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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Frequently Asked Questions & Useful Resources => Topic started by: Mick_Taylor on November 03, 2003, 10:49:14 am

Title: Gutters
Post by: Mick_Taylor on November 03, 2003, 10:49:14 am

Are there any special tools for doing gutters quickly?

What are the safety aspects to look out for?

What are people charging?

Title: Re: Gutters
Post by: johnny_warrington on November 03, 2003, 12:41:55 pm

we clean about 5-8 gutters aday,most of my time is spent gutter cleaning,things to watch out for
april to october i work by myself the winter months i get one of our window cleaner to hold ladder trust me ive come of twice (scary)
the best bit of kit ive got is using drain rods with a dropend the one i use is quite small a few inches wide brillant if there is conservatories ,you only have to move your ladder once or twice.its saved me about half the time.

Title: Re: Gutters
Post by: Mick_Taylor on November 04, 2003, 10:32:09 am

Thanks for the info-I tried it on my own gutters which were pretty clogged up & it works a treat!!
Presumeablky you have someone at the bottom because the ladder is resting on the gutter & more likely to slip?

Title: Re: Gutters
Post by: johnny_warrington on November 04, 2003, 12:50:03 pm

i never rest on the gutter if possible always try to postion your ladder so that there is no window below just incase the ladder slips if the ladder does slip your will only scrap the brick work

heres me giving advice when ive just broken a window yesterday morning,felt completley stupid it was very windy thats why i advise on two people working in the bad months,not to worry ive a friend whose a glazer,and i went back today to finish cleaning the gutter £25/and i had the cheek to give him a quote for painting,so trying to recover my lose.

Title: Re: Gutters
Post by: Saul Browne on January 18, 2007, 05:38:01 pm

You could get one of them vacuums for gutters.

Title: Re: Gutters
Post by: seanmcshane on January 18, 2007, 08:46:10 pm

Ladder stand offs. Fit quickly and solidly to the top of ladder and allow you to place the head of the ladder 24" away from the wall with a big sideways stand off preventing any sideways movement. Ladder stays off gutters and projects 3-4 rungs above the height of gutters allowing you to work in safety.
This is the one I use and cost £35.00

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/stek67/adj_ladder_2.jpg)

Title: Re: Gutters
Post by: Saul Browne on January 18, 2007, 10:23:27 pm

Where did you find that deep blue sky?!!  We want some!!

Title: Re: Gutters
Post by: a-r window cleanin on January 20, 2007, 06:11:31 pm

I got mine from wick's but there are some also on ebay

Title: Re: Gutters
Post by: martin19842 on January 20, 2007, 06:14:37 pm

hi there

a question is this commercial or domestic gutter cleaning??#

out of interest.

regards

martin

Title: Re: Gutters
Post by: seanmcshane on January 20, 2007, 07:23:56 pm

mine is domestic and I think it is a goldmine ;)