For me, my speed is regulated by 2 factors. 1 Pretty much every house here is on a well which puts out only 4-6gpm. So I run 5.5 gpm machines so I dont run out of water and I dont need to carry around a 500gal tank. 2 This is my third season so I have pretty much figured out how to be as efficient as I think I can get. Im sure if I had someone who has been doing this longer actually show me some time saving things, I would get faster. The outside of Gutters usually take the longest and require the most dwell time, so they definitely slow me down.
Yeah I get it. Everyone works different and that’s cool! Find what works best for you to provide a quality job! Good luck on this season.
Thanks, you as well. I should start analyzing how I wash a house in order to speed up the process without sacrificing customer service. Im alway up for bettering myself.
They’re a bunch of slackers, lol.
Going separate ways quicker the lead - follow if just wash. If drive involved the one on house and other on drive.
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If gutters are bad, instead of hitting them a couple times or longer dwell, I just hit them with a brush. I have one on a 8’-24’ pole that can easily reach any gutter. Spray them, then just one pass walking down them and they are perfect.
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I actually tried that on my last house of of last year. Ill give that a try again.
And then time your self. If your like me your sense of time isn’t always accurate. I’ve been cleaning windows for almost 5 years and though I had done it a few times before, I started timing every aspect of what I do working at a normal speed. I was really surprised at some of the differences. I’ve done this a bit with pressure washing and it’s really helped me prioritize which equipment to buy.
Thanks for responding to the other post. I think that’s a good time, but I deal with mostly brick and was thinking there is now way you did a brick house in 45 minutes unless it was mostly clean!
I honestly don’t understand how anyone could wash a house without doing so.
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Do you have a pic of your brush setup? I have the extension pole for the pressure washer, did you modify something like that?
It doesn’t attach to a pressure washer. It’s just a brush attachment on the end of a 8’-24’ extension pole like for painting. I get the brushes from Menards. These hold up great.
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One works and the other one cracks the whip! 
