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Driveways, siding, decks and haul-aways. Plus the discharge rule that makes some wash jobs illegal.
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Wash water carrying detergent, paint or oil into a storm drain is a discharge, and discharges to storm drains are controlled under federal clean water rules that cities enforce locally. Contractors who do this properly capture or divert the water, and the ones who do not are creating your liability, not theirs.
On any house painted before 1978 there is a second rule: pressure washing painted surfaces is a prohibited practice under the federal lead renovation rule. Our guides cite both, because almost no one else does.
Before the truck arrives
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Junk Removal
What a hauler is actually paying to make your pile disappear, and why one refrigerator can cost more to dump than a ton of trash.
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Pressure Washing Restoration Services
Restoration washing is a containment job as much as a cleaning job, and where the water goes separates a safe contractor from a costly one.
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Pressure Washers
Whoever is holding the wand owns the discharge. What federal and city rules say about running the machine, and what nobody publishes about buying one.
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Pressure Washer Parts and Supply
On a covered job the supply list is written into the regulations, right down to the distance the ground sheeting has to reach.
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Pressure Washing Runoff Rules
Federal rule lets you wash your car in the driveway and does not extend the same courtesy to a contractor washing your siding. Here is the language.
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Lead Paint and Pressure Washing
EPA has answered this one in writing. Pressure washing old paint is not banned, but on a pre-1978 house the wastewater becomes regulated debris.
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Junk Removal and Tipping Fees
Five county fee schedules, read line by line. The same ton of household waste costs $37.15 in one of them and $243.38 in another.
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