Free exterior-cleaning estimate planner
Build a pressure washing estimate from the work you actually measured. Add each surface or service, enter your own rates, and turn the result into an itemized worksheet you can print or download.
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Enter services and rates to calculate.
Add a driveway, patio, fence or other service. Keep each rate tied to the right unit.
These figures stay out of the customer CSV and printed estimate. Include every relevant job cost for a useful check.
Prefer to measure on site? Download a blank estimate worksheet.
Services, rates and costs stay in this tab.
Check the numbers
Multiply each service quantity by its matching billed rate, round each line to cents, and add the lines. If the service subtotal is below your minimum, raise it to that minimum once for the visit. Add agreed extras or a separate trip charge afterward. The result is a pre-tax estimate based on your entries—not an automatic local market quote.
Measure once. Make the basis clear.
| Basis | What you enter |
|---|---|
| Area | Measured square feet × your square-foot rate |
| Linear feet | Measured run × your rate per linear foot |
| Crew hours | Agreed billable hours × the crew’s billed hourly rate |
| Flat service | Number of services × agreed price each |
A driveway can be split into rectangles. Siding is wall length times wall height; it is not the home’s indoor floor area. Count only the areas included in the job, and use a separate line when the rate changes.
Agree on access, water supply, preparation, stain treatment and cleanup before setting the price. Pressure washing and soft washing are not interchangeable methods for every surface. The calculator prices your scope; it does not select equipment or chemicals.
Add a job reference and agreed scope in Customer copy, then download the PDF or copy the readable estimate. The customer output includes your measured services, exact rates, minimum adjustment and extras. For a branded document with fuller customer details and terms, use the Quote Generator below and re-enter the reviewed figures; private data is never passed through a link.
Worked examples, not market quotes
A 30 × 20 ft driveway is 600 square feet. At an example rate of $0.25 per square foot, the service is $150. A $200 minimum raises the service charge by $50. Add $75 of agreed stain-treatment work and the estimate is $275 before tax.
The same 600-square-foot driveway at $0.25 adds $150. A 200-square-foot patio at $0.30 adds $60. Together they total $210, above a $200 job minimum. Do not apply the $200 minimum separately to each surface.
For a $275 estimate, entering $100 in total expected costs leaves $175 before any costs you have omitted. If the crew visit takes two hours, quoted revenue is $137.50 per crew hour. This is not a wage rate or verified net profit.
Questions before you finish
Use a rate that covers your own work, equipment, travel, supplies and business costs, checked against quotes for comparable work in your market. Surface condition and access matter. This calculator deliberately starts rates blank; Try example shows how the arithmetic works without presenting it as a recommended price.
Measured flatwork can suit a square-foot rate. Uncertain or detailed work may suit agreed crew hours or a flat service. Choose the basis for each line and make it clear to the customer. Do not enter employee wages where the form asks for a billed crew-hour rate.
Measure the wall surfaces to be washed: wall length × height, with additional sections entered separately. The floor area in a home listing is not the exterior siding area. Use a safe measurement method; this calculator does not require climbing or choose a cleaning method.
It is a floor for all service lines on one visit, not a charge repeated for each driveway, patio or wall. A $150 subtotal with a $200 minimum receives a $50 adjustment. Agreed extras entered in the extras field are added after that adjustment.
Yes. Use linear feet when your quoted rate is per linear foot, measured area when it is per square foot, or a flat item for an agreed service. Put a separate trip charge in extras only if it is not already covered by the rates or minimum.
Add an optional job reference and agreed scope, then download the customer PDF, copy the readable estimate, or print it. A blank PDF worksheet is also available for measuring on site. For a branded document with customer details and terms, use the linked Quote Generator. This page does not email the estimate or attach your private cost check to it.
It shows quoted revenue minus the total job cost you entered. If that cost omits overhead, insurance, labor, taxes or other expenses, those are not magically included. Revenue per crew hour is also not take-home pay. Use it to check an estimate, not to certify a margin.
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