The pressure washing year
| When | |
|---|---|
| Busiest | spring, summer and early autumn |
| Quietest | late autumn and winter |
Customers want to see the result and surfaces need dry weather to seal, and frost makes washing unsafe and ineffective.
How to smooth it out
- Sell a twice-yearly maintenance wash on patios and decking to turn one-off jobs into repeats
- Add gutter and fascia cleaning, cladding and fence washing for quieter months
- Take winter deposits for spring jobs so the diary fills before the season starts
- Spend the winter on marketing, photos and reviews for the next spring
The buffer you'd need
Add your running costs to the bills you must cover personally, then hold two to three months of that in a separate account.
- Running costs: £485 a month (from the example in how to price pressure washing)
- Personal bills: £1,400 a month
- One month: £1,885
Three months: £5,655
Make the quiet weeks useful
- Review prices and raise the ones that are too low
- Ask for reviews and update your photos
- Leaflet a new street, ready for the busy season
- Service and replace your kit
- Do the admin: records, receipts and insurance renewal
Regular customers on an agreed monthly price keep your income steady through the quiet weeks. The general guide has more: surviving the quiet months.
Run your pressure washing in WorkWise
Get paid when it's done: A pay link goes to the customer when you tap Done: card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or Pay by Bank. Cash and cheque are one tap to mark paid.