LA Fitness Building - Certified SoftWash Roof Cleaning

Brandon Vaughn · SoftWash Systems Pro Staff

LA Fitness Building

Eric Owen · SoftWash Systems Authorized Professional

Brandon,

I cleaned two buildings that size in 09 on a Saturday with one man it took only 6 hours 220 gal of mix 3% plus surfactant the two
buildings had multiple surfaces vinyl, metal, glass, stucco,etc. I only charged 1,600.00 back then yeah only 1,600.00....

I would come in at 3,500.00 since this is your first big building you can always charge more later it should only take one day.

The signs are weather resistant I would rinse first then chem. Hope this helps.

Tim Teed · SoftWash Systems 5-Star Professional

Don't sell yourself short. If you didn't clean what is cost to repaint? Maybe one of the painters could post an approximate sell price. I'm guessing painting is around $1.50/sf? Stucco is a pain. What if you have to visit again and retreat. You will work at night or odd hours etc What is their cost if they hire a guy that uses a pressure washer to clean and they screw up and damage surface? I know that LA Fitness when they construct they use premium products and do not cheap out using using inferior products that barely meet construction specs.

Brandon Vaughn · SoftWash Systems Pro Staff

Hearing that it should only take 1 day makes me feel pretty good about a $3500 bid. Now that she has $5k in her mind that would close the deal I bet. I already sold her big time on what a pressure washer would do. Including needing to rent a lift and or move all over the building with a ladder.

Hank Timmermann · Junior Member

Brandon,

Based on google earth measurements (approximately210x210) from this address (779 NW Council Drive Gresham, OR 97030) I would come in at $3900.00. We use linear foot to provide quotes. From the photos I would consider that a three (3) story complex. Again this number is based off of photos and not a physical site inspection. Our market is different than yours of course.

I'm sure you thought about this already but Tim brought up a good point on logistics. Will you have to do the work after hours (premium time)? There are many more like...What are city regulations, if any, on runoff? Customer parking will have to be diverted to other areas of that lot and that in itself could be a logistical nightmare. Their customers are all health conscious so they (customers) will be nosey/curious about chemical odors.

That job will look great when your finished and in your portfolio.

Hank

Mike Wedge · SoftWash Systems Master Certified Applicator

Man, I must be way off I would charge them the five grand. Thats probably a 30 thousand dollar paint job at least (Hawaii Rates) I don't even do House washes for under $700. What happens if you do encounter trouble spots and do need to get up there. You have to demand what your worth. They have the money and were already planning to wait as long as they can to have it re-painted. So they will be stoked to part with a portion of what a new paint job cost. You have already made the sale. Your building is dirty (you brought that to their attention), pressure washing vs. soft washing, the cost to have no damages and the fact that you are a professional soft wash company will out weigh the price. Companies love to hold on to their money!

Ray Burke · Community Member

From what I've seen, we'd be in at $2500 -3900. Would be a day long job. Make sure you have lots of extra staff and precautions when working around ingress/egress areas. Find out the slowest time of the day and clean those areas then. Also have I. Agreement you can take parking spaces out of commission for 12-24 hours.

Jeff Thompson · Junior Member

Hank Timmermann wrote:
Brandon,
Based on google earth measurements (approximately210x210) from this address (779 NW Council Drive Gresham, OR 97030) I would come in at $3900.00. We use linear foot to provide quotes. From the photos I would consider that a three (3) story complex. Again this number is based off of photos and not a physical site inspection. Our market is different than yours of course.
I'm sure you thought about this already but Tim brought up a good point on logistics. Will you have to do the work after hours (premium time)? There are many more like...What are city regulations, if any, on runoff? Customer parking will have to be diverted to other areas of that lot and that in itself could be a logistical nightmare. Their customers are all health conscious so they (customers) will be nosey/curious about chemical odors.
That job will look great when your finished and in your portfolio.
Hank

Hank,

How did you get those measurements and the address using Google Earth? I can't seem to do that...are there different versions.

