I am 20 years old and am currently trying to start a very small time driveaway pressure washing business for the summer. I have been reading endlessly and watching videos constantly trying to take in as much knowledge as possible. When I very first started this I assumed it did not involve so much. I would like to do develop an insured/licensed company at my age to educate myself for the future ahead. Is just buying a PW and an SC both with multi-year warranties and washing my cities driveways and pathways enough to make it worth it? Just wanted to ask the experts and see if I’d be wasting my time. I would use the house owners water and haul the equipment in a pickup. Thank you guys for reading. I appreciate your time.
If your not gonna invest yourself into it your wasting your time.
Id be hard pressed that many would hire someone just for a driveway enough to make it worth while. If your not doing houses too then they are better off finding someone that does both.
Or just be a concrete/masonary cleaning business and offer sealing as well. Theres good money in it but u need to know what ur doin
Here is some sound advice.
I invested a ton of money (to me, anyways) in my equipment to do services in a certain part of my town.
I then found out no one in that part of town gives a damn about the service I was selling.
Luckily, I pivoted into a different city and Service. It all worked out, somewhat.
My Point: Don’t just assume because you see a dirty driveway someone wants to pay you to clean it. Get a backup plan (another service you offer).
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BINGO…and just because you see a dirty house…that does not mean that the owner wants it washed.
My area is covered up with dirty property…very few are willing to pay someone to wash it.
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You might be able to do it under a DBA, basically your name doing business as…
Insurance is cheap, register in your city and county, cheap, dba, cheap.
You can start with a 4gpm/4k psi, test the waters and go from there. Be open to cleaning any exterior surface, this forum has PLENTY of info.
If youll have a machine, why not clean houses too? More than not, the house wash gets you the flatwork. I think you would be few and far between jobs unless you get very serious about specializing in it. Jmo
