Quote the house wash while the neighbor's still watching.
In spring the first quote back usually gets the job. Send Redline the photos the customer sent you, or your own numbers from the walk-around, and get a per-surface quote with options in under a minute.
How a wash quote gets built
Get the surfaces
Walk it with a measuring wheel, or work from the photos the customer sent you. Note stories, siding type, and any rust, oil or oxidation.
Send it to Redline
Attach up to 6 photos in one message with your square footage. Redline reads them and builds a line per surface at your rates.
Stack the options
House wash only, house plus driveway, or the whole property with the roof soft wash and paver sealing. Your minimum job charge comes along on every quote once you've told Redline what it is.
Save it and get it to the customer
The quote saves on their file; move the job to Quoted. Redline can draft an email with the options from your Gmail. Redline doesn't text, so if they reached you by phone, call back with the number.
Book it, wash it, bill it
Ask for a time and Redline offers open slots near your other jobs in that town. When you're done, invoice by chat with a card pay link (Solo and up).
Three photos, three options
Three drafts for Tom Reyes, one per option:
Good house soft wash, $480
Better house plus driveway with oil stain treatment, $735
Best house, driveway, patio clean and paver sealing, $1,415
I can see green algae on the north side, so I noted it on the house line. Save them?
Saved to the Reyes file. The email with all three options is ready for you to send from your Gmail.
Quotes by chat work on every plan. Example prices only.
What's on a pressure washing quote
| Surface | Unit | Watch for |
|---|---|---|
| House soft wash | per sq ft or flat by stories | Oxidized siding or old paint, note it |
| Driveway | per sq ft | Oil and rust stains priced as their own line |
| Sidewalks and walkways | per sq ft | Easy add-on to the driveway |
| Patio or pavers | per sq ft | Sealing is a separate line |
| Deck | per sq ft | Soft wood needs lower pressure |
| Fence | per linear ft | Measured along the run, not by area |
| Roof soft wash | per sq ft or per square | Plant protection noted |
| Gutter face brightening | per linear ft | Upsell while the ladder's up |
| Minimum charge | per job | Keeps small jobs worth the drive |
Speed is the whole game in April
Pressure washing leads come in a rush when the pollen settles and everyone looks at their siding at once. Most of them are price-shopping from a few photos. The washer who answers in an hour books it, and the one who answers on Sunday night after a long week usually doesn't.
Quoting in the chat means the quote happens between jobs, from the truck, while the photos are still on screen. The options do some of the selling too: a customer who only asked about the house can see what the driveway adds and say yes to both.
Straight answers on wash quotes
Redline does
- Build per-surface quotes from photos and your square footage
- Good, better and best packages, each with its own total
- Remember your rates and minimum charge
- Collect quote requests through your free Pro Page
- Invoice with a card pay link when the job's done (Solo and up)
Redline doesn't
- Measure surfaces from satellite images
- Put an instant-price calculator on your website
- Text the quote to the customer
- Give the customer a link to accept the quote
- Log chemical mixes as a compliance record
Questions contractors ask
Can it measure the driveway from a photo?
No. It reads photos for what's there, like stains, algae and the number of stories, but the square footage comes from you. A measuring wheel or the customer's own numbers both work.
Where do new leads come from?
However they reach you now, plus your free Pro Page, which has a quote request form. Requests land in Contacts tagged as leads. Free reveals 3 a month; paid plans reveal them all.
What does it cost to quote?
Quoting by chat is on the Free plan. Invoices and card pay links start on Solo at $29 a month.
More for pressure washing
- Pressure washing softwareThe whole washing workflow in Redline
- Pressure washing estimate templateFree, per surface
- Pressure washing invoice templateFree, with stain treatment lines
- Pro Pages and directoryA free page with a quote request form
- Hourly rate calculatorCheck your square-foot price pays for the rig
Answer the next lead first.
Redline is free to start. Send the photos and it builds the quote.
Keep reading
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- Pro Pages and directoryA free public page with a quote request form, listed in the Redline pro directory.