How to Pick a Local Power Washing Contractor

Mr, Mrs, or Miss; Homeowner or Business Owner

When you decide to choose power washing contractors is not easy. If your looking to get your house washed, concrete cleaned, deck washed, graffiti removed, stains lifted or general clean-up it is a big decision you have to make. You're intrusting your home or business to that contractor. You are offered up misleading advertising, confusing claims, and just bad information. Super-low prices and high pressure sales, to unqualified contractors touting nearly worthless methods, how do you ever find a qualified, competent, professional local power washing contractor?

You start by reading this blog to inform and arm yourself with real-world information and photos on power washing. We're hoping you discover how to weed-out power washing rip-offs, misconceptions of cosmetic cleaning, how to avoid a contractor that is just out for fast money, real information helping you to protecting your investment.

Cleaned by Pete is dedicated to our residential and business consumer helping with education and service. We welcome your question and will gladly answer your questions by telephone 417-459-7869 or through e-mail. We have been writing this blog to help guide you and better understand the power washing industry.

After reading this blog, you will be able to make an informed, intelligent decision when hiring a local pressure washing contractor.

You know your making some kind of a waves, when you get "others" in the industry telling you, your doing the wrong thing posting the information and pictures that I do on this blog. You're letting your competitors and other people know what you're doing and the tools you are using. Well if my competitors need that information to compete with me that is fine it shows who is the best here in the South-west MO area. If they do not know how to clean a house, wash concrete, what cleaner to use or how to use power washing equipment: they are not a professional and should not be in business?

I have been telling these nay-say-ers it is the customer that I write this blog for, to inform them about the basic operations of power washer. It reminds me of the old saying the guilty dog barks the loudest, or the line from Shakespeare "ye protest to much" sometimes the nonprofessional does want the true light to shine. Those out for a quick buck do not what you to know what they are doing, most do not plan to be around next year. Cleaned by Pete wants you let you know what we do and what things to look out for. We feel even if we do not get your business this time at least we help out in some small way, helping you make your decision on whom to pick.

 No matter what I do I can not make up another persons mind, I can not weed out the contractors that do not know what they are doing. The misinformation that is out there, claims this works, don't use this cleaner, use this not that, or high verse low. It is you the customer that will pick the cosmetic cleaner you want, you will intrust your home to them, and you will pick whom you like. All I can do is try to help educate prospective clients both residential and business in this matter. Cleaned by Pete strives to be the best water pressure cleaning contractor, so if some other person is picked for a job that is the customers choice.

As far as exposing the "trade secrets", what equipment, tools, methods or cleaners Cleaned by Pete may use; looking at pictures and descriptions probably won't help these "contractors" too much. We're here to let you know what Cleaned by Pete does and the tools we use, yes we are trying to be your power washing contractor. Helping you to make an informed decision is also one of our goals we are quite sure if you are informed our chances of being you power washer is very good.

To sum up this entry: just because you see something does not mean you know or understand how to use it. We have all seen a helicopter before. Calling yourself a "contractor" because they bought a power washer, looking at pictures of our equipment and tools here, does that mean they know what they are doing? Information is the key, ask questions, look for things, discuss topics, methods and cleaning products with prospective contractors and then make an informed decision. We hope it is Cleaned by Pete in Springfield and the South-west MO area, we would like to work for you. Find us on facebook.

Pressue, Soft, Power, Cosmetic, Water Pressure Cleaner

Well what are we I find it hard to keep up with what we are this year apposed to last year or the year before. Most of us do the same thing to some extent or the other, we wash or clean objects with some form of water pressure. Now weather it is low pressure or high-pressure it is still pressure. These days we all want to find a nitch or some-thing that will set us a part in the industry. This is where the question of what are we comes in; pressure washer, power washer, mobile contract cleaner, soft washing, high pressure washing, wood restoration, house washing, water pressure washing, cosmetic cleaner, mobile washing contractor, along with other titles that have been bandied about over the years. There are new categories for us to advertise each year and they keep changing too. This all make a difference where we will be placed of the key words to use now and in the future.



We all want to be found on the internet and I'm not the best with the search engines or I would be working in that field instead of washing. Cleaned by Pete does well locally and that is really all we need to keep going we are small and do not travel great distances for jobs. We do well in several fields when looking up a local washing contractor. We lack behind when looking for "pressure washing" I really never felt that this name was the best for what our company does and never used it much, this is why we lag behind in the look-ups and what is displayed. So to help get us noticed I made a new video posted it on YouTube that I hope helps us get noticed. With more views we will become stronger on the search engines. So I am posting it here and at our other blog for viewing thanks for the views and your support of these blogs.

