Thread: Finally did it

Have you made your money back? if so how long did it take? How much do average an hour WC vs PW?

I will be bringing up quite a few pw questions here soon enough - I'm sure micah will be sick of me by then. Good luck, as it is one of our many new services to be expanding upon this year.

That is awesome Matt. What kind of rig did you invest in? I have bookoo's of pressure washing/soft washing work lined up as soon as it gets warm enough - which looks like it'll be Monday. The pressure washing and window washing business compliment each other perfectly.

we have 6 pressure washers and they all payed for themself in the first week some in the first day.

Last summer when I started my business, I asked Curt Kempton(5Star) about pressure washing. He said "It's Your Cash Cow". I bought it 2 weeks later. Never averaged less than $45 an hr. and I had no idea what the hell I was doing...

With the right tools, chemicals, methods, etc., you can easily get $100.00 an hour. Pays better than window cleaning.

But of course the initial investment and ongoing operating expenses are greater with power washing than with window cleaning.

Originally Posted by Bill WCR

we have 6 pressure washers and they all payed for themself in the first week some in the first day.

Bill,

To see the return you have seen on your investment did you actively sell just exterior pressure washing for buildings, or did you get into fleet washing and the like? Did you see the majority of revenues coming from selling deeper into existing accounts, or did the bulk of your sales come from new accounts?

Were you soft selling and positioning this service with prospective clients prior to launching your PW'ing services or did you launch a dedicated marketing campaign? Sorry for the 101 questions, just very impressed with your ROI, not to mention the revenues you must be generating from this side of the business after recouping your initial capital outlay so quickly.

John