For those of you that are using CH exclusively, how do you deal with the residue that is left on brick/stone. I would not think that a heavy rain would rinse all the cracks & crannies of the CH. I'm trying to convert over exclusively to CH. Working great so far on the roofs!
Zach Maynard said
May 15, 2014
I would think that if using garden hose for rinsing is not quite enough then you may want to look into a water booster pump.
Doug G said
May 15, 2014
I cant think of the name of the tip but I've been using a small brass spray tip that has three ball bearings in the end of it....available at Home Depot. The design really helps push the water into a strong stream that cleans the brick off pretty well....worth a try at like $10 or so.
Michael Derose said
May 15, 2014
its called a super shot. if you use a booster pump with the super shot it will throw out the rubber squeeze in the middle and totally fall apart.
Doug G said
May 15, 2014
Good to know....Thanks Michael
Gary P Gelatt said
May 16, 2014
Do most of you guys just use SH on heavy textured surfaces?
Michael Derose said
May 16, 2014
We use SH on everything we clean 100% of the time because we know it works and there is no residue to deal with.
Doug Rucker said
May 16, 2014
Michael Derose wrote:
We use SH on everything we clean 100% of the time because we know it works and there is no residue to deal with.
Same here....
Brandon Vaughn said
May 17, 2014
I'm a CH exclusively guy myself and yes booster pump is a must for brick. I too have used the adjustable 3 bearing nozzles and have the the EXACT same experience with the rubber center popping out! :)
Booster pump has reduced my job times on siding cleanings by 30%. A worthwhile investment in my opinion.
Gary P Gelatt said
May 17, 2014
So, I'm new to the industry. Can someone send me some info on the booster pumps?
This is the pump that I bought. It is a little overkill, but not by much. You have to buy the fittings on them to adapt to a garden hose, and I wired mine up with a pressure switch & check valve that turns the pump off when I turn the nozzle off. Otherwise, they can build up enough pressure to burst hoses.
This one runs on 110V power, so we plug it into the customer's power outlet via an extension cord. So - I have a water hose running from customers water supply, going into the booster pump, and then my regular hoses from there. Bleed the water out of the lines, and turn the pump on. Then your water pressure is GREATLY increased and you can rinse up to 3 stories with a good amount of pressure. Also gives us the extra "oomph" for removing moss off concrete after treating with SoftWash solution.
See pictures for the water stream coming out our hoses with the booster pump.
For those of you that are using CH exclusively, how do you deal with the residue that is left on brick/stone. I would not think that a heavy rain would rinse all the cracks & crannies of the CH. I'm trying to convert over exclusively to CH. Working great so far on the roofs!
Same here....
I'm a CH exclusively guy myself and yes booster pump is a must for brick. I too have used the adjustable 3 bearing nozzles and have the the EXACT same experience with the rubber center popping out! :)
Booster pump has reduced my job times on siding cleanings by 30%. A worthwhile investment in my opinion.
http://www.grainger.com/product/DAYTON-Pump-5NXZ3?searchQuery=5NXZ3
This is the pump that I bought. It is a little overkill, but not by much. You have to buy the fittings on them to adapt to a garden hose, and I wired mine up with a pressure switch & check valve that turns the pump off when I turn the nozzle off. Otherwise, they can build up enough pressure to burst hoses.
This one runs on 110V power, so we plug it into the customer's power outlet via an extension cord. So - I have a water hose running from customers water supply, going into the booster pump, and then my regular hoses from there. Bleed the water out of the lines, and turn the pump on. Then your water pressure is GREATLY increased and you can rinse up to 3 stories with a good amount of pressure. Also gives us the extra "oomph" for removing moss off concrete after treating with SoftWash solution.
See pictures for the water stream coming out our hoses with the booster pump.