Only 5 star restaurants so the governor and political elitists can still go out to eat for fundraising events.
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And Illinois
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If you use a 4 gpm you’re able to use half the water. That’s part of the solution you’re looking for. Sure, it’s not as efficient but you won’t waste near as much water as an 8 gpm.
Not if it takes you twice as long to complete the work…
Ponds are made for fishing and shooting snakes. Not washing houses.
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Real men fish in the ocean. None of this fresh water stuff.
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I’ll not argue that. I don’t even eat fish, but I like catching most anything
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Btw, I think you posted to the wrong thread 
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I’m old.
Nonsense. You’re younger than my dad. By a lot. And I refuse to think of him as old.
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Little comes close to smoked fish. Maybe some of @Ikii antics on the bbq but hard to beat. I laugh when I see “fresh fish” advertised in the supermarkets, fresh is off the hook, gutted and cooked on the boat.
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Same age as me, and yes some days I feel old.
You forgot duck hunting
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It doesn’t take twice as long. A tip from the heart young Alex, don’t argue with old farts who test everything, lol.
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So all the pw’ing OG’s are exaggerating then, when they say they can wash more than twice as fast with an 8 as they did with a 4. Gotcha 
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I may be wrong here but I was always under the impression it was a little less then double the efficiency probably around 180% better than a 4gpm. While theatrically double the water should double the efficiency, our world isnt perfect and we lose efficiency but im sure there are factors/situations that could also increase the efficiency over 200%. Either way it’s safe to assume for a house wash if there is enough water for an 8 to be used, use it.
Yeah, as far as actual water usage goes, I know the 8 will use a bit more than a 4.
The main thing I was trying to point out is that a 4gpm machine will not use half the water that an 8gpm will. Because it takes much longer to complete the work.
I have heard that in some jurisdictions, they put limits on how much gpm you can use. In some locations, you’re limited to whatever the spigot can put out. And in other areas I’ve seen 4gpm listed as a hard limit. That may be something for the OP to investigate.
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I’ve always said about 60-70% on houses, on concrete, simply because you can use larger SC prob 80-90%
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When I upgraded from my wheel around Home Depot 4 gpm to my Hydromax 8 1/2, It for sure improved my wash time but I did go through much more water obviously because I have not fully mastered soaping and rinsing. It’s double the gpm and you mainly use that when you rinse. When it comes to being efficient with an eight GPM, you have to consider how much volume is actually coming out of the tip. If you’re applying soaps and it’s overlapping like crazy and a ton of it is a dripping on the ground then that’s a waste of chem and time and your over applying. For house washes, as long as your soap covers the surface and is wet, you don’t need to keep overlap of your solution over that part. It’s just going to runoff and hit the ground and be a waste. Apply soaps from bottom up and rinse from top down. Also rinse away from the area you just cleaned or else you’re double rinsing areas which is a waste of time. Don’t dwell on leakers so long, things like that, use your time wisely. I guarantee if I gave let’s say racer or any other old timer a 4gpm and a newer guy a 8, they would smoke him due to efficiency techniques that they’ve mastered over the years.
So if use use a 4gpm rinsing an area but it takes you 20 minutes, versus using an 8gpm and it takes you 10 minutes, you are using the same amount of water. It all comes down to techniques and using the extra volume to your advantage so you spend less time on the job
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I agree that people over soap a lot of times, but I think applying from bottom up is just an old wives’ tale. Everything gets soaped so quickly, there’s no difference in results, and applying from the bottom up just means you’re double soaping spots as the top runs down. I do 90% vinyl and it absolutely has zero negative impact to apply from top down, and I’ve tested it on wood multiple times as well after only doing bottom up for a couple years out of fear. As long as you are getting everything soaped pretty much at the same time, there’s no chance of an issue.
