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I've just read on another thread, were many of you disagree with the concept of Annual Preventative Maintenance.
I for one have greatly benefited from having established a Preventative Maintennce Program. There are numerous who reject the service. On the otherhand, there are several who like the idea of not being concerned with the thought of having the roof cleaned again. We have customers who have been under our program for a number of years. Our oldest shingle roof that we maintain is now 27years old. Our oldest tile roof is 53 years old. Both still look great. The shingle roof was originally cleaned in September of 1991. The tile roof was originally cleaned in March of 2002. Both still look great. We actually have customers who call wondering when there service is due. They want to make sure their roof remains fungus free.
I am able to keep 2 trucks operating 5 days a week and sometimes 6 thanks to our maintenance program.

It may not work for all, but if presented properly it can be very profitable. Today we performed 9 P.M. services in less than 8 hours.

Gross  $1,445.00
Tech   -  $96.00
Chem  - $ 39.70
fuel     - $ 10.00
ins      -  $ 3.01
Lic      -  $0.193
misc  -  $ 10.00
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net profit $ 1,286.00

Had we not had our PM program in effect, my net profit for today would have been $0.00

We have a truck set up with a ladder rack, 165 gallon tank, 3 hose reels, 300' 3/8" hose, 200' non marking pressure washer hose, 100' 5/8 garden hose, plastic ball valve and wand with 80/20 tip , a surflo 3gpm electric pump, 4,000psi pressure washer, scrubber and a gas blower.
 
Upon arrival, we set up the ladder, blow the roof off and clean out the gutters, grab the plastic wand, flip the switch and head up to give the roof a light misting of chemical. Killing the fungus spores. The complete process takes aprox 30 to 4 minutes to perform and for tile roofs we use the pressure washer with a chemical injector  to shoot a light coat on the roof.

Very simple procedure that works great.

MY customers love it !!!!!
I realize it is not for all, but for me it has been a great success, a wonderful selling point and very lucrative.

This is a great thread! I love that you have given an idea as to how to price this as well as the amount of chem to use. I was thinking that it would need a repeat of the original cleaning.

Thank you!

Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa FL (813) 655-8777 wrote:

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We do not do roof maintenance, at least very much of it, here is why.
We are so busy Cleaning Roofs In Tampa, I had to make a decision.
Do I send our roof cleaning trucks out to do a 1200.00 Tile Roof Cleaning, or do a 100.00 roof algae prevention ?
We do use a top secret roof treatment chemical in our mix we do not talk about, for obvious reasons. It has proven itself to keep roofs clean for longer then just the cleaning chemicals alone. I have considered hiring a special team JUST for roof maintenance, and we may, someday. For a new roof cleaning company, it is not a bad idea, plus other add on's may be sold during treatment like the house and driveway !!
It is the SH that is doing all the algae prevention for you in your mix BTW. TSP is actually a fertilizer, but it leaves a film on the roof, and the Salt in the SH is being trapped in this film.. Just using some Borax in place of the TSP, or even better yet with the TSP will provide even longer lasting results. This was the reason Apple Sauce was invented. The TSP traps the Borax in a film, keeps it on the roof longer. Only a slight bit of Borax is a deadly plant biocide and biostat, it will greatly improve upon your great idea

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If you ever decide you'd like to sub out you roof maintenence in the brandon riverview area let me know. Currently I'm set up better for that than 2 story tile jobs.

 

What Chris said about staying on the roof longer. I noticed yesterday on a deck strip. The floor came out awesome, The rest was awesome but not perfect. I had to touch up the stripping of the wood, couple places, worrying about furring or drying out the wood too much. It came out better. Not perfect (98-99%?). Anyway I'm wondering if I could add ammonox (however thats spelled) could work too on vertical wood? Keep the soap on there longer to strip it like the floor boards?