Industries / Pressure and window washing
One scheduler for pressure and window washing.
Works with a few tweaks
Quote by square foot or pane, route by weather and neighborhood, bill when done.
Pressure washing and soft washing
Apex measures driveways, siding and decks into surface-by-surface quotes, keeps weather in mind when it offers days, and brings repeat customers back on a yearly cycle.
Who it is for: Pressure and soft-wash operators doing driveways, siding, decks, fences and roofs, residential and light commercial.
Works with a few tweaksWeather and runoff rules are drawn from vendor descriptions and domain knowledge. We will validate them with operators.
What generic schedulers get wrong for pressure washing
Surface sets price
Driveway, siding, deck and roof soft wash price differently per square foot. A flat hourly job hides the variance.
Weather is a gate
Rain, wind (roof wash) and freezing are go or no-go. A calendar that ignores them creates the reschedule storm.
Chemical mix is a record
Sodium hypochlorite and surfactant mixes, and runoff or reclaim rules in some towns, need a logged record per job.
Water and power are the first question
Hookup, reach and pressure decide the visit. Missing them turns an hour job into a callback.
Drawn in code for pressure washing
A day in a pressure washing business
- Driveway
- House wash
- Deck and fence
- Roof soft wash
- Rain hold
Wednesday jobs slide with notices sent together.
Each surface carries its own rate. Weather is checked before a day is offered.
Kept for the record. In build.
A pressure-washing week where a wet Wednesday moves three jobs at once. Illustration of planned screens: entries are examples, not customer data, and not every screen shown is built yet.
How pressure washing runs in Apex: the key settings
Starter settings for this trade. You change any of them. Nothing here is a promise about your numbers.
How jobs get booked
Morning and afternoon windows, Monday to Saturday, offered only on days weather does not rule out.
Stops in a day
Around 4 jobs a day; a large home can fill one.
Routing
Dynamic cluster; neighbor requests on the same day are offered first.
Who says yes
Owner confirms. Photo-based quotes for driveways and siding are the starting rule.
How you price
Per square foot by surface with a visit minimum, plus add-ons: sealing, rust removal, roof soft wash.
Repeat customers
Yearly or twice yearly reminders by surface.
Follow-up calls
Next-business-day call-back; day-30 check for mildew return.
Review requests
Review request after a before-and-after photo pair is sent, once.
What we ask the customer
- Surfaces and square feet
- Material: concrete, vinyl, wood, stucco
- Stains: oil, rust, mildew
- Water hookup and reach
- Stories
- Sealing wanted
Photos and papers to collect
- Photos of each surface before quoting
- Before and after pairs per surface
Rules to watch
- Chemical mix log per job
- Runoff or reclaim rule where the town requires it
- Insurance certificate for commercial
What you get as a pressure washing business
6 of 12 work today. The other 6 are coming soon.
Surface takeoff from measurements
Driveway, siding and fence runs become square feet by surface.
Photo quote for driveways and siding
Shows photo quote required, with confirmation held until photos arrive.
Morning and afternoon windows
No exact times; the customer picks a window.
Route density by neighborhood
A neighbor's job is offered on the day you are on their street.
Yearly rewash reminder
Stops if they already scheduled.
Day-30 mildew check call
A dated task with a script and one-tap outcome.
Weather-gated availability
Rain and wind thresholds hide days from the offer.
Whole-day weather cascade
Rain on Tuesday moves Tuesday's jobs and tells the customers together.
Chemical mix and runoff log
Product, mix ratio and area per job, kept for the record.
Water source and hookup notes
A required question, and a hose-length flag.
Before and after slider to share
A link the customer can post, tied to the review request.
Seal and re-seal follow-up
A reminder when a sealed surface is due.
The tools in pressure washing, and where we can honestly do better
Tools our research found in use for pressure washing: GorillaDesk, Method, Field Promax, Jobber, Housecall Pro. Listing a tool is not a claim about it.
Housecall Pro
Its official pricing page reserves route optimization, advanced proposals and recurring service, and API access for higher tiers.
Vendor's own page: Housecall Pro pricing pageWhat Apex does about it: Recurring rules and route density are part of the engine and are not reserved for a higher plan.
Jobber
Its pricing page lists AI Receptionist and Marketing Suite as separately priced add-ons.
Vendor's own page: Jobber pricing pageWhat Apex does about it: Plans and carrier-text pass-through are public before you sign.
When another tool may be the better choice: GorillaDesk has a dedicated pressure-washing page and may fit you if you want its chemical and quote tooling today. We did not verify reviews for it and make no claim against it.
What it costs for pressure washing
Apex lists three public plans, priced by users: Solo $59 per month for 1 user, Crew $99 for 2 to 5 users, Business $129 for 6 users plus $10 for each extra user. No plan includes any texts, AI phone minutes or AI usage. For this trade we would start you on Solo. A single-person washing business fits Solo.
Jobber lists Core at $29 to $49, Connect at $99 to $139 and Grow at $149 to $199 or more per month. Markate lists a base plan at $49.95 per month with online booking, customer portal, reviews and Zapier at $10 each. These are public figures as read on 2026-10-06, verify before buying. Seat counts and included features differ between vendors, and we have not verified every one, so compare your own crew size on the pricing page before you decide. Texts and AI run on your own provider account or a prepaid wallet, and card processing is at the processor's own rate.
Pressure washing and soft washing: questions, answered first
Does it quote by surface?
Does Apex check the weather?
