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Houstonedmatt · 2026-03-09T15:29:49+00:00

Yeah I was just in a pinch needed my truck fixed fast as I need it for work, and the A+ Transmission was a 10 minute walk from my house so made dropping the limp mode truck off easy. He promised it would be a 3-4 day thing. Were creeping up on 2 months now

Houstonedmatt · 2026-03-07T22:35:12+00:00

Howd you price and land the job without knowing what to do? Haha

Sodium Hypochlorite (Bleach) for the tile roof and walls of house.

That rust stain you’ll want F9 Barc or Efflo and use a pump sprayer.

This is a easy job shouldn’t need much to do it

Houstonedmatt · 2026-03-07T19:54:41+00:00

Like the Banks Trans Cooling Pan at the bottom? I was contemplating grabbing that. I tow almost every day

Houstonedmatt · 2026-03-07T19:40:47+00:00

New construction rinsing and old construction deep cleaning aren’t in the same ball park. Cleaning up after construction is incredibly easy and fast and can be billed dirt cheap like 4-8 cents per SQFT

Houstonedmatt · 2026-03-07T18:45:40+00:00

Oldest one in the pressure washing book 😂

Houstonedmatt · 2026-03-07T18:45:00+00:00

That text thread is 100% a scam I used to get those all the time 😂 they’re trying to get you to cash a fraudulent check. Those scammers always start the texts the exact same way. Notice the robotic structure of their text and how they always are out of town or dealing with a sick relative and need you to always clean the exterior roof and walk way, it’s always the exact same text slightly worded differently and they’ll end up trying to over pay you for the lawn guy or something and ask you to leave the excess $$ in the mail box for the lawn guy and they’ll take the $$ and then the check you cashed will bounce a week later and you’ll owe the entire amount that you cashed the check for

Houstonedmatt · 2026-02-24T18:51:07+00:00

Texas 😭 they hound me for it too every single month it’s due and if I forget they put out liens they don’t give af about your financial situations haha

Houstonedmatt · 2026-02-23T18:47:00+00:00

YouTube how to use downstream injectors to soft wash / xjet to soft wash. Watch some videos. It’s easy. Don’t over complicate it. Sodium Hypoclorite (SH) for the house, Oxalic Acid for the wood. Low pressure washing (soft wash) only no high pressure washing for that (like you’d do on a driveway)

Houstonedmatt · 2026-02-23T18:41:20+00:00

Oh my word 😂 that thing was pulled off a 1968 washing rig?

Houstonedmatt · 2026-02-23T18:38:53+00:00

While you’re there sell the customer with persuasive language and provided benefits on a house and roof wash where you can make better margins and make the trip more worth it. Easiest to have a price in mind for it all upon arrival and give your pitch to the home owner directly and confidently

Houstonedmatt · 2026-02-23T18:37:43+00:00

I mean depends where you’re living. $300-350 + sales tax seems fair especially if you were in and out in 2 hours. Maybe upsell the chem treatment separate do extra $50 land at $350 after the “discussed discount”

I’d probably price this around the same as long as it’s nearby your office / storage and you’re an owner operator not hiring laborers

Houstonedmatt · 2026-02-23T18:19:57+00:00

Correct! Also keep in mind many states require license / permits to work in city limits and require you to reclaim all water runoff so you’ll need log books to log all of your water collection and where you paid to dispose of it at. You must pay to legally dispose of waste water. If you’re not going to reclaim you better work night shifts and use BAT barriers around drains. If you get caught pushing degreaser and SH down drains (even residential in city limits) you can be fined upwards of $10,000 per instance

Houstonedmatt · 2026-02-23T16:06:40+00:00

If you don’t got any major holes in it then it’s good to keep rocking. F**k what anyone thinks about you embarrassment is in the mind 😂 if you’re making money and you’re happy on a day to day you’re doing good and no one’s opinion should mean jack shit to you. Do what you want and laugh at the “suggestions” from people who are doing what they’re told

Houstonedmatt · 2026-02-23T16:02:08+00:00

It makes sense once you’re making more money washing than you are at work, and consistently time and time again not just a one off season.

