SHOCKINGLY SLIPPERY! It Was Safe & Usable! Became So Dangerous, We're SCARED To Use Our Side Door!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- #drivewaycleaning #patiocleaning #satisfyingvideo
Hey everyone, welcome to another Sunday night video.
I was called in to clean this customers driveway & patio, but the main reason I was brought in was to sort out their dangerously slippery patio. The area directly outside their side door, the door they used the most, had become so infested with slippery, slimy algae, that they had become scared to use it, for fear of slipping over and hurting them selves, which very nearly happened on a number of occasions.
Come and join me as I transform their cement stained driveway, super slippery side patio, and carry out some re-pointing on their main rear patio area.
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Let's all appreciate your "slime skating" talent 😉
🤣 thanks Carol 😍
The difference is night and day. 🌑🌞 I will admit that I was a little nervous when you did the slide on the side entrance that you were going to land on your butt. 🤣 I also loved the little pre-emptive talk about the gloves. 🧤Nice touch. I can't stand to wear gloves either when gardening, but I can handle latex gloves to protect the hands rather than nothing. And I brought up the lack of camera issues too soon last week. 😉 Thanks for sharing your videos with us, Nick. It is not the noise or the music for me. I just love watching you take something that is so filthy, and bringing it back to life. 😉 Great job. 👍🏼👍🏼
Lol, you were right to be nervous, I very nearly went over 😁. Thank you as always for the truly lovely comments and feedback you always give 💕
Really nice Nick! That little circle came out so beautiful. The rest is almost like new and so much safer for the owners. I so appreciate your attention to the little things. I hope you did not have bad repercussions to putting in all that grout. Sure will make it look better and last longer. Hope this finds you not in pain.
Aw thanks Nancy, so nice of you. I must admit, I had a bit of sciatic pain down my leg, up to my back for a few days after, so unlikely to carry out work like this again. But feeling perfectly fine now. Thanks so much for asking ❤️
Hey Nick, another great job, love how fussy you are. Great that concrete came away with the nozzle. I'm always worried you'll come a cropper with your skid tests! 😅
Thank you! Watching from New Zealand. 👌
Aw thanks Barbarella 💕
Great job pal
Could you get a short step stool to sit on for pointing? Might save your back more and be a bit easier getting up off the ground. I say this as someone with horrible back issues 😅 Since the bricks lift out that was lazy on the fence installers part. Glad the stains came off with the nozzle. It’s amazing how slippery that became when wet 😳 Amazing job as usual Nick! 😊 looked really great after your cleaning ❤
Thanks for the suggestion Rebecca, I have tried that with a stool, unfortunately doesn't help much, it's the being arched over position that effects my back, but thanks for trying to help ☺️
Another great job Nick. 👍
Thank you! Cheers Rod
I’m mesmerised with stuff like this 😂 so satisfying to see all the dirt and grime gone.
Great job! I really love the design of the stonework/patio in the backyard -- it's just lovely! And now you cleaned it up to make it even more beautiful (not to mention, safer!). Fabulous!
PS - Thanks for the tutorial on pointing! You explained it very well!
Aw thanks so much Donna, I always appreciate, and value your feedback 😊. Thanks for your kind words about my tutorial, I perhaps could have explained better the tools I was using etc, but I suppose it was okay for my first time trying to teach something. Thanks again ❤️
Nice job Nick! Equal parts safety, piece of mind and hiring a professional leads to good results. Hope your back experiment went okay.
Aw thanks LuAnn, that really means a lot 😍. Had some pain in my sciatic nerve for a few days after, so unlikely to do it again, but so kind of you to ask 😊
Another class job Nick
Cheers dude, much appreciated 😊
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning always a pleasure
bloody impressive job that! Multitalented too! Great work
Thank you! Cheers!
