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Final Tips and Safety Advice

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How To Pressure Wash A House Live

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The presenter shares important tips: do not spray directly onto window screens as it will damage them and leave circular marks. If screens need cleaning, use a wide spray pattern from a distance. For areas that will be masked (e.g., roof lines, windows) before painting, thoroughly pressure wash to remove all dirt and debris, ensuring better paint adhesion. Finally, always knock on the customer's door after cleaning and advise them to check for any water on windowsills or doors to wipe it up immediately, preventing potential water damage. He also reiterates the importance of cleaning gutters to prevent overflow, fascia damage, and dry rot.

Goal: The presenter provides crucial final tips for pressure washing, focusing on safety around screens, proper cleaning of masked areas, and post-cleaning checks.

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so I'm going to continue right along finishing this that gives you a quick look at how I go about power washing some of the tips and tricks here don't get anywhere near window screens because you will damage this screen you'll leave circular marks on there so I definitely stay away from the screens if I do want to wash them I just get back really far usually back use it was one of the screens I wash there's probably three feet back when I wash the screen another thing is wherever there's masking like on the roof lines that prepare wherever masking is gonna go to master roof I like to you'll wash that really good and get all the dirt and debris off because our machines gonna stick better but it's on you can see the rotating nozzle doesn't do any damage you know when you're using it if you use it properly this thing's 4000 psi right there and that rotating nozzle will handle 4000 psi but it's a lot faster my wand I use to reach really high as stock I'm gonna have to get two tools to pull it apart but I use this extension right here almost almost every job we use all unhook this wand right here and you'll hook the gutter cleaner off right here and I can do all this high stuff with this one right here this thing is absolutely amazing and all like I said once again all the tools power washing tools you can find them on my website be idaho painter calm I got a tool store my Amazon affiliate links that you can purchase to all my tools and assessments I use help support my video that's a look at it you just want to just work from top to bottom any questions there no people are talking a lot but not right now don't spray upwards into soffit vents wet the attic and insulation it's not a good idea we got these soffit vents and you don't want to just blow tons of water into them but the soffit vents themselves are extremely dirty and and if you go to buy them just a couple of fast passes you're not going to get enough water in there that you're going to do any damage in the small amount of water that's gonna go up and they're those soffits and the vents up inside the attic it gets really hot and it's gonna dry out really fast but you can see it cleaned off the deck right there we're gonna be painting this back to or staining the deck stay away from windows and doors it's always a good idea to when you're done power washing to knock on the door tell the customer just to check for any water on window sills or doors is to wipe it up think that's you know questions still…

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