How to Price a Pressure Washing Job

Five steps, one line of arithmetic, no guessing.

1. Measure the surfaces

Driveway, siding, deck, patio: each surface gets its own square footage and its own rate, because a wood deck and a concrete slab are not the same work.

2. Set your rate per square foot

Yours, not the internet's. It has to carry fuel, chemicals, wear, insurance, and travel. Start from what a truck-roll hour costs you and work backward.

3. Price the add-ons separately

Chemical treatment, sealing, second-story work: separate lines. Bundled add-ons disappear into the price; listed add-ons get accepted or declined on their own.

4. Apply your minimum job charge

If the math comes out under your minimum, the minimum wins. Small jobs carry the same drive and setup as big ones.

5. Sanity-check the hourly

Divide the quote by the hours the job will actually take, including setup and teardown. If the effective hourly is below what your business needs, the rate is wrong, not the customer.

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