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My question, though, should the cedar shingles on the house be power washed before it's stained? Also, should the bottom layer of the shingles (closest to the ground) be treated any way to prevent bugs / mold / warping ?

My sister is building a 5,000 square foot home with a lot of cedar shingles. The home is almost complete and the contractor will be using a semi-transparent stain in grey on the cedar. Should the shingles be power washed before staining to remove the mill glaze? The home builder does not...

Most of our business was sealing, not staining, but we recently moved and now there seems to be a bigger demand on staining decks (our season is just beginning). What is the best procedure in staining? Best to spray, brush or roll? Is there any easier way to accomplish staining the rails...

Looking to purchase a tool that checks the dampness / humidity of wood. Looked at the major stores here, Lowe's, Home Depot, and Menards. Menards carried one that requires you to stick a little rod in the wood to determine the dampness, don't want that. Where do I look?

Aqua Lazer, What are you charging per truck?

Wouldn't even think about doing a truck for $5.00 .... or even $8.00, not worth the time. If that's the case, would rather sit home and watch TV.

Giving a estimate on 20 box trucks and 8 tractors, all work done indoors at Fed Ex. Year round cleaning, twice a week during winter months. Don't need to reclaim water, using water from their facility. What is the best method of cleaning, soaps (no two step processes). Have Tuff hot water 5...

Dave, We are in Rockford, 20 minutes South of the Wisconsin border, 1 1/2 hours west of Chicago. No knowledge of Danville. We bought a hot water skid unit, don't know how to use it, would like to get in the field of mobile washing or fleet washing. I don't know how to type (wife...

Any recommended computer programs to keep our database, print receipts, etc.

We will be starting our season in a few months. We are getting 'serious' about this business and have intentions of making this seasonal job our main income within the next 3 years. We have been power washing decks / fences for 4 years, part time, seasonally. We have 2 Tuff cold water...

Any chance of listing all the ands/ifs/buts that you have on this sheet. We don't want to forget anything, nor leave out things that haven't been brought up.

We are changing our format of our estimate sheet. We never had a list of 'important things to know' that the customer should be aware of BEFORE our services begin. Such things being, we do not wash / seal the bottom of boards (yes, we get complaints stating that they weren't done), we try not...

Deck Works, See that your from Illinois (us too)... has business been slow for you recently? We have. Really busy til 4th of July... now we're dead. I spoke with a lawyer about mechanics lien, was told it was an expensive option, he suggested small claims court. Do you wait 36-72 hours...

The job was for a wash and seal of an elevated deck. We argued back and forth and ended up knocking the price down of $75.00. It was originally a $350. job. Contacted an attorney, just to get advice for the future, he said that MECHANIC LEINS are not cheap. There's paperwork and a lawsuit...

Customer not home to give you payment when you complete a job, they didn't leave check behind (either because you didn't mention it or they forgot). You don't want to leave and come back to do the job, so you give them an invoice with your business address on it, leave a message on their phone...

Advertiser in area has a maintance program... we don't... any one care to elaborate about their program? How do you price out this program? Is it cost efficient and does it really bring more business? Who wins by using this program and do customers get discounts? Also, same advertiser...

Nice price.. but Do these prices include rails? How do you do the square footage on rails? Assuming you are sealing / staining all 4 sides of the rail. Lets say you have a 20 x20 deck and rails on 3 of the 4 sides.

A solution Spoke with the customer who's table leg we broke. They also complained that we sprayed in the sealer (we spray, never brush sealer), that we didn't spray or roll the UNDER SIDE of the deck, that we came back earlier than anticipated, that 2 different people worked on the deck and...

We own a small power washing company in Illinois. Majority of our work is deck staining and sealing. Many of our customers ask us to move furniture, nail in nail pops, etc. Got our first call that we moved a table and broke a leg (a very inexpensive table at that). Haven't resolved the...

Anyone care to show a copy of their brochure? Does everyone have one? Is the brochure geared towards residential or business customers? Is it printed from a home color copier or professionally done?