A pressure washing estimate template is a price book by surface and size tier plus the fees that stack on top, not a blank form with a logo box. The whole book is below, with real starting numbers. This is for an owner running one rig who quotes from memory and loses time on every “how much for my house” text. As a national starting point, a house wash on a 1,500 to 2,500 square foot home is $400, a two-car driveway is $250, and a deck under 300 square feet is $200 (Service Anchor pressure washing price book, 57 items, October 2026, the product’s default prices). Below: what an estimate includes, how to size a job from a phone call, the full price book, which fees stack, the cost-plus check, and five lines for saying the number.
- The “pressure washing estimate template” pages on page one of Google are blank invoices. The thing you actually need is the price book: 57 line items by surface and size, with the fees that stack and the upgrades a customer can decline.
- House washes price by wall square footage in three tiers ($300, $400, $575 as starting points). Flatwork prices by the pad (a two-car driveway is $250), not by the square foot, unless you are sealing it.
- Five fees can stack on any job and are not optional: three about the property (water access $35, hot water $50, difficult access $50) and two about the booking (after-hours $75, travel $50). Soft wash chemical upgrades and sealing are the customer’s choice.
- Before you quote under a number, run it through the cost-plus worksheet. On a 2,000 square foot vinyl house at a 45 percent margin, the floor is about $347; the book says $400.
- The download is the same price book as a two-page PDF with a rig card and a spreadsheet with a quote builder and the worksheet. It is also the price book that loads when you pick pressure washing in Service Anchor.
What should a pressure washing estimate include?
A pressure washing estimate should include eight things: the surfaces being cleaned with their size tier, the method (pressure or soft wash) for each, the add-on fees that apply to the property, any upgrades the customer chose, the total, what is not included, the water and access assumptions, and the terms. The blank templates that rank for this search cover the total and the terms and leave you to invent the rest, which is the whole job.
The structure matters more than the form. A quote that says “house wash, $400” gets argued with on the day when the customer thought the roof was included. A quote that says “house wash, 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft, soft wash, siding and trim and gutter exteriors; roof not included; water from your spigot” does not. Our general estimate template for home service businesses covers the document fields; this page is the pressure washing price book that goes in it.
How do you size a pressure washing job from a phone call?
You size a pressure washing job from a phone call by asking for the one measurement each surface prices on: wall square footage for a house, bedrooms and stories as the proxy when they do not know it, car count for a driveway, floor area for a deck, linear feet for a fence, stories for gutters, and a window count for windows. Five questions and a photo get you to a tier on most calls.
| Line | Size | What it looks like |
|---|---|---|
| House Wash up to 1,500 sq ft | up to 1,500 sq ft of wall | A ranch or a small two-story. One crew, about 2 hours. |
| House Wash 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | A typical two-story. Two to three hours. |
| House Wash 2,500+ sq ft | 2,500 sq ft and up | A large two-story or a three-story. Half a day. |
| 2-Car Driveway | 400 to 600 sq ft | A standard two-car pad and the walk to the door. About 2 hours. |
| Deck Wash up to 300 sq ft | up to 300 sq ft | A 12 by 24 deck. Wash only; sealing is its own line. |
Square footage is wall area for house washes and floor area for flatwork and decks. When a homeowner cannot tell you the wall area, a two-story, three-bedroom house is usually in the middle tier, and a photo of the front of the house settles the rest. If you are just starting the business, this table is the first thing to learn by heart. The pressure washing cost guide walks the per-square-foot math behind these tiers if you want to build your own.
What is in the pressure washing price book?
The pressure washing price book below has 57 line items in eight surface sections plus the surcharges that apply to any job. The prices are national starting points, the defaults Service Anchor loads for the trade, with a Yours column for your own number. Adjust up 15 to 25 percent in high-cost metros (California, New York, Seattle) and down 10 to 15 percent in rural markets. A line marked fee stacks on top of a price and is not optional; a line marked upgrade is the customer’s choice.
