I am new to the business and I want to clean roofs from the ground. Is this realistic for most one and two
story homes? I was thinking of using a waterfed poles to spread the chemicals and rinse the detergents or chlorine with a soft wash tip. I could also clean solar panel skylights with a brush tip.
Seem’s like alot of work… I can see using the water fed pole for the solar panel’s and sky light’s. Why not just DS the roof’s?
Won’t work
Why not buy a roof cleaning system and be done with it?
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Thanks all for the input. I was considering investing in a nice telescopic pole to wash windows and Thought it might make sense as an investment if I could also use it to clean roof by just switching out the brush head per job type.
Any good roof cleaning systems you all might recommend?
Florida
If you’ve never used an extension wand, brush, or any other type of extension get ready for the beating of your life after about 15 minutes. What SHW said. Try downstreaming out of a 5 gallon bucket with a pink and blue tip. It’s also pretty hard to Downstream with an extension wand or pole. Good luck and let us know what worked for you.
Ah…so do you think I could reasonably use my 8gpm machine to downstream some chlorine from the ground for you average 1-2 story home?..and clean most moldy roofs here in Fl?
I don’t own a waterfed pole but I would guess if you run a roof cleaning solution through it you will thoroughly destroy it. A couple posters above me said to down stream. That won’t work. Most roofs will require a solution of at least 30% SH to clean and you can’t get those ratios with injectors. I’m not trying to sound rude here but if you’re serious about adding roof cleaning do a lot of research on this site and buy the proper equipment or you’re going to end up with results you can’t bill for and a yard full of dead plants. Good luck!
EDIT: Forgot to mention: there are probably some roofs you could clean from the ground but it will be much easier from a ladder. You’ll have to pass on a lot of work if you’re unwilling to do that since many, if not most houses, in Florida (where I live anyway) have pool cages attached to the back.
YES! If a 4gpm at 4kpsi can do it, then and 8gpm shouldn’t have a problem. For siding that is, you’ll want to use a pump for roof’s I should have mentioned that. My apologies and thanks for correcting my mistake @thepelican
Thanks Steve…was just looking at the fat boy. Any real downside other than a little less power going electric?
I’m not really the one to ask as I’ve never used one. The electric seems to be the most popular because of low cost but I understand that the pumps fail frequently. The air seems to be the most reliable, and most versatile and most expensive. Russ at Southside has a gas driven unit with a diaphragm pump driven off a gearbox. I used that once at a demo and it was pretty sweet. Wish I could help more but I’m not doing any roof washing yet. I’m going to be starting this season. I’ve been researching it myself for a couple of years though. I’m probably going to build my own electric setup from a Pressure Tek kit because I already have spare tanks, hose reels, lots of parts laying around, and a MIG welder that is rusting from not getting used enough, lol.
Well it’s certainly great that you build it yourself on so many levels. You will have such a much more intimate understanding of the whole rig. I look forward to seeing your project completed. I am such an ambitious greenhorn. I don’t want to turn down business but I have so much to learn and need to slower down…haha
People use poles to clean roofs from the ground. Here’s an article i found:
http://www.ecleanmag.com/wp-content/community/uploads/2012/03/Roofs-with-WFP.pdf
There are a couple of youtube videos showing them in use, as well.
I think they just attach a premade (or homemade) nozzle holder to the end of the pole, and wrap the chem line around it all the way down. You can buy a kit that has the attachment and chem line included. I’ve also talked to people that have used them to clean commercial buildings 4 or 5 stories tall, and it might work even higher than that.
This method is appealing to me, however, i dont see many people talking about using them, so that makes me think it may not be the best choice in many cases. A couple of reputable guys said that the hassle of setting it all up, and using it, is more time consuming than just shooting it from the gutter line. For really steep roofs, or odd sections, or dormers, it might be a good option, though. I guess it comes down to whether or not you can hit it with your roof cleaning setup… if you can, it’s probably not needed… if you cant, it might help. In theory, it seems like this method could really be useful… both for roofs, and tall buildings. I’d like to try it out one of these days.
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