Another post for fun!
What jobs will NOT do under any circumstances and why?
What are your Least favorite things to wash and why?
What do you consider to be the hardest items to wash and why?
Again this is for fun just to see some opinions on what you WILL NOT WASH
And WHAT YOU HATE TO WASH.
Deck staining and washing. You have to charge way more for staining than what any customer will be willing to pay in order to keep up with house washing. Likewise with washing the wood. Granted, I am still very new, and so perhaps years down the road I will be experienced enough with wood-work to make it worth the time. That being said, I have no desire to ever become more experienced in it. Soft-washing with wood-cleaner? Maybe. Haven’t tried it. No plans to do so.
Decks. Fences. Anything with wood. It’s slow, tedious, unprofitable in 90% of cases.
Decks. Fences. Anything with wood. It’s slow, tedious, unprofitable in 90% of cases.
I always clean the wood and then stain it so that could be part of the problem… Almost all my cleaning is an up sell from wood restoration. We do very well with it.
The one thing I don’t do is wrought iron fences.
Inside garage floor at people homes…a lot of request for it lately but the liability of drywall getting wet is to much more me
I don’t clean roofs, I don’t fill safe walking them and I here too many stories about dead grass and plants.
I don’t clean and stain decks, customers are too picky, too many problems and takes too much time.
I hate cleaning concrete steps. It doesn’t matter how I clean them, I always get soaked.
I don’t work solo. Time is money, the quicker I finish, the quicker I can move on to the next job.
Same as a few others here. I won’t do anything wood that isn’t painted or has solid stain in good shape. (I’ll rinse off a wood deck after house washing, but I let customers know not to expect anything from it)
I don’t do roofs. Too high risk as a solo operator
I won’t offer paint prep washing. Occasionally I’ll have a customer say they’ll be painting themselves, and will be scraping after I softwash. In that case I go ahead with a strong disclaimer that they’re responsible for the final paint quality.
Edited to add: I will NOT remove birds’ nests. I hate when I accidentally hit one I didn’t see.
There’s not much I really “hate” washing. Aluminum siding tends to take longer to get clean than vinyl.
Oh, I don’t like working on the weekends. But sometimes that’s the only time I can do a commercial job.
I hate roofs, dark blue siding, spindles on wood decks, using my 40’ ladder and when my high pressure hose gets snagged up hung up while pulling it.
Wood pays, staining pays.
I hate getting rid of bird nests on home entrances.
I wont clean rust stains since people dont pay for them.
