New to Roof Cleaning - Certified SoftWash Roof Cleaning

James Jagodzinski · SoftWash Systems Owners Group

New to Roof Cleaning

Steve Salley · Junior Member

Jimmy
If I am reading your post correctly, you folks watered before, cleaned the roof and then resumed watering. I have always watered continuously before, during roof spraying and after to make sure their is complete dilution of overspray.

Others will chime in but that is what we have done and so far, have not maimed any plants.

Some delicate plants can show 'distress' after cleaning, so you may be able to help your customer with realistic expectations of what to expect in the next few weeks with the rebound of their plants. Check with AC about what to do with Plant Wash to help them recover too.

By all means, address their concerns and assure them you will replace any plants permanently damaged by your work. Most customers concerns can be handled and you can maintain your good name as the professionals to turn to for safe softwash roof cleaning.

Josh Scavetta · SoftWash Systems Certified Applicator

Did you have your grounds man water the plants as you were spraying the roof. If you quickly tarp the delicate flowers and move the tarp around as you spray around the house that will fix any over spray hitting the plants. some plants if you hit for just one second and water after the damage can be done.

AC Lockyer · Administrator

James,

e-mail me pix of the plants and ill tell you what happened and how to correct.

AC

John Smith · Lead Tech Certified

How do you know when to stop watering plants? I can feel the anxioty already. Water before, during and after...and after.... and after. I understand the green wash will help but I still see myself in ankle deep water wondering when to stop.

I feel a tremor in the force, and its telling me that this reply is coming " Watch this http://www.instantpresenter.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=E957D6878047"

-- Edited by magikman92 on Monday 10th of September 2012 11:46:24 AM

John Smith · Lead Tech Certified

I understand that, I am just on a really tight budget at the moment. I intend to take all the training modeules as time and money permits. The company picture of all your trucks wrapped removed all doubt.

-- Edited by magikman92 on Monday 10th of September 2012 12:11:11 PM

AC Lockyer · Administrator

magikman92 wrote:
How do you know when to stop watering plants? I can feel the anxioty already. Water before, during and after...and after.... and after. I understand the green wash will help but I still see myself in ankle deep water wondering when to stop.
I feel a tremor in the force, and its telling me that this reply is coming " Watch this http://www.instantpresenter.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=E957D6878047"

-- Edited by magikman92 on Monday 10th of September 2012 11:46:24 AM

I dont want to sound like another place however there is info to be had in the training modules. You will see nothing but positive posts on here about the quality of the training. http://softwashsystems.com/page_SoftWash-Certifications.htm

Thanks,

AC

Mike Laskowski · SoftWash Systems Pro Staff

Jim, in addtion to watering before,during and after the cleaning, you really need to flood the gutters to dilute any roof mix run off as well as divert the gutter downspouts away from the landscape beds during the cleaning process. After the cleaning process, make sure you have your customer water their landscape beds for 20 minutes per day for the next two weeks (morning dew and rain showers will reactivate the roof mix and travel down the gutters and recontaminate the landscape beds that are now not diverted).

If you do these steps you can determine how the plants were damaged if you do have a plant damage claim. If the dead or stressed plants have tiny burnt dots on them it was mostly likely caused from overspray that wasn't rinsed enough or in time by the ground guy. If the stress is by the plants near the downspouts and you took the aforementioned preventative steps (dilute and divert) during your plant and property protection then it was caused by the run off after the cleaning service and your customer didn't follow your watering recommendations.

Also, what roof mix concentration are you using? Too hot a mix decreases your margin for error. Hope this helps and if you have any questions feel free to give me a call. I am only about an hour away from you!