I am currently working with an organization in Puerto rico repairing concrete roofs for homes damaged in hurricane maria. Many homes in the area I am working in do not have running water, and I am trying to find a solution towards being able to pressure wash and clean the roofs on the areas to open up the roof and begin all necessary repairs. I am looking at purchasing a water tank, and I was wondering if it would work to use a pressure washer on a roof, at most 8 feet above the tank, to clean the roof, and if said circumstances would create enough pressure to run the pressure washer, and for how long. I am looking at getting either a 400 or 500 gallon tank, and can most likely not get a water pump with available resources. The pressure washer I am using is “DeWalt Professional 3200 psi (Gas - Cold Water) Pressure Washer w/ Honda Engine & Cat Pump - DXPW…” any other suggestions would be incredibly helpful.
Thats a direct drive so prob not and why would you put a pressure washer on a roof
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Thank you, and short hoses as well as low access to the areas around the homes make it so that we have to bring it all the way up
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Id get longer hoses if possible and then put the pump bellow the water line (ether by keeping the tank always half full or putting the tank above the washer with a pallet or just the landscape around you.) God speed
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Got any photos of worksite?
