, can be a very valuable addition to your portfolio.  Imagine the next commercial job you bid on where you include glossys of this job.

Well done.  

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Ted,

Thanks. Since both retailers are open at o'dark thirty in the morning & close late I had to take this in to consideration. They also recieve a ton of foot traffic. I'll have to tape off areas to limit both pedestrian and vehicle traffic below. The downspouts daylight right out in to the parking lot and this will have to be monitored and controlled by my ground guy(s). The pitch is steep as well. I've quoted them 23 cents a square foot. I know every market is different but if you have any input I'd love to hear it.

Hank

Gutterdog,

Thanks for the feedback.

Hank

Roof Cleaning Missouri 417-230-8103 wrote:

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you said 4000 sq ft, it looks bigger than that, Did you take the pitch in your calculations?

23 cents is a fair price, but if i am calculating your numbers correct it comes out to $920.00, I would have to say i would bid that roof much much higher

it is commerical work so it should  be bid higher,

good luck with it

I myself would use my normal roof mix   using ammonox-M

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Thanks for the feedback. I actually measured the roof square footage. The length(202') was easy. For the width I went up on the 2nd floor of the retail areas where the roof over the supermarket meets the mezzanine level of the complex and was able to literally measure(20') the roof there. If I get this work it will give me several hundreds of dollars, if not more, worth of exposure/advertising.

Hank

Roof Cleaning Northern Virginia (571) 250 9650 wrote:

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"If I get this work it will give me several hundreds of dollars, if not more, worth of exposure/advertising."

+1 Hank.  That's forward thinkin' IMHO.

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 Ted,

Thanks.

Hank

waxman18324 wrote:

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I have something simliar to the gutter cane that I've had for years. It was something my late wife would use to water flowers in hanging baskets. When I set up for roof cleaning I use a 3 way manifold to hook up one hose to this, one to a sprinkler and one to a hose for my ground guy. It all depends on the work. I've even thought about building a recovery pump and tank for certain jobs. Just plug the downspouts and use the inlet hose to recover all used solution. Right now it's just an idea.

Hank

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 once I put a sprinkler on a deck, used the spliter. Worked great! Roof cleaning. job 2 weeks ago helper got ahead of me and started scrubbing gutters above a deck. I did not get up there with the water soon enuf, it was prewet, plent of water when spraying the roof, but it had been a few min. Deck needs to be cleaned too but passed because I never did a gazebo. Too scary. There were some clean spots on the wood. That were from soap falling from gutter scrub. The damage wasnt that bad. I got there soon enough for that.

 Point being using spliters and sprinklers is a good idea.