Job well done
Yay! My favorite Sunday show 🤗 slip and slide algae time was pretty fun hearing you laugh!! 😂 Always satisfying to watch how beautiful you make each property. Please take care of your back 💕@prestigeExternalCleaning
Whaaaa! how did I miss this, so sorry Randi, some comments have been appearing really randomly lately. Thank you for your lovely comment as always. Lol yeah it takes me back to being a kid doing slideys when it was icey ❤️
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning no worries 😌 slideys are fun no matter the age lol 💕
Wow, such a good result.
Hi Jane 💕, thank you so much 😀
Awesome! What a transformation. Bye bye dirt, slime and slipperyness!! Looks so much better - well done!😊
Thank you Mishka 🤗, I hope you're well 🙂
Wow NIck, you turned this into a new home!
You do such a great job, Nick!👍🏻💙💙💙👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Have never seen anyone show how to do the “repointing”. Very interesting. Thank you.🤗
You are so welcome! Many thanks Elizabeth ❤️
Wow what a change
Hey Andrew, many thanks mate ✊
Another fine job that will further "cement" your reputation as an A1 professional! Excellent as usual!
🤣 many thanks Cleopatra 😍
Perfect.
It’s funny to see how people with disc and back issues work on the ground. We all sit, not kneel, we all lean on one hip, not cross legged. I know as that is how I weed the gardens. It’s the only way I can work on the ground and watching you is exactly the same way I move. ❤
Well done ! What a huge difference! ☺️
Big thanks Pam ❤️
Great job and AWESOME video as ALWAYS Nick
Cheers William, top man 👍
You always do such lovely work! I was amazed by how nicely the coping stones atop the walls came out. How was your back after the repointing bit? Hope you’re ok!
Thanks for the great feedback, so nice of you. Unfortunately my back didn't feel that great after this job, so unlikely i'll be doing that again. I'm all good now though 💕
Nice job as always Nick. 😊
Thanks Valerie 😋
Great results
There you go again! That extra mile for happy customers and making sure it’s done right! I am TOTALLY on your side about gloves…. They really interfere with tactile movement! My hands are NOT like leather and suffer each time I do something without gloves but 🤷🏼♀️! Beautiful outcome!
Hi Kelli, not sure how this message got past me 🤷🏻♂️. Thanks so much, you're very kind ☺️. Thanks too for your comment about the gloves, it's nice to know i'm not the only one, apart from the leather bit 😀
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning I hope your back survived! 💜
@@kellihull7600 All good thanks Kelli 😊❤
Ol' Leatherpaws Nick :D Another miraculous transformation! Those slimy grey stones looked brand new after you'd woven your magic! As for the cement staining; your incredibly high standard of work and attention to details is extremely rare. Too many traders just don't give a monkey's and will bish, bash, bosh, job done, cya later! And their haste shows! Keep being the cut above! 💪😎
🤣🤣 "ol' leatherpaws" love it. That's how i'm gonna refer to my hands from now on 😆. Thanks for the awesome complimentary feedback mate, it's very much appreciated. You made me lol too. Great comment ✊.
Looks beautiful 😊
Thank you! Cheers!
Another terrific job, Nick.
Beautiful as usual
Aw cheers Shans
Thanks for a great video! I enjoyed the transformation. George from Florida, USA
Many thanks George 👍
Another great interesting vid bud, what a transformation, learning so much from you especially the pointing, thanks for sharing and keep up the top notch work you do 😎👊
Glad you enjoyed it mate, thanks for the awesome feedback too 👍
That came up so nice!
Thank you! 😊
Never disappointed watching your videos 😉 & hello from Houston, Texas 👋🙋♀️
Yay! Thank you!
👍👍👍.Thank you
lovely
Brilliant job came up really nice, glad to see you kept your mask on today! ❤
😆 Indeed!, Many thanks Patty 💕
Great job sir. Take care of yourself, we don't bounce like we used to.😊
😁 so true my friend, and thank you, I will ✊
It all looks great and then you look at the dirty bins!!!
