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That roof doesn't look too steep to walk at all, especially with a good safety tie-off or anchor system. Would a 35' tow-behind lift get in there? We use those all the time, and three guys can man-handle them and manually move them around. Your pump system should shoot 20-30 feet, so even working off a 36 foot ladder shouldn't be a problem.

If the roof is too steep to climb, get ladder access to a valley and climb up that way and work off the peak, with one foot on each side of the pitch for stability. YOu could even look at renting a scaffodling system to gain access to the roof, if you don't like the ladder idea.

A high dollar job like this will take some $$$ investment in materials. I tend to secure the bid first and then worry about how to get up there. For 100,000 you could afford to have a helicopter drop you off on the roof in the morning and pick you up in the afternoon.

By the pictures it looks like those roofs are walkable. You can probrably use an articulating boom lift ( 65 footer) and lay plywood down so the grass dosent get torn up.

The benefit on a job like this is do a good job and you'll most likely have the work every few years. Then it will be easier considering you figured it out the first time. Possibly lead to more work like it as well.

Jeff

Get Ray to send you the plans for the basket he made that was hung from a crane to clean church steeples. $100k job like that and you would still make out like a bandit after paying hourly crane rates, material and labor costs.

I agree with others, those roofs don't look too steep to walk on to me either.
If you could soft-wash the buildings, instead of pressure washing them = no plant worries-or people walking through drip-age, it wouldn't be that hard of a job.
The lowest roof level appears to be about 35' to me. If you get a 40' ladder, you should be fine! If that don't reach, put it in a pickup truck bed. Been there, done that.
Again, if you are already busy, walk away from the job. It WILL BE a headache!

sweetwaterfish wrote:

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Roof Cleaning Palm Harbor FL 727 543 3276 wrote:

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Go rent a 60 ft ladder. Those roofs are walkable all day long. Washing- Use a 10-12 ft step ladder a 6 ft extension wand and a 0030 tip to shoot the high areas on the exterior. Oh, and $100k for that job? I need to move. Lol

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NO kidding....wish we could get HALF those kinds of rates in Florida! From the pictures and description I saw, I would "guestimate" our bid would be around 40K.....and we still would likely not get that job if price was the only consideration.

-- Edited by sweetwaterfish on Saturday 29th of September 2012 08:28:04 AM Promise you there would be people here in florida that would tackle that for less than 20K...they would do a crappy job, but they would do it cheaply!

-- Edited by sweetwaterfish on Saturday 29th of September 2012 08:29:46 AM

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Here in SW Florida my guess is the winning bid would be not over $2000.00 a building. Heck, each one is no more than a days work, if that. Plus, ours would have a thousand $ worth of plants to protect and work around. I see nothing at these?

But, I know I would pass on it. I have work every day anyway, so why take this on and deal with all the comings and goings of residents etc?

I didn't know a 60' ladder existed? 40' is the longest I have ever seen?

-- Edited by Bergman Roof Cleaning Port Charlotte FL 941-698-1959 on Saturday 29th of September 2012 08:52:00 AM

Go rent a 60 ft ladder. Those roofs are walkable all day long. Washing- Use a 10-12 ft step ladder a 6 ft extension wand and a 0030 tip to shoot the high areas on the exterior. Oh, and $100k for that job? I need to move. Lol

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/WERNER-Extension-Ladder-4XN68
Chuck, you can buy them or rent them. Type it into google and you will see.

garyw wrote:

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Roof Cleaning Palm Harbor FL 727 543 3276 wrote:

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http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/WERNER-Extension-Ladder-4XN68
Chuck, you can buy them or rent them. Type it into google and you will see.

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 I bet it only takes 5 men and 3 boys to raise it up. The bend when fully extended would be scary.  Probably looks like this.     c

-- Edited by garyw on Saturday 29th of September 2012 09:58:44 AM

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Ya, I will make my living without needing anything over my 32' ladder. If I can't work it out with that, I move on to the next job!