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Roof Cleaning Tallahassee · Guest

$1.18????? DAM IT MAN! I'm paying $1.84 a gallon My supplier still gets deliveries in the winter but not nearly as much as they get in the summer so it's not as "hot" in the late fall/winter months.

sweetwaterfish · Guest

Roof Cleaning Tallahassee wrote:

It's WAY hotter then 12% when delivered to my supplier. I talked with a delivery guy just about to take off in an 18 wheeler where I get my goods and he said they make it at around 15%-16%. After I loaded up that day with a fresh batch of SH, when I added water to my tank it looked like I dumped a 5 pond block of dry ice in a tank of water. So much visible vapors where pouring out of the top, I could have re-created " The Creature Form The Black Lagoon" movie.

Agreed...some of the fresh stuff we get here is down right nuclear in strength!!!!!

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Roof Cleaning Tallahassee wrote:
$1.18????? DAM IT MAN! I'm paying $1.84 a gallon My supplier still gets deliveries in the winter but not nearly as much as they get in the summer so it's not as "hot" in the late fall/winter months.

I had been paying $1.23 at one store and $1.28 at anothe, then a few months ago I found Gormans in Port Charlotte at $1.08 a gallon. So, I buy all I can from them.

I would think in any part of Florida you could do better than $1.84.

You should do some calling around!

Permalink · Sep 26, 2012

I guess where I am, in SW Florida pools are a bigger thing? Most everyone has one. Mine is 14' x 28'
Takes quite a bit to maintain and pay to run a 1 1/2hp electric pool pump 9 hours a day in summer and 5 in winter. I hardly ever use it, but my wife and grandkids do. As I said, I buy from 3 different stores-depending on which is handy. One in Englewood 7 miles north of me off rt 776. $1.28 One in Murdock 6 miles south of me on rt 776. $1.08 and one in Punta Gorda 13 miles south on rt 41. $1.23 There a over a dozen more in between. The most famous is Pinch A Penny and they won't give me a bulk rate, they want $1.85

-- Edited by Bergman Roof Cleaning Port Charlotte FL 941-698-1959 on Wednesday 26th of September 2012 08:29:06 AM

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sweetwaterfish wrote:
Roof Cleaning Tallahassee wrote:

It's WAY hotter then 12% when delivered to my supplier. I talked with a delivery guy just about to take off in an 18 wheeler where I get my goods and he said they make it at around 15%-16%. After I loaded up that day with a fresh batch of SH, when I added water to my tank it looked like I dumped a 5 pond block of dry ice in a tank of water. So much visible vapors where pouring out of the top, I could have re-created " The Creature Form The Black Lagoon" movie.

Agreed...some of the fresh stuff we get here is down right nuclear in strength!!!!!

Sure is. And easy to get. Pull up, dump, pay and go.

Permalink · Sep 26, 2012

Larry, is your 10% or 12.5% ?
All 3 pool supply stores we buy from, let us drive up and pump our own and just tell them what we got.
Same up there?

Permalink · Sep 27, 2012

Pretty much the same here Chuck. Normally the guy who runs that particular shop will just come out and check the level in the tank before and after we load. (Tank is marked ). As far as how strong? It says 12.5% but who knows. All I know is that they get two loads a week and its always strong.

Roof Cleaning New Jersey · Sep 27, 2012

We're @ $2.10 for 1000 gallons at a clip. The product doesnt even start to smell like chlorine until about a week later. Or maybe my nose buds are burned out.

gutterdog · Sep 27, 2012

I can barely smell bleach now!

gutterdog · Sep 27, 2012

The customer says "my house smells clean!!! "

That's why I dont mask the smell any more, too much money too.

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Roof Cleaning Palm Harbor FL 727 543 3276 wrote:
Pretty much the same here Chuck. Normally the guy who runs that particular shop will just come out and check the level in the tank before and after we load. (Tank is marked ). As far as how strong? It says 12.5% but who knows. All I know is that they get two loads a week and its always strong.

If they get 2 loads a week, it's probably right close to 11 - 12 %.

Mine get about the same- 2 fillups a week. But, it says 10% last time I checked.

Permalink · Sep 27, 2012

gutterdog wrote:
The customer says "my house smells clean!!! "

That's why I dont mask the smell any more, too much money too.

I have scent masks, but only use them upon request.

The SH smell only lasts about 24 hours in general.

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Sometimes our jobs smell like dead bodies. I just ordered 10 gallons of fresh wash from powerwash.com. I am going to try it out and see if i can smell a difference. I also want to see if i should keep using the fresh wash or just get a 55er of roof snot from russ.

Permalink · Sep 27, 2012

Diamond Roof Cleaning New Jersey (1-800-Roof-Clean) wrote:
Sometimes our jobs smell like dead bodies. I just ordered 10 gallons of fresh wash from powerwash.com. I am going to try it out and see if i can smell a difference. I also want to see if i should keep using the fresh wash or just get a 55er of roof snot from russ.

I will be interested in what you find out!

Ugly Shingles LLC · Sep 27, 2012

If the customer says anything then I say... "It smells like a clean kitchen out here" biggrin

gutterdog · Sep 27, 2012

Ugly Shingles LLC wrote:
If the customer says anything then I say... "It smells like a clean kitchen out here"

This is the only way to clean a roof!

Roof Cleaning Illinois · Premium Member Roof Cleaning Institute of America

Cheapest SH I found here is $2.10 gallon. Anybody knows where I can get SH cheaper in or near Chicago?

Permalink · Sep 27, 2012

Roof Cleaning Illinois wrote:
Cheapest SH I found here is $2.10 gallon. Anybody knows where I can get SH cheaper in or near Chicago?

Start calling pool supply stores and chemical suppliers.

That's how I found 3 stores at $1.08 $1.23 and $1,28 a gallon!

Roof Cleaning Illinois · Premium Member Roof Cleaning Institute of America

Thanks Chuck, I had call around to some pool supplier and had ask them how fresh is the SH, the guy told me that its been sitting here for about a month or two. SH is probably at 10% they want $5.99 for two gallon.

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