Concrete cleaning or flat work as the high-pressure, hot water, steam clean the industry calls it can be very lucrative business. Generally you will sign up customers to have their concrete cleaned once a week, every two weeks or one time per month.

Generally business customers such as large stores like Wal-Mart, Home Depot and grocery stores need to constantly clean their concrete. Also strip centers and malls must clean their concrete as well. Consider also government buildings, sidewalks, parks and parking garages are also very good customers and loyal clientele.

Most of these types of properties are run by property managers who also manage many other properties. Once you get in good with the property manager they may have between 50 to 70 properties to manage, all of which need to be steam cleaning periodically.

To start a concrete cleaning company you will need a couple of things. You'll need a high-pressure, hot water heater system also called a steam cleaner and several hundred feet of high pressure and low-pressure hose. You will also need a Hydro-twister; a Hydro twister is like a lawnmower with the device inside, which spins and it cleans the concrete as you move along and this allows you to go faster.

Many concrete cleaning companies put the equipment on a trailer with a large water tank so that they can move farther between hose outlets without running out of water. This allows them to work off the tanks until they get closer to another water outlet. This way they can go very fast and further between moving the truck and filling up with water. Concrete cleaning or flat work can be very lucrative business and there is not as much competition as you might think, but it is a very needed service. Consider this in 2006.

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