Lol, yeah my bad, I'm not sure what I as thinking when I did that, apologies 😏
Top job again fella 👍👍👌👌ahh pointing like a pro builder👌i I haven't got the patience for that i go bonkers after 5 minutes lol 😂😂
Lol, thanks mate. Lol I haven't got a load of patience either bud, even when my back was okay and I was doing quite a lot of it, i'd only work til 2 or 3 in the afternoon, and call it a day 😄
What a perfect Sunday with a new vid! I was surprised that the railing came out so good! Great job as always. Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much Toni 🤗
Looks great Nic, as per usual 😉
Stu...
Nice one Stu ✊
Magnificent job.
Thank you very much Quentin 🤝
So nice! The spots didnt stand a chance!
spectacular work
Your videos are VERY impressive!! You obviously have a lot of patience to do this type of work, especially the roofs. I love the roof videos!! I've never seen anyone do them before and you are spot on. Just so you know, I think your music is wonderful. It's very relaxing while I enjoy watching the videos. Thank you. ☺
Thank you very much!
Awesome work 👍🎉 I love that you included every part of the job, including the sanding. Most channels I've come across doesn't, and great explanations of how to do the pointing. Thanks I love your channel.
@@traciesites428 thanks so much Tracie, great to have you on board ❤️
I kept wondering where you were and finally decided I'd missed you. No idea how - my notifications are set - but your video wasn't in my list. So just now seeing it. Haha I'll no sooner finish this comment than you'll post this week's video!
That came up very nicely! Much brighter and cleaner all over and the green, slippery part is safely non-skid and a pretty pearly color. I was happy for you that you didn't need to bring in the acid! 😬 and that the capstones on the walls came so clean with the hypo.
Sorry to hear the back experiment was a bust. But glad it wasn't worse. You seemed to enjoy the pointing, though, so I wish you'd had success. Is there a brace you can wear that will make you bend from the waist while keeping your back straighter rather than curling your back? I wonder if that would be better or worse? Well, never mind. Now that you've shown us how to mix it and what to do, we'll all just go start our own businesses to spare your back! 😉🤣🤣🤣
Great to see the pointing, I now realise when I have tried it I have always used way too wet a mix - thanks. Hope your back wasn't too bad.
Cheers Ched, all the best mate 👍
Fantastic job Nick! Looks absolutely amazing. Hope the back didn't give you any grief after that. Thanks for the upload, have a great week :)
Hey Al, thanks mate. Yeah was quite sore after, probably won't be doing that again in a hurry 👍
Excellent job! What a pretty backyard!
Another awesome job.
I appreciate that, cheers charles 👍
Glad you were able to catch-up this area. This has a beautiful color change in front and sets-off the nicely kept yard. I'm noting that the "continuous" paving type out into the street makes for a problem of not causing cleanup related pattern changes in the area. Pleased that the Black Spot in the back responded well to the hypo and the tiles are now "slip free". It looks like the garden and area there is going to look lovely when all put back together. Just as you mentioned some pointing needed to be redone, I was reminded I haven't learned anything about that yet...and you start in on showing how you do repairs. Thank you. The music kept up a beat of motion and was pleasant to listen to. Much appreciation for explaining pointing.
Many thanks for your detailed and complimentary feedback as always Robert, you're a top bloke 🤝
Big Sister voice here..... (I can say that now I know I am not old enough to be your mum just tell sid and ben to not mention their age lol I definitely sadly am old enough to be their mum 😢)...... You did good, safe and sensible I just hope your back held up I know only too well how bad that can be sadly.
Beautiful and so glad you cleaned that back area omg I could never step out there my crutch would not be a happy bunny. I use my wheelchair for further then the garden path but do not go outside on wet days (or snowy 😵💫) as I go flying (and it's not a nice view sadly so not even that to make it better 🤣🤣).
Week 2 Survived (just 🤣).
