Pre-site Visits

[New Look]

This applies to both residential and commercial but I think commercial work certainly fits the billet on this.

When you approach a job do you perform a pre site visit to determine where you are parking your rig....getting a sense of foot/car traffic if done during normal biz hours....lighting.....water sources.....location of sewer drains.....location of storm drains....landscaping for discharge if applicable?

I get a sense of where I want to park my rig to get the most use out of it to cover the area I am washing without having to move it again. Sometimes you cannot avoid moving your rig a couple times, depending on the project but if you preplan accordingly you can save yourself some valuable time being on a site. When time matters...this is important.

What other points can be added to this list???

 

[Grime Busters]

Great post Carlos. First time projects always have their challenges. The better prepared the better.

I would also like to suggest to all to always take before pictures of all your projects, especially of any/all pre existing damage done by previous hacks. As we all know, once you've properly and professionally restored concrete, the pre existing scaring and damage stands out like a sore thumb. I have yet to this day ever had to play the "blame game", since we always provide our PM's and owners before, during and after pictures and video documentation of each and every project, no matter of it's a $250 residential or a $30,000 commercial project.

Checking water pressure and output is much important for us guys running 10 GPM rigs.

Traffic plan is essential.

On some of our higher end medical plazas, office complexes, etc, many of the exterior doors have the hydraulic door systems, which are under the threshold plate. We have found more times than not these units are not sealed well, and water forced into these cavities reek havoc on the mechanical and hydraulic parts of the system. To prevent the potential damage (and having to deal with a very unhappy building maintenance supervisor), we completely seal the base plates with 200 mph duct tape, along with all the bottoms of the exterior doors to prevent water penetrating. Happy building Sup = more work.

We also provide our PM's and property owners with a Notification of Scheduled Pressure Washing form (attached), one week prior to our scheduled cleaning. This allows our PM's and owners to simple email to all their clientele and post hard copies in the common areas.

Sorry, can not upload the Notification of Scheduled Pressure Washing document, too big (by .2 mb) Email me and I will send to anyone who is interested.

 

[New Look]

Most def on the before and after pics. I do it with all my commercial clients. When I returned from my L.A./Vegas/AZ run I had about 200+ pics to download.

I also take pics on residential jobs when I get the "sense" that the customer is going to give me a hard time...you know the ones I am talking about....the red flags immediately go up when you first meet them.

 

[HotShot]

I look for a place to use the bathroom if it's going to be a fairly long job

 

[Grime Busters]

Got to go, got to go right now........

[bb]

I look for a place to use the bathroom if it's going to be a fairly long job

 

[Doug Rucker]

I try to position my rig for maximum visibility when possible.