[Richy L]

(hopefully) i am just about to get a nice contract for jet washing new builds.(cement from walls, and window, etc).
ive never priced this before. i've done work like this a few times, but only subcontracting.

How do you price this type of work?

[drive surgeon]

i did a bit of this myself , i priced per house,   

[Richy L]

so, an average 3 bed semi, what type of price would you say?

[drive surgeon]

think i was getting £120  per house. 

[Richy L]

£120 - was that just jet washing? or windows and frames as well?

[drive surgeon]

i was doing the whole thing including windows evrything,  why does that seem dead cheap?

[Richy L]

no, i guess you get a few on them done in a day though eh?

[Richy L]

do you work alone? how many of those houses could you do in a day?

[drive surgeon]

i was on my own, only got one house done in a day, took a while putting the acid on, then filling tank with water on site then getting up ladder in thick mud which was a nightmare and jettin all the snotts off the brick,  hated it to tell you the truth, the builders were ass holes too. the time went no where.

[Seers]

Hi,

We used to do loads of this type of work all across where you operate Richy. The general trend over the last couple of years is for the bricklaying contractors to pick this up as part of their package, rather than getting a cleaning contractor to do it. Probably a cost saving exercise from the developer.

Also, I recently spoke to a guy who runs a large outfit specialising in pressure washing new build construction who told me that the NHBC are looking to ban jet washing to new properties because of damage to pointing and bricks! Apparently they are looking to bring the policy in over the next few years.

How this will work I don't know, because some properties are caked in snots and render, and the developer won't be able to present the plot in such a condition.

Cheers,

Huw.

[martin19842]

hi there

the weird thing is, that 25 years ago, they never did this, cause the brickies never threw the cement all over the place.

now it seems that most are acid washed to clean off the mess.

so somrthing needs sortiing

regards

martin

[allyoops]

hi,just did 8 houses 3 detached 3 bed and terrace of 3 and a pair of semis ,had my lad to help me,took 14 hours and charged £100 per house,the acid was a waste of time and the only way a lot of the mortar would come off was with a scraper,would normally charge more,but the builder is currently building an other 160 houses and I want to keep him sweet good luck

[drive surgeon]

just go for it and see what happens , the main thing is your earning money!