How do I price pressure washing jobs?

Three ways people price washing: by the square foot (concrete, siding — the most defensible), by the job (a house, a deck, a fleet truck), or by the hour (a last resort, because it punishes you for owning a better machine). Most solid outfits quote a job price built from a square-foot rate they keep in their head.

Whatever shape you use, the number has to carry: your time on site, the drive, the water, the chemicals, the fuel, wear on a machine that has to replace itself eventually, and the insurance that keeps a broken window from becoming a bad year. New washers forget half of those and wonder why a busy summer left them broke.

Check your number against the market: call three washers a county over, describe the job, and listen. And ask your city where wash water is allowed to go before you buy anything — that's a local rule and it belongs in the price.

No printed rates from us: your county and your machine make that number, not a website.