As we round out the washing season, I would like to reflect back for a bit. We are extremely grateful for all the new customers we have acquired and we are certainly doing our best to to serve them. Our goal here is to build relationships with our customers and give them a worry free exterior cleaning service. We get asked a lot, “when is the best time to have our house washed?” I always tell them that our busiest time is May and then again in September, so it would seem most people opted to have their home washed in either the spring or fall.

Once again this year, we are wrapping up the season with quite a few house washes. As the weather gets cooler, other services are better off waiting till next spring. Roof cleaning does not work as well when temperatures are in the 50’s and 60’s. Also, deck sealing should not be done when temperatures are dropping down below 40 degrees at night because it can jeopardize the curing process.

Concrete cleaning can still be done and we have even cleaned concrete in the dead of winter, but house washing is certainly one of the more popular services. Typically we can wash houses clear up to mid November or so depending on the weather. The cooler temperatures do not effect the results when cleaning vinyl. If needed we warm the water up a little and coupled with our contractor grade cleaners we are able to get your house just as clean in the late fall as we could in the spring or summer.

Rain does not really effect this type of service either. It obviously makes it a little more miserable to work in, but as long as it isn’t lighting and storming out, we are able to provide quality house washing services on rainy days. Wind can be a little tricky. Strong winds may cause more house wash soap to get on the neighbor’s house than on the one we are washing. Seriously though, it can be a lot more difficult to wash high area’s of your home on breezy days.

Normally, we just play the weather by ear. We have learned that looking ahead a week or so into the forecast is just not effective as it changes daily. I will check the weather 1-2 days ahead and make decisions based on that as to when and where we will wash. We always call our customers a day ahead of time to let them know when we are coming.

So with that said, we are definitely still performing house wash services and will for the next few weeks as long as the weather holds. If you feel like you’ve missed the 2010 schedule feel free to call, set up an estimate, and possibly get on the schedule for early spring. We do estimates all winter long to schedule for springtime. We thank all of you that used our services this year and we hope to see you again soon.

Warsaw is a great community and we love being able to provide power washing services to that area. Recently we had the opportunity to provide services to an existing customer that was pleased with our services in the past. This house is nestled in the woods and needs exterior attention often due to all the trees. We provided the customer with gutter cleaning, house washing, and driveway cleaning services in the past and that is what she wanted done again this year.

At one point during the house wash we had noticed a large hornet’s nest in the overhang of the house above the garage. It was very active with hornets and needed to be brought to the attention of the homeowner. She decided it would be best to have the nest destroyed if it could be done without causing an attack, and if we were willing. I told her we were up to the challenge so she went and bought some hornet killer. We coated the nest and let it sit while we washed the rest of the house. We came back to the area of the nest and noticed there were only a few hornets flying around so we felt it safe to get up on the roof and clean up the mess. All went well and no stings were reported.

We finished up the driveway and sidewalks just before a rain shower moved in. The Warsaw homeowner was so excited to see the house and driveway clean again and to know that her gutters would flow freely and just in time. She was also very grateful for ridding the hornets nest being she has little kids and pets not to mention the awful mess it was making on the house. We really enjoy going the extra mile for our power washing Warsaw customers, it is so hard to find good service these days so whenever we get the opportunity to shine we definitely try to take advantage.

We recently got a call from a Granger, IN couple that wanted to have their house washed. They had it done a few years back by a Granger power washing company but were not to happy with the results. They were surprised that we called them back so quickly and followed up on their lead, so we knew right away they had probably got a bad service sometime in the past.

The bad thing about people who get burned or receive horrible services from unethical contractors sometime in the past, is that they are reluctant and very cautious about hiring again. But for us, we do not mind because it just makes our everyday job of treating people right seem that much easier. For example, like I mentioned we were already on their good side just by returning their call in a timely fashion.

At the estimate I sat with them and asked what it was they liked or did not like about the services they received before. By asking this I am able to capitalize on what the last power washing contractor did wrong, which in this case was just about everything. I do not how a Granger power washing company could even be in business with all the negative things that were said about them. I would imagine they do not have a real good customer base and just have to search for new customers each and every year.

To me it is just wrong not to treat homeowners with more respect and to let them know how important their business is to you. My company is nothing without my customers that I have today and I do everything I can to keep them happy. Through the years it seems that a lot of homeowners fall into this category of not being happy with services they have received in the past. I have heard many times that even contractors in general from many different industries don’t show up on time, don’t call back, don’t finish the job, don’t give good results, or some combination of all of these. It is no wonder there are so many fly by night companies in the Granger area. We are more than happy to serve folks in the Granger and Mishawaka area and to provide services such as house washing, roof cleaning, deck cleaning and sealing, and concrete cleaning. Feel free to give us a call anytime if you have any questions or request an estimate online.