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What services are you going to offer pertaining to the pressure washing/soft washing/roof cleaning areas?

Jeff

Gary makes a good point,..you're going to have lot going on inside the van. Another thing to mention as well,.the off gassing of S H in your roof tank is gonna rust anything that is not VERY well protected,..tools, nuts bolts on equipment, mufflers etc,...Should have had the whole inside Line-X'ed. Gonna also need a ladder rack. I work out of a van as well,..I have plywood on the walls so I can keep t painted up easily and also make use of the walls better than the raw steel will allow me. But I also pull a purpose made wash trailer from the old Wash-On-wheels company,..and through modifications over the years I've made it into a nice little power wash/roof cleaning rig.


Jeff

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Tell Bary you are a RCIA member so he installs viton O rings in it, You will need a Banjo valve and a piece of brass pipe so you have total control over flow

Hey Bill, here's thing:

I'll try to say this as nice as I can,Ha,Ha,..Unless you plan on adding a trailer,...I think you should have thought your equipment out before making your purchase of the van. You've limited yourself on equipment and setup choices. Such as HAVING to use a 12v system due to space. Either way,..that van is gonna fill up very quickly if you plan on getting serious about the washing business,..With soft washing and roof cleaning there are other things that take up alot of room, hoses for one,..you need 200' minimum of roof cleaning hose, and 200' of PW hose,..and supply hoses which I have 150' but you could maybe get away with less.
There's brushes for scrubbing gutters, miscellaneous cleaners, such as acids, S hydroxide,..etc....things that you need on board when you're serious about the business. If you plan on doing any flat work you'll want to get a surface cleaner,,..You need a ladder rack,..one ladder isn't going to cut it,..you need a step ladder and I'd say a 16' or a 20' to go along with you're 26',..both if possible. Throwing things inside the van as needed isn't practical because you don't know what you're going to run into on every job.
You're thinking terms of improbability when you say you'll only have SH in your tank when you're on the job. Just doesn't work out that way. Most jobs aren't gonna take the exact amount you put in the tank. And filling at the job site will get old very quickly.

*This stuff doesn't even include your gutter vac system,..which I haven't any clue how much room it takes up.

**Take this as constructive criticism, just trying to give you a heads up on things you're going to encounter.

Jeff

Ok Bill,.. you seem to have it all figured out,..and I won't give you anymore suggestions. There have been many guys here who had it figured out and was only asking questions out of curiosity,..they always seem to disappear,..they must become so successful that its no longer worth their time to stick around,...I applaud that knowledge,...(Actually, I don't,... I think they most likely failed)

* As you say,..you're not planning on doing it for real,..(30-40 days a year),..Not really worth the time to help anyhow.

Jeff

 

-- Edited by Raystown Roof Cleaning Central PA 1-800-236-0322 on Friday 2nd of January 2015 05:34:14 PM