Commercial sidewalk bid help

Talk to your local water board, they’ll walk you through the process.

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As Jake said talk to the city. Each city is different but you usually have to rent one or pay a deposit and then pay for water used. Although, since you’re doing work for the city they might not charge you. Once your finished you give the meter back and they’ll refund a deposit. You usually need permission to hookup to hydrants. If it’s a common occurrence I’m sure they’ll would allow it without going to them every time.

I couldn’t imagine charging .05 a square foot, dirty as this stuff is here.

I hear you. $.05 is crazy. That’s Florida tho. Ours is usually black here too unless the drive is completely shade free. We have a super humid climate in the Midwest. You don’t have your own unique climate phenomenon hovering right over Louisville. :grinning: A super dirty driveway doesn’t take much longer than one that’s sorta dirty. You might have to up the post treat a little tho.

Well I will keep all that in mind but unfortunately the city just sent me an email saying they have decided to have it cleaned in house by there workers.

That will be interesting to see.

Yeah, I’m .25 all day……still rather wash a house.

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I actually really enjoy washing concrete, I find it relaxing and easy. What I dont like is doing the spots the surface cleaner cant clean and getting mud and dirty water splashed all over

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Yea I’ll post pics after they clean it. This is off topic but I’m doing a emergency deck and I ran out of oxalic. On the job before this Is there somewhere local I can get some. I’d rather the powder.

Has anyone had a go with the wood cleaner from Home Depot that’s oxalic bases. Of coarse not my go to but might work in a pinch







Emergency deck?

I’m going to be surprised if this isn’t all the troll of the century lol

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I got 50 bucks invested in this train ride

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Ace hardware carries Savogran ‘wood bleach’ tubs that is oxalic powder.

Can I buy a ticket to this train ride too :joy:

Yea she has a get together in 2 weeks and needs it done like ASAP. Clean and stained And she’s paying good money to have it done or Atleast I assume for a deck it’s good money.

Look for a “Wood Brightener” at the big box stores. Comes in like a 8 ounce or one pound box. It’s just oxalic.

Another option is finding citric acid. You could also probably even get muriatic and just dilute it way down. Oxalic is a much weaker acid so doesn’t take much to brighten and neutralize wood.

Yea I normally get bulk oxalic but I ran out so it’s gonna take a few days to have some shipped in and trying to get it done tomorrow. So I’ll go look for it at the store. Thanks for everyone’s help. I think I’ll stay away from the muriatic acid. It’s pretty nasty stuff. I use that to acid wash pools. And remove red clay from none painted brick. I don’t want to risk messing up the deck.

If you dilute the muriatic down with water it isn’t anymore dangerous than oxalic. Keep adding a couple tablespoons to a gallon of water until it brightens the wood like oxalic does.

Ok I can try that. I already have muriatic on my truck

You’re out of your mind if you think this is worth anywhere near $20K… when jobs have that much square footage you just need to revert back to the basics… Determine how long it’s going to take you to finish… add your payroll if you are using helpers or employees… add fuel costs and then add some profit… get the job done without trying to bust the customers balls with so much money. At the end of the day you’re spraying water for money this isn’t rocket science… give the guy a fair price… get the job done and keep moving!!! This business is so unregulated if you tell him $17k - $18k I guarantee he will find a new company that will do it way cheaper… Make sure you have a good surface cleaner… if you show up with just a wand then you might as well do it for nothing

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