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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: vivaro 013 on March 12, 2009, 09:07:51 pm

Title: pressure wahing driveways
Post by: vivaro 013 on March 12, 2009, 09:07:51 pm
working at my own house this evening , notices van with drive clean sign written on it , 2 people starting knocking on doors, within 10 minutes pressure washers was out of van with a young lad operating it.
Drive  pressure washed within a 75 minutes or so, and  of there went in there little ford connect van
HOW MUCH WOULD THAT OF COST   
Title: Re: pressure wahing driveways
Post by: trevor perry on March 12, 2009, 09:12:53 pm
probably between £1 and £2 a square metre
Title: Re: pressure wahing driveways
Post by: Nathanael Jones on March 12, 2009, 09:16:04 pm
I charge about €70 - €80 for driveway & footpaths on a standard house,.. but I've a 24' extendible lance and I offer to do the gutters at the same time,.. another €70 or so (I'd charge more if I was making a special journey just for the gutters!).

Title: Re: pressure wahing driveways
Post by: vivaro 013 on March 12, 2009, 09:35:55 pm
personally there struck me as  the traveller type who  go knocking on doors
Title: Re: pressure wahing driveways
Post by: pt on March 13, 2009, 06:26:12 am
A customer of mine got done over for £500 a few weeks back by this type of outfit!
Title: Re: pressure wahing driveways
Post by: Steve CM on March 13, 2009, 06:52:48 am
probably between £1 and £2 a square metre

thats far to cheap!
Title: Re: pressure wahing driveways
Post by: Nathanael Jones on March 13, 2009, 10:04:41 am
probably between £1 and £2 a square metre

thats far to cheap!

I average 60 -80 sq mtrs an hour,.... so I charge less than this I reckon on average!
Title: Re: pressure wahing driveways
Post by: DaveG on March 13, 2009, 11:06:15 am
probably between £1 and £2 a square metre

thats far to cheap!

How much would you charge per square metre Steve?

Ive got to price one up next week

Cheers Dave
Title: Re: pressure wahing driveways
Post by: trevor perry on March 13, 2009, 01:16:17 pm
probably between £1 and £2 a square metre

thats far to cheap!

I average 60 -80 sq mtrs an hour,.... so I charge less than this I reckon on average!
i agree i charge less on large areas in fact one job i do is under 50p a metre but for an average drive you have to get there sometimes the drainage is bad and it can also take a while to rinse walls plant pots and windows etc hence between £1 and £2 a metre,
Title: Re: pressure wahing driveways
Post by: Nathanael Jones on March 13, 2009, 02:25:37 pm
My 60 - 80 mtrs an hour includes rinsing walls & plant pots etc,... a decent machine eats through this kind of work.
My only problem is water,.. my powerwasher uses 13 litres per minute @ 4000psi and tap pressure in my area can't keep up with the washer. I arrive with 1000 litres and start the tap filling it straight away, but still after 3 or 4 hours the tanks is dry. Good excuse for a tea break though!! :)
Title: Re: pressure wahing driveways
Post by: Steve CM on March 13, 2009, 02:49:36 pm
other guys are charging 3.50 to 5.00 per square meter so there is a clue!! ;D ;D
Title: Re: pressure wahing driveways
Post by: simon knight on March 13, 2009, 03:09:26 pm

I did a bit of this before taking up window cleaning. It was a good little earner but too seasonal for my taste.

I charged £1.50 per metre for the basic clean. £5 pm if they wanted it regrouted as well...they usually did as the washer usually ripped out half of the mortar.
Title: Re: pressure wahing driveways
Post by: trevor perry on March 13, 2009, 04:33:44 pm
My 60 - 80 mtrs an hour includes rinsing walls & plant pots etc,... a decent machine eats through this kind of work.
My only problem is water,.. my powerwasher uses 13 litres per minute @ 4000psi and tap pressure in my area can't keep up with the washer. I arrive with 1000 litres and start the tap filling it straight away, but still after 3 or 4 hours the tanks is dry. Good excuse for a tea break though!! :)
i think mine is a decent machine theres a picture of it on my website although only 3000psi it is 21 litres a minute which is much quicker for rinsing off oh and by the way it is hot, like you i have a 1000 litre container in the trailer and when water supply runs out due to tap not keeping up i fill up at a stand pipe fire hydrant so as not to waste any time.
 out of interest what would you charge for a driveway that would take approximately an hour as i thought i was cheap at £1 a metre.