Hi, I'm Lou and I'm really just trying to find out if and how a pressure washer will help me out-- and all that goes along with that.

I stumbled into "flipping houses", mainly because I can paint and do basic landscaping so I looked for places that needed not much more than that.

I know in a lotta cases a power washer would speed up my prep time for painting (especially since I like to work alone) , and I have two decks I have to do (my own and my parents, and it will probably turn into my sister's and mother-in-law's as well) not counting the next property I try to fix up.

I'm learning a lot poking around here, mostly that my needs are like at the low-end of what most people here do. I still don't know what "brand" I want but it looks like I don't need more than a cold water 2500 psi (no higher than 4000) 3-4 gpm gas powered belt driven machine. I was looking at Coleman, Porter Cable, Jenny (well I plan to look at them), and Troy Built, but the brands I see mentioned here most I don't even see locally.

Anyway, sorry for the long post. I'll just go back to dredging through the archives.