So you thing a pressure washer is safe?

You think a preasure washer is safe to use right? What can go wrong? Well there is plenty that can go wrong and cause serious injury or even death. You see a pressure washer cuts so fast that you hardly know it has happened. Kind of like a paper cut only faster. Read these two real life accounts of what happened to them with their pressure washer accidents. Do yourself a favor and hire a professional, let them take the risk.

Pressure Washing Accident #1

Pressure Washing Accident #2

These are just 2 examples and there are thousands each year. Before you get in over your head consult a professional. Most of the time their estimates are free. Besides the time you save when you hire a professional is money well spent. Would you rather spend all weekend and pressure wash your driveway or spend some money and be fishing with your son or daughter?

Roof Cleaning Agent Dangers

We have all done it at one point or another, right? We have mixed household cleaning chemicals together thinking it would clean better and faster? We have been overwhelmed by the fumes or gotten burned and some may have even ended up in the hospital.

Now for cleaning your roof the dangers are the same only on a much greater scale because of the amount of cleaning solution needed, such as this article about an explosion in Tampa

Tampa Roof Cleaning Explosion

or this one about a pressure cleaner that was injured

Pressure Cleaner Injured In Chemical Explosion

Both of these happened out of careless habits and/or no knowledge of the cleaning agents they were mixing.

Roof Cleaning is a serious business and the risks are real. Not just falling off a ladder but the handling of the cleaning agents can pose a danger if done improperly.

An Alert and concientious roof cleaner is what you need working on your home. An A-R-C-A Certified Roof Cleaner is taught the proper methods of handling and applying the ARMA(Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association) recommended cleaning agents. Rest assured, your A-R-C-A Certified roof Cleaner pays attention to what they are doing.

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