Mobile Pressure Washing And Working Psi
In any business, employee safety is paramount. Employee safety because if you do not pay attention you will get sued out of existence and also because keeping your employees safe is the right thing to do. Of course, it is important to protect your team from injury, but a manager must be careful to make sure that the safety control mechanism does not impede customer satisfaction either.
Customer Satisfaction is important to insure repeat business, lots of referrals and strong brand name. So, in the pressure washing industry it means you should not damage someone’s wooden deck or blow the decals off a company’s vehicles. Likewise, you do not want to have your employees hurt on the job from high-pressure water cuts, it happens. Therefore, here are the recommendations on Pounds per Square Inch or PSI guidelines for mobile pressure washing companies:
Cars and SUVs = 1200 to 1600 Psi (2.4 to 3.5 gallons per minute)Truck Fleets = 2000 to 2500 (4.0 to 6.0 gallons per minute)Concrete, Restaurant Equipment = 3000 to 3500 (4.5 to 6.0 gallons per minute)
If you are planning any type of business that uses a pressure washer you need to consider employee safety and your completed operations quality. Pealing off paint on a car, deck, aircraft building or decals on a truck is unacceptable and it gives pressure washing companies a bad name. Do not let this little detail slide and ruin your business or your credibility in the market.
Indeed, I have seen companies lose their word of mouth advertising and experience decreasing amounts of brand name loyalty due to problems in operations from using too high a pressure on customer’s equipment or automobiles. You do not need a lawsuit to wake you up. You must understand the proper pressure – too little does no good, too much can spell disaster.
L. Winslow is an Economic Advisor to the Online Think Tank, a Futurist and retired entrepreneur http://www.worldthinktank.net . Currently he is planning a bicycle ride across the US to raise money for charity and is sponsored by http://www.Calling-Plans.com and all the proceeds will go to various charities who sign up.