I'm not sure how i missed this comment Polgara, my sincere apologies, I've missed a few lately. Thanks for you great comment as usual, I hope you're well ❤️
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning no worries on replying honestly xx
Best I can say after a hellish week 3 is " I am sorry this person is temporarily out of service at this time, repairs are underway (parts are difficult to find) and hopefully normal service will be resumed shortly"
This is the longest comment I have made this week I have really not been in a mental health frame of mind to do more than a couple of words on the latest videos sorry xx
You would have thought a tradie would have been more tidy than that?! What a novel idea! Tradies being neat!
Love your work. Great job!
Thank you Molly ☺️
Awesome job! I'm glad that you're feeling better. I myself hurt my back pretty bad recently, so I hope you don't do that too often, I really don't wish you that pain.
I'm happy the walls look so nice, the top of them has a real pretty bright stone.
I'm curious about the pointing of those two mini stairs. There seemed to be missing some parts too. Didn't the customer want them to be repointed, too?
Just one tiny piece I notice.
Hi Tatjana 🙂. Thank you so much 😊. Thank you too for your concern, as you seem to be aware, back pain can an awful thing to have.
Whoops, I didn't notice any pointing missing from the steps, 😬.
A lot of work on this job Nick especially having 3 visits. Hopefully your back is OK after the repointing. Hard graft this is. I appreciate your skills on the job. 😊
Hey Paudie, thanks bud, wasn't so great for a few days after mate, but all good now thanks 🤜🤛
That house is part of Alexsandra from the walking dead with that metal fence.
Top work bro as always😎. From broken bones to brand new what with that slime.
Mint me old china😎👊.
Really loved this job and video! Especially all the pressure washing sounds :)
Thank you!! 😊
Обожнюю спостерігати за вашою роботою коли ви брудне геть покриття перетворюєте в чисте світле та умите хоч їж з нього 😊 дякую вам за те що робите цей світ чистішим та милішим❤❤❤
Щиро дякую, ваш чудовий і добрий коментар дуже цінується 💕
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Looks great!
Thanks!
Great work. Can you do a video on how you get your X-Jet to foam so well please?
You always do such an amazing job. I can tell you care about your work and the customers. ❤❤
Thank you so much! what a nice thing to be told ❤️
Nice looks good
Thank you 😋
Beautiful job Nick. ❤ Maybe buy yourself a small collapsible stool to save your back a bit for these repointing jobs you do occasionally 😊
Great idea!
I want to thank you for the time stamps. I appreciate your attention to detail both in your work, in your videos, and in your editing! I do wonder though if it affects the viewing time if I skip parts of the video? If anyone can answer that, thank you.
Thank you so much!
Class mate can I have your autograph please 😂
😂😂😂 for you Colin, anything! 😍
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning signed photograph please😂
No gloves is the way mate. Thats why nature gave you skin. Natural glove material. I have noticed those yanks would put a pair of gloves on just to pick up another pair of gloves. Came up nice by the way.
The slippery algae ones are always satisfying to watch. Come up nice!. When you're putting down hypo with the X jet and the B&S do you just run it on tick over?
Many thanks. No I never adjust the revs, i always run it on full, I've had it on good authority from guys I trust, that's no good for the engine. I just turn the unloader right down.
Do you turn it as low as it can go?
@@ricp123 not that low, but nearly
Cheers mate 👍
You're very talented and knowledgeable about your craft I do hope you use cream on your hands because those hands can crack later in life you don't replenish some of the oil now and then so you can take some vitamin E
Thank you so much Pamela 😊
When it said the front was done, I was confused, because it looked more like an alley way to me, because it was so small.
Great work with the dangerous back patio 😳.
I have just bought a surface cleaner like yours and tested it on my block paved driveway but don't get the good results like you do.
Any tips?
I have a very large drive and last time just with a turbo nozzle took me 5 days.
I am in a wheelchair so takes abit longer 😂.
Keep up the great work. 👍.
Hi, I have a powerful pressure washer, a 21lpm Honda, I also have my Whirlaway flat surface cleaner set up to get the best out of it. 5 days isn't that bad using a turbo, it's actually really good going if your in a wheel chair. Thanks for the great comment 👍
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Thanks dude 👍
This guy is like Jack O'Connell's older brother
Top work once again mate. Dont mind me asking but what sort of price range would you be looking at for a project this size?