Hank Timmermann · Junior Member

Jeff Thompson wrote:
Hank Timmermann wrote:
Brandon,
Based on google earth measurements (approximately210x210) from this address (779 NW Council Drive Gresham, OR 97030) I would come in at $3900.00. We use linear foot to provide quotes. From the photos I would consider that a three (3) story complex. Again this number is based off of photos and not a physical site inspection. Our market is different than yours of course.
I'm sure you thought about this already but Tim brought up a good point on logistics. Will you have to do the work after hours (premium time)? There are many more like...What are city regulations, if any, on runoff? Customer parking will have to be diverted to other areas of that lot and that in itself could be a logistical nightmare. Their customers are all health conscious so they (customers) will be nosey/curious about chemical odors.
That job will look great when your finished and in your portfolio.
Hank
Hank,
How did you get those measurements and the address using Google Earth? I can't seem to do that...are there different versions.

Jeff, Give me a call and I'll walk you through it.

Hank

Brandon Vaughn · SoftWash Systems Pro Staff

Ray Burke wrote:
From what I've seen, we'd be in at $2500 -3900. Would be a day long job. Make sure you have lots of extra staff and precautions when working around ingress/egress areas. Find out the slowest time of the day and clean those areas then. Also have I. Agreement you can take parking spaces out of commission for 12-24 hours.

Ray, the agreement you are talking about - is that something you could share with me? :)

Thanks all you guys for all your considerations. I submitted the quote this weekend for $3750 and made it clear that work is to be done during business hours. If they specify otherwise, I will adjust the bid accordingly.

Ray is right, 80% of the job is sides of the building where traffic is not a problem. So a small portion around entryway, I pretty confident I can get during their slow hours.

Ray Burke · Community Member

Brandon, I just type it into the estimate. Usually something like " X allows Spray Wash Exterior Cleaning to remove parking spaces in front of business from service for a period of not more than 24 hours".

Vic Irish · SoftWash Systems Certified Applicator

Brandon, if that is Dryvit, you may get it clean but it will still look bad and need to be painted, anyway. May need some retexturing, also, I suspect. They definitely need to do something yesterday if not sooner.

Do they know that? At least if they do repaint, it shouldn't come through again, right? I don't know for sure. My two cents. As always, let me know where I am wrong ;).

Brandon Vaughn · SoftWash Systems Pro Staff

The results are in! Job went fairly smoothly.

It took 1 coat with a rinse with my new booster pump on 1 side and 3 coats and rinses on the heavy black stained side.

Manager was so ecstatic she sent a mass email out to her colleagues, including district manager and VP.

I did 1 final light coat after I took the last 2 pics. I'm going to go back and take some more after pics during the same time of day.

-- Edited by Brandon Vaughn on Wednesday 18th of December 2013 02:20:06 AM

John Aloisio · SoftWash Systems 5-Star Professional

Awesome results Brandon!! Very nice work.

Hank Timmermann · Junior Member

Brandon,

Congratulations. Nice job. That's a feather in your cap and will look good in your blue chip portfolio.

Hank

Ray Burke · Community Member

Excellent Results! Now go to every other fitness place in your area with these pictures and blank estimate forms!

Mario Ciottariello · SoftWash Systems 5-Star Professional

Looks great

Zach Maynard · SoftWash Systems Certified Applicator

Nice job, were you able to get this done using CH?

Jeff Thompson · Junior Member

Way to go Brandon. Nice job.

Patrick Clark · Authorized Professional

Nice job! Do what Ray says it works!

Brandon Vaughn · SoftWash Systems Pro Staff

Zach Maynard wrote:
Nice job, were you able to get this done using CH?

I actually was able to use both SH and CH on this job. I was concerned that CH might not be strong enough for some of the very black stains, especially being a few degrees over freezing, so I went and picked up some SH.

I used CH and SH side by side on some of the really tough stains and the SH did pack a little more punch than the CH.

-- Edited by Brandon Vaughn on Wednesday 18th of December 2013 11:25:06 PM

Mike Wedge · SoftWash Systems Master Certified Applicator

Nice Job!!!