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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: newquay2010 on July 26, 2010, 03:55:39 pm

Title: gutter clean
Post by: newquay2010 on July 26, 2010, 03:55:39 pm

hi guys, whats the best way to clean the outside of a gutter? Don't have wfp system (yet) so wondered how everyone else does em without wfp? Cheers. :-)

Title: Re: gutter clean
Post by: Smudger on July 26, 2010, 04:21:49 pm

sponge and bucket of water was how i started out - got very wet arms.

Darran

Title: Re: gutter clean
Post by: newquay2010 on July 26, 2010, 04:24:59 pm

do they come up ok? He only has gutter on front and back nothing on the side. Prob in total bout 30 foot of guttering so wondering what to charge too! Cheers, chris

Title: Re: gutter clean
Post by: woody1 on July 26, 2010, 04:26:17 pm

Use a ladder with a ladder stand off makes it easier bucket off water with some multi purpose cleaner
take your wet rag up and wipe clean then dry off with a cloth, scrim

 

Title: Re: gutter clean
Post by: woody1 on July 26, 2010, 04:27:43 pm

they will come up great i would charge beetween £50 - £60

Title: Re: gutter clean
Post by: newquay2010 on July 26, 2010, 04:31:33 pm

cool thanks for that info. Was thinking 50 with his windows thrown in as i'll prob get em bit dirty. :-)

Title: Re: gutter clean
Post by: Smudger on July 26, 2010, 07:11:37 pm

charge your normal for windows! so £50 + whatever the reg clean is.

don't give it away.

Darran

Title: Re: gutter clean
Post by: newquay2010 on July 26, 2010, 09:34:10 pm

what prices do you guys charge for cleaning gutters?

Title: Re: gutter clean
Post by: Dick on July 27, 2010, 02:13:58 pm

I use a small car sponge one side has a nylon scrubber, (Wilkinsons bug shifter) and soapy water, then dry off. £20-£25 each front and back.

Title: Re: gutter clean
Post by: S.A.J on July 27, 2010, 03:08:04 pm

Quote from: newquay2010 on July 26, 2010, 04:24:59 pm

do they come up ok? He only has gutter on front and back nothing on the side. Prob in total bout 30 foot of guttering so wondering what to charge too! Cheers, chris

I would charge £60 for this and if they did not have too many windows I would clean the windows free of charge.

For £60 I would expect to be there for no more than 90min MAX

(I’m WFP)

Cheers

Stuart

Title: Re: gutter clean
Post by: Bobs Window Cleaning on July 27, 2010, 04:03:58 pm

£60 and would hope it dont take longer than 60 mins.

Bob

Title: Re: gutter clean
Post by: darren clarke on July 27, 2010, 04:55:21 pm

where the job newquay, as i use a lance very easy

Title: Re: gutter clean
Post by: Ian101 on July 28, 2010, 06:01:14 am

Hows that canvassing going M8 ????

Title: Re: gutter clean
Post by: LWC on July 28, 2010, 10:57:14 am

Make up a water fed pole, depending on high it is a harris pole would reach most house gutters.

Get a normal garden hose and plug it into their outside tap (if they have one)

Harris pole £15, Bentley brush from aldis £1.77, lenght of hose 6mm hose £5? A fitting, second one down would do http://www.cleaningspot.co.uk/acatalog/microbore_fittings.html £2.45, couple of jets and a Y peice ... costs about £30 to make the pole up but once you got it, you got it, £30, and just plug it into their taps, could do all sorts with it, wash gutters, fascias conserv roofs etc etc.

Sound a bit confusing but it really isnt, ask me anything if you need to. And check out windowwashers video on youtube, hes a bit gay but hes ok really

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q8HhgHcz0M