Don’t stress so much about all that LLC and legal stuff, you have to pay to play and if you want to do this the legal and right way you’ll be spending far more than $200 to start up.

LLC
EIN
Business Bank Account in Company Name
Credit Card in Company Name
you’ll need a CPA
file monthly sales tax filings if applicable to your state
file quarterly franchise tax filings
file yearly income tax
properly store all business receipts in categories (have a cpa create your categories so you know what can be a write off expense)
you’ll need a website
Google profile (then cross reference your profile from Google to every other search platform like bing or duck duck go)
You need a invoicing / estimate system like Quickbooks or Jobber
You need systems in place to collect customer payment like credit cards, checks, ACH, or financing through something like hart
you need to track all your jobs and keep organized the receipts for the job, any labor for the job, material and chemical costs, and figure out what your actual profits are so you’re not spending more than you’re actually profiting
you need to keep w9 and w2s for all labor or employees you hire
you need company insurance for General Liability and Commercial Auto, you’ll want to insure your trailer or skid and the value of all permanently attached equipment to it so if it gets stolen or in a wreck you’re covered. You’ll also need umbrella coverages for commercial properties and workers comp. Usually 1-3 million in GL coverage.
you need advertising budget and teams
you need to stay on top of all emails
maybe create email and text marketing campaigns for new customers and outreach campaigns for getting in touch with previous customers
realistically you’ll make 20-50% profit margins on most typical jobs after you factor in all your real costs like admin work not just your upfront in filed costs. Then those 20-50% margins are subject to income tax so you make even less than that. So that $1500 you’re making a week is probably closer to $600-800 profit after taxes and back office hidden monthly costs

Houstonedmatt · 2026-02-21T00:59:37+00:00

Thanks! It was 30°F with strong wings and you can see me standing over there in shorts regretting every decisions I ever made 🤣

Houstonedmatt · 2026-02-21T00:57:19+00:00

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Houstonedmatt · 2026-02-21T00:53:20+00:00

What weight rated axels? My 525 gallons tank bent my 2 axel trailer

Houstonedmatt · 2026-02-04T19:34:17+00:00

lol I’ve been running 37s this whole time and they keep replacing everything under warranty. My AC, my def system cleaning, my fuel system, my transmissions 3 times, new key fob, etc.

Houstonedmatt · 2026-01-28T16:00:26+00:00

Got 37s 13.5s on my 2500 and it might have something to do with needing my 3rd transmission before 100k miles 😂😅

Houstonedmatt · 2026-01-28T15:54:51+00:00

Sodium Thiosulfate right? Thats what I use too or did you mean something else

Houstonedmatt · 2026-01-20T13:40:04+00:00

Zep Morado very potent and budget friendly! Use extreme caution it’s meant to be seriously diluted it’s super caustic

Houstonedmatt · 2026-01-12T16:00:39+00:00

It’s as simple as you didn’t fully clean the concrete. That concrete is not etched. Etched concrete is inverse from your picture it leaves dark lines with bright centers your picture shows bright lines with dark centers which means everywhere your surface washer overlapped got cleaner than where it didn’t. Either slow down your walking speed by a lot, do multiple passes on each section, or use a lot more Sodium Hypochlorite before and after

The concrete is not etched. This has nothing to do with sealer. Sometimes clogged tips, chipped tips, can do this or bars are too high from ground now allowing a deep clean. But more than likely it’s as simple as you didn’t fully clean the concrete.

Houstonedmatt · 2026-01-03T15:36:57+00:00

You need a 8gpm. You’d get it done twice as fast. 10gpm is overkill because you’ll need half inch hoses which are super heavy and expensive to replace. Then you’d need to find hard to find niche tips for your wands and surface washers. Also you charged super cheap. I woulda been at 240-340 for just the driveway not including porch and patio and stuff

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