Hi,
Here is my first question.
Are there residential/commercial jobs requiring more than one operator ?
Yes, but no.
Roof cleaning to start with. Just don’t take jobs that more than one is needed.
I think that there are quite a few solo companies. Personally I feel that having 2 people on each job it waaayyy beneficial for you and the customer. But in a pinch, an experienced pro could probably figure out a way to do any job solo. I think most people who have employees/helpers would never want to go back.
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I’m a one man show 85% of the time but when I do roofs or stucco houses I have a helper that is really good and is a janitor for the school district so he makes my schedule work. Some days are very long and draining but I make it work. I can’t wait to but my second 8 GPM machine to be able to have a full time helper. Having a second set of hands makes jobs go SOOO much faster.
Britton Emerson
Emerson Exteriors
Requiring more than one operator, no.
Will more than one operator make your business more profitable, YES!!
Does anyone do roof cleaning with just one person? It seems impossible. Is it?
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I do it. It’s not impossible just takes more time than I’d like it to and you have to hustle if your using a high % SH mixture so you don’t kill anything.
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So do you have to come down off the roof and rinse regularly? I’m really interested in roof cleaning and I’d like to be able to work solo…just don’t really know how to go about it.
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I rarely get up on the roof. I shoot from a ladder as much as possible.
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Yeah, that’s my plan too. Do you wait until you’re done and then rinse the plants, etc really well, or come down the ladder to rinse during the process?
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Thanks for all the answers.
If I figured out what you said, I could do all kind of small-medium residential/commercial jobs and should avoid the one’s that are too big for one guy ?
Nothing is too big for one guy, IF the one guy is willing to work
You have to soak everything before, rinse during (especially anything oversprayed) and flood afterwards. Dilution is the best way to keep plants alive. I have done jobs with two hoses in my hands. One spraying the rooftop, the second rinsing the windows and shrubs as I go. Whatever works for you, just don’t let your mix sit too long unrinsed. Guttered roofs are great because you can bag up and relocate the heaviest runoff to an area safe to release it in.
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^^Love this! The trick I’ve found is learning how to “chunk it down”. Break the job up into smaller, more manageable tasks.
There are certain times when a job just makes way more sense to do with help. That’s when I drag along my wife, or schedule it at a time that a friend will be available to help out a little. But right now I can’t think of a single instance where I honestly could not have completed a job solo. It’s been more about just getting something done in one day, as apposed to 1.5.
I’m not doing any roof cleaning yet, but when I do, I’ll be trying to get some help on those days. But I now know that if worse comes to worse, it can be done solo.
Great advice! Thank you! Do you rinse your roofs, or spray it and leave it?
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Through much reading on the rcia forums and my personal experience, what I continue to have success with is rinsing 2/3 of the roof. Here in Florida, if I spray and leave the soaps on the roof and we get a quick afternoon downpour it’d make a nice brown ring around the house. That’s not good thing. I have read many posts of guys who have success spraying and leaving it up there, I just operate differently.
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Customers expect jobs to be finished efficiently. It’s part of being a professional. Without a helper for many this cannot be achieved.
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I was thinking I’d rinse the whole thing, but rinsing 2/3 sounds like a good idea. Seems like dumping the bags of runoff water would eat a ton of time, but that’s better than buying new landscaping, right?
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You only have to bag up the first of the runoff that has the highest concentration of your roof mix. Once you’ve dealt with that, you can flood the rest and it’ll be fine.
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