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It's great to get familiar with ones' OWN load is a perfect point that this post makes... I see you face your issues with lice during summer and at my location winter time is when the load is "heaviest". According to my vet, aside from it not freezing in our area which effects some things like...

Lice can live OFF the host for two weeks. I have dust bathing areas... not all birds bathe the same or have the same preening habits. When they roost right next to each other or have a rooster mating many... things like this spread very easily. I have ZERO illness or deformities in my flock...

My advice is lay off the power washing... lice like it clean. Keep it simple as the permethrin is VERY effective when used correctly... which does NOT require a dipping... Just a SMALL spritz right below the vent, under each wing pit, and to the nape of the neck at the back base of the head...