I build it into my price - .02/ft - I refuse to do w/o it on residential. But once you’ve sold them on your process, helps insulate you from some other turkey coming along that’s a little cheaper.
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Thank you Grizz! 
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Sorry to revive such an old post @squidskc, but just when I thought I was getting all squared away in my research, this whole other problem of water diversion and or reclamation started to surface. Is this a tool I should be buying for my beginner arsenal? I looked at my city’s BMP and for pressure washers specifically it states “Pressure washing is an excellent way of removing pollutants from outdoor surfaces. However, pressure washing wastewater should never be discharged to a storm drain. Storm drains should be covered, or the path to the drain should be blocked during pressure washing. With the property owner’s permission, the collected wastewater can then be pumped into a sanitary sewer clean out, or, in some instances, discharged to a landscaped area, provided that the discharge does not overflow the landscaped area, contain hazardous constituents, or create nuisance conditions. Sump pumps and wet/dry shop vacuums can be used to pump the wastewater” ,if that helps you at all.
Oh man, you live in one of those areas.
Yeah, which is in the Midwest, so I was thinking it’d be quite a bit more lax than that. What’s the best bet?
Your best bet is to follow all regulations. One fine from the EPA and you could be out of business before you get started. Stick to jobs where you don’t have to worry about reclaim like house washing. You can always get into it down the road. Reclaim systems aren’t cheap. Although, you can always just get a cheap pump, block off the street drain, and pump it into the landscaping. That’s not always possible though and then you’ll have to reclaim it.
You must live in a large city.
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Thanks for the reply buddy! I intend to follow regs as these pockets arent deep enough to not lol. Just was an unexpected curve ball, that honestly, I was oblivious to. I think for now I will heave your advice and whatever flat work does come my way, I’ll mitigate with booms or something of the sort and get the sutt attachment as posted above. Idk, just was feeling super confident in all the research I was doing, then this.
And our city has a lot of river revitalization going on, so I’m sure that is playing a big part.
Additionally, I was thinking about calling and inquiring about if I could legally pump it into the home owner’s sewer clean out drain outside, with owner permission and accessibility of course.
Man, I would nail down the exact regulatory code before assuming you have to reclaim dirty water from a driveway.
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What city are you from? Maybe someone else who lives in the area can chime in.
Fort Wayne, IN
Ok, so I found this.
Scroll down to page 21, it mentions ‘street washing’ as exempt among other things. I don’t know if that translates to concrete cleaning however.
Whatever you end up with, be sure you get it in writing.
Milwaukee has a vacuum for around 500 dollars,For the head and 500 dollars for the stainless steel canister,grainger has a pumpout to put inside the vacuum to pump the wastewater (,about 300 dollars.)into a reclimation tank,250 gallons minimum,and get your standard pool vacuum hoses at home depot,everything.for around 2,000 dollars,its what i have and it works,i live in California
Sirrocco vacuums are high quality. But thousands. Dollars. More
Oh man, good hunting there! I’ll bring up that document when I make the call!
I’ll have to look into that, one thing that sucks is that is some serious weight (full/partial full reclimation tank) to be hauling around to a disposal center
Yea it is
I’ve watched this video multiple times and pick something up each time. The tips on hose management alone are gold! I cleaned a place Friday and part of the job was a driveway that is north of 5,000 sqft (giant house on a big lot). This video was definitely a major part of me being able to get it done the right way. Thanks @Racer for taking the time to do this.
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Thanks Jeremy. Glad it helped. Appreciate the words of gratitude.
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Had an interesting conversation about my whisper classic. Guy said when you clean a nozzle take both (all) out and run water through the surfacer, when you reinstall the nozzle the line on the nozzle should be parallel with the bar. Maybe this is common knowledge to everyone but wasn’t to me.
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