ICAN/ATEX: What should I charge for washing walls?

Many cleaning professionals visit the International Custodial Advisers Network (ICAN) Ask the Experts page for insight and, every business day, we deliver advice to better help you perform your job.

Wednesday’s Question:ICANATEX Logo

How much should we charge for washing walls in a garage?

Trying to guess it would be 50 cents a sq. ft. Garage is two sides at 120x80x25.

Wednesday’s Answer:

Using your numbers, you are cleaning 480,000 sq. ft. of wall. 2 (120x80x25) 

Your proposed charge for doing this (if the numbers are accurate) is $240,000.

This is a significant amount, probably much too high for a wall washing.

Your production rate is unknown to us. Are you working with a scrub brush and a bucket, or a pressure washer?

If the latter, what is its capability? How soiled is the wall? What is the nature of the soiling, dust or oils?

So, beyond the impossibility of … – Lynn E. Krafft, ICAN/ATEX editor

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Posted On March 13, 2013

Lynn Krafft

ICAN/ATEX Editor

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