House wash and soft wash
| Item | Suggested | Yours |
|---|---|---|
| House Wash up to 1500 sq ft | $300 | |
| House Wash 1500-2500 sq ft | $400 | |
| House Wash 2500+ sq ft | $575 | |
| Algae / Mold Treatment Upgrade (upgrade) | $75 | |
| Brick / Stucco Heavy Cleaning (fee) | $100 | |
| Moss Removal Treatment (fee) | $100 |
Roof soft wash
| Item | Suggested | Yours |
|---|---|---|
| Roof Soft Wash up to 1500 sq ft | $400 | |
| Roof Soft Wash 1500+ sq ft | $600 | |
| Heavy Algae / Black Streak Treatment (fee) | $125 | |
| Steep Pitch / Multi-Story Premium (fee) | $100 | |
| Roof Moss Removal Treatment (fee) | $125 |
Concrete flatwork
| Item | Suggested | Yours |
|---|---|---|
| 2-Car Driveway | $250 | |
| 3+ Car Driveway | $350 | |
| Sidewalk / Walkway | $100 | |
| Patio / Pavers / Pool Deck | $225 | |
| Concrete Sealing (upgrade, per sq ft) | $1.50 | |
| Oil Stain Treatment (fee) | $75 | |
| Rust Stain Treatment (fee) | $50 | |
| Gum Removal (fee) | $40 |
Deck and wood surfaces
| Item | Suggested | Yours |
|---|---|---|
| Deck Wash up to 300 sq ft | $200 | |
| Deck Wash 300+ sq ft | $300 | |
| Composite Deck Cleaning | $150 | |
| Wood Sealant / Stain Reapply (upgrade) | $400 |
Fence cleaning
| Item | Suggested | Yours |
|---|---|---|
| Fence Wash: Small Yard (up to 100 ft) | $250 | |
| Fence Wash: Medium Yard (101-200 ft) | $375 | |
| Fence Wash: Large Yard (201-300 ft) | $500 | |
| Wood Fence Wash (per linear ft, whole fence, when it runs past 300 ft) | $2.50 | |
| Vinyl Fence Wash (per linear ft, whole fence, when it runs past 300 ft) | $1.75 | |
| Fence Stain Reapply (upgrade, per linear ft) | $5.00 |
Gutter service
| Item | Suggested | Yours |
|---|---|---|
| Gutter Cleaning: Single-Story Home | $175 | |
| Gutter Cleaning: Two-Story Home | $250 | |
| Gutter Cleaning: Three-Story / Complex Roof | $325 | |
| Gutter Brightening, exterior wash (per linear ft) | $1.00 | |
| Gutter Clearing, debris removal (per linear ft) | $1.25 | |
| Full Gutter Service, brightening plus clearing (per linear ft) | $2.00 |
Window cleaning
| Item | Suggested | Yours |
|---|---|---|
| Interior + Exterior up to 15 windows | $200 | |
| Interior + Exterior 15-25 windows | $300 | |
| Interior + Exterior 25+ windows | $400 | |
| Exterior Only up to 15 windows | $130 | |
| Exterior Only 15-25 windows | $200 | |
| Window Cleaning, custom count (per window) | $10 | |
| Screen Cleaning (upgrade, per screen) | $4 | |
| Hard Water Stain Removal (fee) | $75 |
Commercial
| Item | Suggested | Yours |
|---|---|---|
| Storefront / Small Building Wash | $250 | |
| Multi-Story Building (per floor) | $500 | |
| Parking Lot / Garage | $500 | |
| Dumpster Pad Cleaning | $125 | |
| Drive-Thru Grease Removal | $300 | |
| Commercial Sidewalk Gum Removal | $200 | |
| Truck / Fleet Washing (per vehicle) | $85 | |
| Graffiti Removal (fee) | $200 |
Surcharges and upgrades, any job
| Item | Suggested | Yours |
|---|---|---|
| After-Hours / Weekend Surcharge (fee) | $75 | |
| Out-of-Area / Travel Surcharge (fee) | $50 | |
| Water Access Fee (fee) | $35 | |
| Hot Water Surcharge (fee) | $50 | |
| Difficult Access Surcharge (fee) | $50 | |
| Soft Wash Chemical Upgrade (upgrade) | $40 |
The base tier for each surface sits inside the ranges a 2026 vendor pricing guide publishes for the same work: house washing $250 to $800, driveways $100 to $300, decks $150 to $500, fences $150 to $400 (Housecall Pro, Pressure Washing Pricing Guide, published March 9, 2026). The larger tiers (a three-car driveway at $350, a large-yard fence at $500) run above those ceilings because the guide’s ranges are for typical jobs, not big ones. The starting points are where to start; your market decides where you land.
The same price book inside Service Anchor, loaded at signup: 57 items across 8 job types, each with its starting price and margin. Demo account.
Which fees stack and which are optional?
Five fees can stack on a pressure washing job and are not up to the customer. Three are about the property: a water access fee when there is no usable spigot, a hot water surcharge when grease or heavy grime needs it, and a difficult access surcharge for the roofline, the slope or the fence you cannot get the rig near. Two are about the booking: after-hours and travel. Everything marked upgrade is the customer’s choice, and saying so on the quote is what keeps the add-on from feeling like a trick.
The surface-specific fees work the same way. Brick and stucco take more time and chemical than vinyl, so the heavy cleaning fee stacks on the house wash. Black streaks on a roof are a treatment, not a wash, so they stack on the roof soft wash. Oil, rust and gum on flatwork are each a separate chemical step. None of these is a surprise if it is on the quote and none of them is defensible if it shows up on the invoice first.
The upgrades are where the ticket grows honestly. Sealing a driveway at $1.50 a square foot after cleaning it, re-staining a deck or a fence, an algae treatment on the siding: offer each one as a line the customer can decline, and the quote reads like a menu instead of a bill.