Many thanks, sorry dude I don't discuss my pricing on TH-cam.
I hope you get lots more jobs in that housing compkex after they see what you achieved here. I also hope you get plenty more subs to your channel. It is well deserved.
I hope so too! Thanks so much for the lovely comment ☺️
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Nice job looks awesome. Isn't hypo just chlorine?
Many thanks Rick. No they're not the same, chlorine is an element, sodium hypochlorite is a chemical compound that contains chlorine 👍
Love to know what the charge for a job, well done
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How do they keep their tulips still flowering in august , mine finished in march.
Look after your back, my brother is a roofer and 59 he's in a lot if agony most off the time these days, and is now waiting for an op to help with the pain.
I am use to seeing people do the edging first, then the pan out and then just reg. rinse. different.
I prefer to edge after using the flat surface cleaner, I've always done it that way. It really makes no difference which way round it's done, it's just down to personal preference. But yes I think you're right, I think I may be the only one on TH-cam that does it that way.
Around 10:40 you are spraying suds etc . What % SH are you using and will this kill black spots etc?
I could kinda tell that side patio would be proper slippery before you wet it down. Scrubber did the job though.
Hi how much would it cost to have a garden that big to clean
Hi mate where abouts can I get the rinse lance from
Hi bud me again 🤦♂️🤣 just a question for you if you don't mind, can I use washing up liquid to 25ltr sh or should I use a surfactant and what type, thanks in advance 😎👊
Using fairy liquid isn't really advisable, as it's not approved to be used with SH, surfactant is made to be used with it, and will create more foam, something like this www.bonnymans.co.uk/product-page/softwash-surfactant-bleach-safe-water-based-surfactant
@PrestigeExternalCleaning once again I thank you for your advice, cheers bud 😎👊
How do you get your SH to foam?
I use surfactant
I was thinking knee pads
Unfortunately my knees are just as messed up as my back, can't kneel on my knees, even with knee pads 😞
What psi is your jet wash
4350
Why didn’t you use a bonding agent when grouting?
Why would I need a bonding agent?
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning because that grout is going to come out shortly
@@garyreed2144 No it won’t. Bonding agent is completely unnecessary in most cases. The cement and moisture content is what bonds it. I’ve re-pointed hundreds of patios over the years and many years later checked on them. And guess what, none of its come out.
They would have had to remove them blocks to dig the post out so don’t understand why there is concrete all over them
Bem atrapalhado mas tá bom😅
THE WATER IS PURE BLACK
On the matter of gloves, yes I understand.
Most of the hardware and tool shop gloves are pretty poor and uncomfortable.
One problem you will have, because you have large hands is getting gloves that fit properly.
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Two things I can recomend are
Tig welding gloves, they have thin soft leather hands and a heavier gauntlet ...... good for dry work, good for pruning prickly shrubs.
High risk surgical gloves, there are black surgical gloves heavier than the normal latex, they have become very popular with mechanics and spray painters.
BOTH come in sizes and are far more comfortable than typical crappy gloves.
The tig welding gloves obviously you will get from a welding shop.
The high risk surgical gloves I get from my automotive paint supplier, they come in a box like tissues, disposable but can be reused.
20K views and only 1.3K likes. We can do better than that, people.
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Not good vore gras de soap
If you're trying to say the soap isn't any good for the grass, then i'm afraid you are incorrect. The soft wash (soap) won't cause any damage to the grass as long as the grass is pre and post soaked with clean water, which it was.
Jou wil see
@@peetjelieverd-ky3gb Again, you’re incorrect.
You obviously haven’t watched the video all the way through. Because if you had, you would know that I returned weeks later, 7 weeks to be precise, to re-point the patio, and you can see the grass is in perfect condition. If the “soap” was going to harm the grass, the damage would have shown up by then. But as you and everyone else can see, the grass is completely unaffected.