Fun with Jane & Dick

My back patio is made of concrete and it’s in dire need of some maintenance. The patio sits on the north side so it also gets the LEAST amount of sun and even a little moldy over the winter. It’s also that time of year when all the spring “droppings” fall off the trees and sticks to the deck, along with a coat of pollen sitting on top too.

Since all the droppings are on my deck, they are also all over the roof of my house…which would eventually fall on my deck. So, I decided I needed to go up there with my leaf blower and blow it all off now before I started cleaning the deck. I get out my ladder and venture UP TOP.

GOING ON THE ROOF

Now the easiest way to get up there is using this corner.

I have to use the top step, even though it says DANGER, DO NOT STAND ON TOP, because…well, I’m short and I need that top step to get up there!

Dragging my cumbersome leafblower up there was not easy, especially trying to manuever a ladder with no one holding it for me.

However, once on top, the view is pretty cool.

Ok, so there MIGHT be some PHOTO MANIPULATION in this picture. LOL

From the front, I actually have somewhat of a mountain view. It is my future plan to build a second floor on this house…maybe I should do a third, then I would have a mountain view FO REALZ.

So, I get to work and blow off all the crap from the roof of my house plus gutters.

Oh yeah, now my deck needs a good cleaning FO SHO.

PRESSURE WASHING TIME

Good thing I have this great PRESSURE WASHER that is going to make everything BEAUTIFUL again.

So, it is now that I discover that I need to go make a run for some gas for this machine. Dayum, I hate having to stop what I’m doing because I’m missing something critical for the job. Hence, this is when I lost Dick’s keys, resulting in my RANT. Click HERE if you missed it.

So, I go, come back, lose the keys, and put gas in the pressure washer. Now this thing is a MOTHER to crank up. My arm is about to FALL OFF because of all my failed attempts to yank this thing to start it. But finally, it works! Thank God!

I crank the thing to TURBO (the highest setting)…

And just watch it wash away all the YUCKINESS!

My chairs are quite moldy.

But see the difference in what a good pressure washing can do???

The steps are disgusting.

But, after I get to work on it, it looks like this:

Much better. (Although I just noticed that I need to relevel the stones.)

Yes, I’d say it was quite an improvement overall!!

OTHER THINGS I PRESSURE WASHED

Remember these shoes from OCTOBER when the girls when the to MAYFIELD FARM?

Click HERE for that story.

Well, I hadn’t washed them all this time. Unmotivated to, you can see why, right?

A couple of minutes later and they looked like this!

Imagine if you had to scrub those things. Ugh.

My metal candle tray (You see where the square candle was.) also got the pressure wash treatment.

Scrubbing metal is not easy but in a matter of seconds, my pressure washer had it SHINING like new!

Also, if you have old kids plastic toys that are dirty, PRESSURE WASHING them is the perfect way to make them look new again.

-Jane, Pressure Washer Lover

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