Pressure washing schedule spreadsheet: a template and its limits
Updated October 26, 2026 · For pressure washing and soft wash crews
Most pressure washing and soft wash businesses schedule in a spreadsheet at some point. One tab per week, a row per job, columns for address, price and crew. It is free, flexible and easy to share.
The weak spots show up on the days that matter: a rain day that pushes six jobs, a crew lead who can’t edit the sheet from a phone, and a column of prices nobody marked paid. Here is a layout that survives a season, and when to use a route board instead.
Columns to keep
- Day and route (or crew).
- Stop order and a rough ETA.
- Address and job type: driveway, house wash, roof, storefront.
- Price and the customer’s email or phone.
- Status: queued, on the way, done, weather hold.
- Paid: the date, or blank.
Rules that keep the sheet usable
- Never delete a rained-out job; mark it weather hold so it is still there when you rebuild the week.
- Sort each day by stop order before the crew leaves.
- Fill in Paid the same day the money lands.
- Keep one version. Crews looking at a screenshot from Monday will drive to the wrong stop on Wednesday.
Spreadsheet vs WashRounds
- Routes
- Spreadsheet A tab per day or crew
- WashRounds Named routes with a day and a crew, active or paused
- Stops
- Spreadsheet Rows you reorder
- WashRounds Address, job type, ETA, price and customer email on every stop
- On the job
- Spreadsheet Someone updates it later
- WashRounds Crews tap a stop from queued to on the way to done (staff logins on Route fleet)
- Rain
- Spreadsheet Cut and paste rows
- WashRounds Weather hold keeps the stop until you reschedule it
- Getting paid
- Spreadsheet Text your payment link
- WashRounds Each priced stop has a payment page; email it when the job is done
- Unpaid jobs
- Spreadsheet Filter the blank column
- WashRounds Paid and unpaid at a glance
- Cost
- Spreadsheet Free
- WashRounds $55/mo Crew, $129/mo with staff logins
| Spreadsheet | WashRounds | |
|---|---|---|
| Routes | A tab per day or crew | Named routes with a day and a crew, active or paused |
| Stops | Rows you reorder | Address, job type, ETA, price and customer email on every stop |
| On the job | Someone updates it later | Crews tap a stop from queued to on the way to done (staff logins on Route fleet) |
| Rain | Cut and paste rows | Weather hold keeps the stop until you reschedule it |
| Getting paid | Text your payment link | Each priced stop has a payment page; email it when the job is done |
| Unpaid jobs | Filter the blank column | Paid and unpaid at a glance |
| Cost | Free | $55/mo Crew, $129/mo with staff logins |
When the spreadsheet is fine
A one-truck operation where the owner does every job and gets paid on the spot can run on a sheet for years. Move when a second crew goes out, when weather reshuffles are eating your evenings, or when unpaid jobs are piling up between the job and the invoice.
Common questions
- Does WashRounds optimize the route order?
- No. You set the stop order and ETA yourself; WashRounds keeps the route, the status of each stop and the payments in one place.
- Can I import my current schedule?
- Yes. Export your sheet as CSV and import it from the stops list. Everything exports back to CSV too.