Wands, Poles, an Attachments

Pete was out on a bid for a home that was being purchased. The bank and the prospective new owners were wanting a few things done on the home at closing to be completed. Pete met with the general contractor who was subbing out the house washing. The home was a two story vinyl sided home with a native rock front.  This is where this entry comes in while discussing the cost and what was the best washing method to use, the contractor asked, "but really how do you get up there to clean it?". Pete said attachments and poles, then went over how Cleaned by Pete practices safe on the ground cleaning. Cleaned by Pete tries not to use ladders; first they touch and lean on your home and siding and pressure washing off ladders in not the safest practice. Soft washing applied form ladders is safer and we try to use folding ladders in most cases. Not leaning or touching your home reduces damage and is just saver.

I have been explaining some attachments for the power washer and introduce you to our world of "Wands, Poles an Attachments". If you have been reading along with our blog you know that Cleaned by Pete take great pride in having the right tools for the right job, for the best cleaning of your home or business. Lets look at the these attachments and explain there uses. The gun, lance and pole are just extensions from the hose to the nozzle which we explained before. http://cleanedbypete.blogspot.com/2012/12/nozzles. These poles help us reach areas of your home from the ground for a better clean on your house or business. To reach the upper most area we have the 26 / 28 ft extension pole or telescoping pole. We have a nick-name for this pole it's called the yellow banana, due to the fact it will flex and bow at full extension takes a bit of work with it to get use to how to handle it.

We are able to reach here and get a good washing on this stucco siding please note the angle of water use to clean is is almost at 90 degrees. Our cleaning force is more direct if you used this with only a regular nozzle in the end you would get a glancing wash most of the cleaning force would not be directly applied. Cleaned by Pete has several of these angles we made for more effective cleaning, I love to say this we have the right tool for the right job.

The pole at almost full length washing with a boar-hair brush and feeding soap and water through the pole not to disturb the letters on this sign, we are also working off the 7 foot platform of the service truck. You can note the bend in the pole our "our yellow banana.

Washing under a drive thru entrance / loading unloading area, where car exhaust has been collecting for years you can see we are washing the last of the dark grime off with the telescoping pole.

Cleaned by Pete has invested in this cleaning item to be safer also saving time, resources, gas, and to get a better cleaning job. These next pictures show some of the other fixed poles and other attachments we use here at Cleaned by Pete.

This is a 5 foot poll with a 16 inch attachment and then the nozzle making almost a total of 6 1/2 feet to reach up and clean. Cleaned by Pete has quick couples on all poles guns and nozzles. These quick couples allow us to add , take off or change to other configurations to match cleaning needs. You will also notice the angle of the nozzle we able to change this angle to direct the cleaning stream to achieve better results. If we were using it straight on it would only glance the side of the building.

Some of the fixed poles we use and guns we can use just the gun or quickly build any length of pole with bends or angles. You see here some of the poles and bends we use for cleaning jobs. The length or the poles range from 6 feet to 16 inches and will all link together via quick connectors. There are several types of guns pictured each is different and has a place.

Another view you can see how some of the attachments are curved or bent. You also see some with tubing on them these are soap injectors I have more on these later in an other entry. Being able to quick change the angles, nozzles, lengths, guns and configuration gives us an arsenal of cleaning you won't see everywhere.

Straight gun, four foot pole, 18 inch angle adaptor, 12 inch surface cleaner use to clean an old milking barn, for a new entertaining area. Cleaned by Pete can quickly change this configuration by adding nozzles and other accessories.

We use these wands, guns and poles on all types of jobs. Over the years we have learned what works best. Building, buying and collecting different items for use till we have what we have today. We are able to move water where we want to apply soap and cleaners on your home and rinse them off safely. Call us and let Cleaned by Pete show you what we can do for you. With our attachment poles we can get your project cleaned.

This photo shows Cleaned by Pete rinsing down a stone chimney, the roof line at the bottom of the photo is over 2 stories high.

Real results and photo of the heights we can reach from ground level without climbing on your home. Water is exiting the nozzle at the 2nd story roof line.

 Visit us at our web site: www.cleanedbypete.com and over at House Washing Springfield MO: http://housewashingspringfieldmo.blogspot.com Thank you for your support if you have any question about the attachments we looked at today please post a comment below and I will try to get back with you, Thanks for your support.