Does your price cover your costs?
Your price covers your costs when it is above the floor from the cost-plus worksheet: price equals variable costs plus overhead allocation, divided by one minus your target margin. The junk removal pricing framework walks the method in full; the same arithmetic runs for a wash. Here it is on three pressure washing jobs, with the assumptions stated.
Assumptions: labor at $22 an hour per worker. That is a working rate above the May 2025 national median of $18.82 an hour for landscaping and groundskeeping workers, a nearby federal wage category for wash crews (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, SOC 37-3011, May 2025). Overhead at $4,200 a month across 60 jobs, or $70 a job. Target margin 45 percent. Crew hours are worker hours: two people for two hours is four.
- A 2,000 square foot vinyl house wash: $8 fuel, $25 chemicals, 4 crew hours at $22 (two workers, two hours: $88). Variable costs $121, plus $70 overhead, divided by 0.55: a floor of about $347. The book says $400, so the starting price clears the floor with $53 to spare.
- A 600 square foot driveway: $6 fuel, $10 chemicals, 2 crew hours ($44). Variable costs $60, plus $70, divided by 0.55: about $236. The book says $250. Thin, which is why driveways get routed with other jobs on the same street.
- An 800 square foot cedar deck, wash and seal: $8 fuel, $60 in sealer and chemicals, 8 crew hours ($176). Variable costs $244, plus $70, divided by 0.55: about $571. The book says $300 for the wash plus $400 for the sealing, $700, so the upgrade is where the margin lives.
If your floor comes out above what your market pays for a job, the answer is routing several jobs on one trip, or a different job, not a lower margin by accident. The spreadsheet in the download does this math with your numbers and flags any quote that lands under the floor.
How do you say the number out loud?
Say what the price covers before the number, because most pushback on a wash quote comes from a customer who thought the roof or the driveway was included, not from the total. Swap in your own numbers from the Yours column.
- “A house wash on a home your size is $400. That is the siding, the trim and the outside of the gutters, soft washed so nothing gets forced up under the siding.”
- “The driveway is $250. If you want it sealed so it stays clean, that is $1.50 a square foot on top, and I’ll measure it while I’m there.”
- “Send me a photo of the front of the house and the driveway and I’ll have a number back in ten minutes.”
- “If there is no outside spigot I can use, there is a $35 water fee. I’d rather tell you now than on the day.”
- “The price I give you is the price. If I find something that changes it, you’ll hear it from me before I start.”
The last line is the one that earns reviews, and the on-my-way and follow-up texts we publish carry the same promise through the day of the job.
What to do next
- Set your market factor first. Around 1.2 for a big-city market, 0.9 for rural, 1.0 if you are not sure. Then write your own price only where you know better.
- Run your most common job through the cost-plus check. It is usually the house wash, and it is usually the price you set first and never moved.
- Quote from the sheet, not from memory. Our ranking of pressure washing software covers the tools that hold a price book like this one. If you want it already loaded, with estimates, jobs and invoices pulling from the same list, see how Service Anchor sets up for pressure washing.
FAQ
How do you write a pressure washing estimate? List each surface with its size tier and method, add the fees that apply to the property (water access, hot water, difficult access), offer upgrades as separate lines the customer can decline, state what is not included, and total it. As a starting point, a mid-size house wash is $400 and a two-car driveway is $250.
How much should I charge for pressure washing a house? As a starting point, $300 for a house under 1,500 square feet of wall area, $400 for 1,500 to 2,500, and $575 above that, with brick, stucco and moss as stacked fees. A 2026 vendor pricing guide puts house washing at $250 to $800 across markets; adjust the starting point 15 to 25 percent up in high-cost metros.
Should pressure washing be priced per square foot or per job? Per job, with the square footage deciding the tier. Customers understand “a two-car driveway is $250” and argue with “$0.50 a square foot.” The exception is sealing, which is a per-square-foot upgrade on top of the wash, and fences past 300 linear feet, which price per foot.
What should a pressure washing quote include? The surfaces and their size tiers, the method for each, the fees that stack for that property, the upgrades offered, the total, the exclusions, the water and access assumptions, and your terms. A quote that says “roof not included” up front does not get argued with on the day.
How do you estimate a pressure washing job over the phone? Ask for the one measurement each surface prices on: wall square footage or bedrooms and stories for the house, car count for the driveway, floor area for the deck, linear feet for the fence, stories for gutters. Then ask for a photo of the front of the house. Five questions and a photo reach a tier on most calls.
Prices on this page are the starting points in the Service Anchor pressure washing price book as of October 2026, the defaults the product loads for the trade. Adjust for your market, and check the cost-plus floor before you quote under one.
Last updated: October 2026. First publish; price book from the Service Anchor pressure washing setup, BLS May 2025 wage data and the Housecall Pro 2026 pricing guide read live on October 2, 2026.