Does it keep a chemical record?
Can customers book a driveway online?
Does it bring customers back each year?
Window cleaning
Apex counts panes into a price, keeps repeat customers on a fixed round, and offers new customers only the days your van is already in their neighborhood.
Who it is for: Residential window cleaners running rounds on a four, six, eight or twelve-week cycle, plus small commercial storefront work.
Works with a few tweaksSqueegee-style round tools are praised by owners in forum threads; our research has little on window-specific complaints.
What generic schedulers get wrong for window cleaning
A round is the unit
Repeat customers sit on a round with an interval of four, six, eight or twelve weeks. A generic recurring job does not keep neighbors together.
Pane counts set the price
Standard, large, french and screens count differently and add up to a visit price. Quantity-times-price lines miss the access difference.
No-access skips are normal
Gate shut, dog out, car in the way: the customer is skipped and slotted into the next round without a fight.
Weather moves a whole round
A wet or windy day pushes every stop. It should be one action, with the notices going out together.
Drawn in code for window cleaning
A day in a window cleaning business
- Six-week round
- Eight-week round
- New customer
- Storefront
- Skipped, no access
A rain day moves a round as one action.
Pane classes feed price and time. A skipped home lands on the next round.
8:00
9:10
10:20skipped
Three houses, one street.
A window-cleaning week: fixed rounds, a rain move and a skipped home. Illustration of planned screens: entries are examples, not customer data, and not every screen shown is built yet.
How window cleaning runs in Apex: the key settings
Starter settings for this trade. You change any of them. Nothing here is a promise about your numbers.
How jobs get booked
Morning and afternoon windows for new customers; repeat customers on a round day.
Stops in a day
Around 6 homes a day, more for small ones.
Routing
Dynamic cluster: homes on the same street cluster by day. Round days for repeat customers.
Who says yes
Owner confirms new customers; repeat visits follow the round.
How you price
Per pane by size with a visit minimum, plus add-ons for screens, tracks and stains.
Repeat customers
Rounds at four, six, eight or twelve weeks, with a no-access skip rule.
Follow-up calls
Owner call-back the next business day after a first clean.
Review requests
Review request a day after the first clean, once.
What we ask the customer
- Pane count by size and floor
- Interior, exterior or both
- Screens and tracks
- Stories and ladder access
- Gates, dogs and parking
- Hard-water stains
Photos and papers to collect
- Photo of the home and window layout
- Before and after photos for storefronts
Rules to watch
- Ladder and height safety flag by story
- Certificate of insurance for commercial work
What you get as a window cleaning business
6 of 13 work today. The other 7 are coming soon.
Pane-class takeoff
Windows counted by size class feed the visit price and time.
Morning and afternoon windows
A new customer picks a window; a repeat customer rides the round.
Route density on the round
New requests are offered days when the van is already on their street.
On-my-way text
Sent when the previous stop closes, with opt-out and quiet hours enforced.
Rebooking reminder after a set interval
Set in months today, and stopped if they rescheduled. Week-based rounds are in build.
Seasonal nudge before spring and fall
A seasonal reminder sequence with STOP handling and a template you edit.
Fixed round with a persistent order
Stop order stays put week to week unless you move it.
No-access skip into the next round
One tap slots a skipped home and notifies the customer.
Whole-round weather move
One action moves every stop and sends the notices together.
Day pilot with bulk messaging
A daily navigation view with a bulk on-my-way text and an invoice sent on completion.
Per-property pane list
Panes, screens and access notes stored once and reused each visit.
Storefront and commercial intervals
Weekly storefronts alongside homes on longer rounds.
Lift and rope certification on the job
Flags a crew member whose certification has lapsed.
The tools in window cleaning, and where we can honestly do better
Tools our research found in use for window cleaning: Squeegee, Sergio, Jobber, Housecall Pro. Listing a tool is not a claim about it.
Jobber
One lawn-route owner reports that an optimized stop order reverted on later recurring visits after a manual edit, with no way to lock the order.
Individual user report (anecdote): Reddit r/smallbusinessWhat Apex does about it: Stop order persists on a round until you change it; route ordering does not rewrite a day you set. Persistent order is in build.
Jobber
Posts on its community forum say that adding a customer to a route means editing each customer, and that route changes do not persist across weeks when running 30 to 40 stops a day.
Individual user report (anecdote): Jobber community forumWhat Apex does about it: A round is one object you edit once, not each customer. The round object is in build.
When another tool may be the better choice: Owners in one forum thread recommend Squeegee for route work and billing. That is anecdotal, and Squeegee has a UK origin we have not verified for US billing. If you want a window-round tool today, try it alongside Apex.
What it costs for window cleaning
Apex lists three public plans, priced by users: Solo $59 per month for 1 user, Crew $99 for 2 to 5 users, Business $129 for 6 users plus $10 for each extra user. No plan includes any texts, AI phone minutes or AI usage. For this trade we would start you on Solo. One van and one owner can run a window route on Solo; a second person moves to Crew.
Jobber lists Core at $29 to $49, Connect at $99 to $139 and Grow at $149 to $199 or more per month. Markate lists a base plan at $49.95 per month with online booking, customer portal, reviews and Zapier at $10 each. These are public figures as read on 2026-10-06, verify before buying. Seat counts and included features differ between vendors, and we have not verified every one, so compare your own crew size on the pricing page before you decide. Texts and AI run on your own provider account or a prepaid wallet, and card processing is at the processor's own rate.