Cost to pressure wash concrete driveway?

My across the street neighbor does this. They even have some special tool that looks like a giant floor sander. I just don't understand the concept.

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Biography: Probably the best potato peeler you'll ever meet.

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If you can peel a tater, you can pressure wash a driveway. Not sure how much it costs to rent one, but I assure you it will be considerably less than paying someone to do it.

Put a beer in one hand and the wand in the other and start spraying.

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. It's a stress reliever and it's fun to watch the grime go away row by row.

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:kige:

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Put a beer in one hand and the wand in the other and start spraying.

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Ha!

I wish...Mine wont let you one hand it...too much pressure...you may be able to get away with that with a cheaper lower pressure unit...

I want to buy a nice surface cleaning attachment, but I find this Briggs one I've been using to be pretty good...saves a lot of time and is cheap too...



$49 at Lowes




but this is what I really want...problem is it won't get used often and takes up way more room than the Briggs...

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Do it yourself

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This. For some reason I take great pleasure in mind numbing tasks like this. I can see progress 2-3 inches at a time. I can't drink beer though. Have to have one hand on the trigger and the other half way down the wand.

I use a 12" rotating head Karcher to clean concrete drive/sidewalk with a 3000 psi / 2.5 gpm washer. Only way to avoid the zebra look and it goes much faster than just a wand. Use it about once every year or two and it does an excellent job. Pretty pricey though.

Rent one and do it yourself. $40 bucks.

Kinda fun and mindless to do...getting a little wet with mist when it's hotter than hell outside feels pretty good also.

Wear hearing protection.

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the karcher is only $69 and is not rated as high as the Briggs

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Negative. This one was north of $400 'on line'. No plastic, all SSt and bronze whirler and orifices with 3 wheels, shaft, etc. I really like it.

Mine was dirty so I just had it torn out and a new one installed

Seriously though it worked out perfect driveway had to be replaced to do large mud pockets on the initial poor.