Pressure washing: guides and software for pressure washers
Pressure washing means jet-washing driveways, patios, paths and decking, often followed by re-sanding block paving and sealing.
The pressure washing year
Busiest in spring, summer and early autumn. Quietest in late autumn and winter.
- Example price per job
- £106
- Jobs a month to earn £2,000
- 24
Example numbers to show the method, not market prices.
Written for pressure washers
The same advice as the general guides, with pressure washing numbers, kit, rules and seasons.
- Pricing5 min readHow to price pressure washing: a worked exampleA step-by-step price for pressure washing, with the sums, the minimum charge and how many jobs it takes to earn a living.
- Starting out6 min readHow to start a pressure washing businessThe order to do things in, the kit, the rules to check and where your first customers come from.
- Tax & books5 min readPressure washing: expenses you can claimWhat pressure washers can deduct before tax, with an example year of costs and the receipts to keep.
- Starting out5 min readPressure washing insurance: what you needThe cover pressure washers should ask about, the risks behind most claims and the rules to check.
- Growing4 min readQuiet months in pressure washing: how to plan the yearWhen pressure washing is busy and quiet, how to smooth the income, and the buffer to build.
What pressure washers need from software
WorkWise Rounds is built for people who visit the same customers again and again. It plans the round, runs the day on your phone, and gets you paid.
- 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.
- Quotes while you're on a job
- WorkWise Lite puts a quote assistant on your website that gives a price from a description, or offers a free look-and-quote visit.
- Bring them back
- A customer list with a next visit date and a reminder text before it's due, so last summer's patio customers hear from you.
For every round trade
Money, tax and getting paid work the same way whatever you do.
- Getting paid6 min readChasing late payments politely, with texts you can copyHow to stop payments going late in the first place, and a polite ladder of messages for when they do.
- Getting paid6 min readDirect Debit for small traders: how it works and whether to use itDirect Debit, card, bank transfer and cash compared, and how to get customers to say yes.
- Tax & books8 min readMaking Tax Digital for sole traders: do you need it, and when?HMRC's new way of reporting income tax: who must use it, the start dates, the quarterly deadlines and what to do now.
- Tax & books8 min readRegistering as a sole trader: tax, deadlines and what to set asideWhen to tell HMRC, the dates that matter, how much tax to expect and how to avoid a January shock.
- Growing6 min readHow to get your first customersLeaflets, doorsteps, Facebook groups and reviews: what works for a local round, and what to watch out for.
- Starting out6 min readHow to buy a round, and what to check firstA bought round can save you years of leafleting, but only if the customers and the numbers are real.
- Starting out6 min readSwitching round software without losing customers or moneyHow to move from another app, a spreadsheet or a paper round book without double-charging anyone.