It’s fine to ask questions but you’ll want to do a ton of research here also. While searching for an answer you’ll find a ton of other answers that’ll amazing you and super charge your entry into the field. If you can I would start with the truck and probably cold water. You have to walk before you run.
Start doing residential house washes and concrete cleaning (probably with a 5.5 cold water PWer). Once you get that down you can look to expand. At least half of this business is marketing and another 25% is customer service. Some would flip those percentages.
Take your time and research. I jumped in too fast this year, had some setbacks, and was on my way to fail statistic. Put some serious reading time in, cross referenced all I could, them went back and started applying what I had newly learned and that took much more time than the theoretical.
You will find it’s for the best, and how you are thinking about your business and your focus will change dramatically afterwards.
It seems like an easy business to jump into, but it’s deceptive. Some stuff you will read on how to do it, then realize that info was from someone in a different climatic zone and it doesn’t quite work out the same.
Read 10-20 different post about a specific subject. Take notes of what the problem and solution was. Takes notes of the chems used. Research them in different situations. The search bar is gold if you put the time into it. If nothing else, start at the top of the threads and go down. Search your question before you ask. Its been answered. If you ask something simple without searching, expect a certian outcome.
BTW my aunt and uncle lived in Witchita before passing. My mom came from a small town in central Kansas. I have a fair number of memories of summer trips to Kansas.
Just because you have $10000 to start up does not mean you need that whole $10000.
Get insurance, a 4gpm 4kpsi pw, 200ft pressure and supply hose, downstream injector, soft wash tips, 15 inch surface cleaner from lowes, and you are ready to do houses if you have a way to move your equipment around.
You’re looking at a 3k start up cost. After 10 houses that paid. Schedule 4 houses a day and you are done in two and a half…
It’s all subjective. You can technically start out with a pump up sprayer, step ladder, and 200ft of garden hose for small vinyl houses and do a great job provided you know what you are doing…
Man…this is poor advice lol. Buy the proper equipment to do the job properly… especially if you have the funds available. Don’t buy a surface cleaner from Lowe’s and buy a reliable machine, not a 4/4 from a box store. It’s also key to put a good amount of money towards marketing so you can get jobs.
And this is why I cringe every time someone suggests doing a search, because of the snarky remarks and ‘fake news’ replies infused between truly helpful information. It’s not easy being a PW noob on here.
Pretty much don’t care. Saying this guy needs to spend 10k to start is just plain wrong. He can get by for far less. Is it ideal no? Should he have the funds to replace his equipment on the spot or buy double. Yes…
