Equipment & rates

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Three machines. Rent the one that will not wreck the job.

Pressure is not a score to beat — it is a setting that has to match the surface. Here is what each of the three is for, and what each one will damage if you point it at the wrong thing.

The 5000 PSI unit is a contractor machine. It will strip cedar, cut painted wood and wash the mortar out of old brick. Do not rent it for a house.

• 01

  Electric Pressure Washer — Homeowner

  $40 / day · $160 / week · $50 refundable deposit

  Power

  Electric · 120 V

  Pressure

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  Flow

  —

  Transport

  Fits in any car

  Good for

  Patios and small decks, outdoor furniture, cars and bikes, windows and eaves.

  Don't use it on

  Set-in oil, old paint, or a whole driveway. It is gentle by design, so it will not damage much — it will just take you a weekend to do what the gas unit does in an afternoon. If the surface has never been cleaned, start one rung up.

• 02

  Gas Pressure Washer — Mid-Range

  $85 / day · $340 / week · $100 refundable deposit

  Power

  Gas · cold water

  Pressure

  —

  Flow

  —

  Transport

  Fits in an SUV or a truck bed

  Good for

  Driveways and walkways, decks and fences, siding and brick, boats and patio stone.

  Don't use it on

  Roof shingles, window and door seals, and mortar that is already crumbling. On cedar or painted wood it will raise the grain if you crowd it — stand back and test a corner you can live with before you commit to the wall.

• 03

  Commercial Pressure Washer — 5000 PSI / 12 GPM

  $135 / day · $540 / week · $200 refundable deposit

  Power

  Gas · cold water · belt-driven pump

  Pressure

  5000 PSI

  Flow

  12 GPM

  Transport

  Skid-mounted — we deliver it

  Good for

  Commercial concrete and parking pads, fleet and equipment washing, barns and fence lines, prep before coating.

  Don't use it on

  Cedar, painted wood, vinyl siding, window seals, old mortar, roof shingles — anything soft. At 5000 PSI this machine cuts wood and washes mortar out of brick, and it does it before you have registered that it is happening. It is a machine for concrete, steel and equipment. If the job is a house, rent the gas unit below it.

Rates are before HST. Where a figure reads —, we have not measured it and will not print a guess — text us and we will read it off the machine.