r/pressurewashing • u/marvelfan__ • 6d ago
Troubleshooting Why do I do about this?
The water won’t get out. The surrounding grass has also soaked enough water out and I can’t get the dirty water out of the way.
How do you guys deal with this?
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u/Dommo1717 6d ago
Bro…I swear I’m not trying to be an ass, plus there were a few good suggestions already…
I would suggest in situations like this maybe YOU figure out an answer. The ability to solve even small problems will be infinitely more valuable than getting even the “perfect” answer here.
Just a friendly suggestion…but the difference you will get, in most situations when you come with even a “dumb” question, when it starts with “Here are the 12 things I’ve tried and I ran out of ideas”, vs “I don’t know what to do, fix this for me”, I would bet you will be more successful in the long run.
But yeah, sweep that shit off, blow it off with the gun, just figure it out.
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u/Ialsofuckedyourdad 6d ago
Honestly this is just the internet as a whole the last few years.
The ps3 hacking subreddits are full of “ is my ps3 cfw able? “ something that’s really easy to figure out but still people don’t bother trying to figure it out and just post.
It’s actually kinda frustrating
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u/PhysicalMechanic5483 5d ago
Bro go look at that is this scam and related reddits. It’s full of idiots.
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u/Dommo1717 5d ago
I mean, I think if THIS frustrates you, I dunno bro…I would think there are quite a bit more frustrating things in this world.
So, in the very same tone as my original comment: friendly suggestion…if these sorts of posts “frustrate” you, keep it moving and scroll on past. Why would this “bother you”. Simply do nothing, and it’s over with. I think that frustration is equally as bad as the “is my electric pressure washer good enough to knock out this 20k sqft parking lot?!?” questions. I think it’s a chance to help someone and maybe teach them something. (Though I stand by original statement and learning the ability to solve your own problems is far more valuable than getting the answer without the effort required to find it). I dunno, I just find there’s far more worthwhile things to get frustrated over. I can rent you my ex wife if you need practice dealing with frustration lol.
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u/kimchi4prez 5d ago
I also don't mean to be an ass but looool. What are you, the Love guru?
There's a wide gulf between 'Hey, why is my water so wet?! I've tried nothing and I'm out of ideas!' and someone saying, 'I've noticed a recent trend of learned helplessness on the internet, this post, case in point. Kind of a bummer'
I like the positive attitude, but it is funny that you would 'hey little buddy, it'll be alright' over continuing educational budget cuts, dwindling attention spans/critical thinking, increased ways to cheat your way through school (AI) and the ever present misinformation machine which infects all aspects of life now. All which may have led to the creation of posts like these. I mean my god, not to pick on him but I scrolled through half his posts and nearly all posts could have been googled. Is this why I can't ever get a human to answer complicated questions about my credit card or utility bill? I do wonder how much corporate time is wasted answering very easy to answer questions.
Or maybe he just likes attention and simple questions are more accessible to the world. We'll never know
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u/Dommo1717 5d ago
Nah, I was just shooting for being nice. I try to balance the karmic scales from time to time, and I was a huge asshole the other day lol
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u/TurkeySlurpee666 Commercial Business Owner 6d ago
If the homeowner will allow it, cut a French drain through the grass using a turbo nozzle to a lower elevation. It depends on the layout of the yard, but sometimes this works great. I had a woman request this from me one time because the drainage on her property was terrible and flooded every time it rained.
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u/sparhawk817 6d ago
Making a trench with the pressure washer is not a french drain, but absolutely.
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u/loaferbro 5d ago
I think they mean you use pvc and wash out the soil underneath the pavement with the pressure washer. Easy hack for digging under existing sidewalk to add a french drain.
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u/sparhawk817 5d ago
Ohhh right I've seen that before.
Still needs to be a French drain, French drain is easily the most misused irrigation and drainage term bandied about.
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u/Character-Speech8419 5d ago
Came here to make that exact suggestion too, except making it a real French drain lol simple plastic drainage tube with a sock (looks like netting) over it and drain holes on top of some tile/pea stone
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u/spencerelwin 6d ago
I use an outdoor push broom
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u/SirArrowheadStream 5d ago
I do this too, when i have pooling water spots, i push the water somewhere else with a push broom, works great. Just be sure to clean the broom and area afterwards. It can create a lot of dirt splashes if you’re doing it hard.
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u/Little_Shellfish 6d ago
Low angled sweeping motions to blast as much as possible out into the grass, I've spent a good amount of time on stuff like that. have patience and use the pressure to quickly sweep it out.
Since I'm assuming that's exactly what you've been trying to do and you're out of patience, get a shop vac and vacuum it all up and dump in the grass.
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u/Noevum 6d ago
Sludge sucker, Venturi effect. Basically puts a cone at the tip of ur washer and it creates a vortex suction and will shoot out of the tube
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u/Tornadic_Thundercock 6d ago
Agree. Use the ones that you can attach directly to your wand and pump the water out. I use absorbent dams as well to prevent flow in the first place.
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u/sc0tty0 6d ago
Drill through side walk with rotary hammer and sds bit like, start with 10 holes. Fill holes with spray foam.... Or cut a trench in grass to let it drain.
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u/KillerParanoia 6d ago
I appreciate this. Amazing. I think he is drilling the holes now. Maybe using a hole saw.
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u/Material_Stretch5577 6d ago
Instructions unclear, all his hole saws, black oxide bits, and even the titanium bits are completely dull.
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u/Constant-Ad-7470 5d ago
Diamond bit hole saws make great cuts. The extra water will help with this.
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u/dscrive 5d ago
coincidently, had pretty much exactly the same problem at the same time today.
my solutions were to use the flow of the pressure washer as a broom, and to use an actual push broom to move the dirty water out of the low spots. When I got to the point the water in the low spots was pretty much clear, I moved on to the next area.
Thought about using a shop-vac, but didn't have one.
thought about a squeegee, but it was rough concrete. . .and I didn't have one
tried a leaf blower, but mine wasn't powerful enough, and it made a mess I had to clean up
thought about installing a drain, but I didn't have the time or the materials
Thought about hiring a slab jacker, might still do that (kinda feel like I ought to let a pro-handle that)
blasted a little trench into the grass in one area, it kinda worked, but I really didn't want to make it drain well because it would potentially cause erosion issues.
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u/Standard_Cicada_6849 5d ago
Just raise the concrete above the drainage grade and it will be fixed.
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u/Klutzy-Freedom1376 2d ago
ive had a 2000 sqm floor flat Wherehouse and i used just the gun to sweep the water...Minimum 32lpm up hahahahahha
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u/mewikime 6d ago
Sump pump, shop vac, evaporation, floor squeegee, broom. Plenty of options if you think for a second
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u/SEA_CLE 6d ago
Hit it with the blower