Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: mick hay on September 25, 2009, 06:48:04 pm
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Just getting some ideas for something here, for someone emptying gutters on say a 3 bed semi, so gutters front and back,......how long would it take doing it off ladders?....average?
Saying theres no trees etc growing out of them.
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if your cleaning the facias should be no longer then 30 mins
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No, this is just literally, emptying the gutters.
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Just getting some ideas for something here, for someone emptying gutters on say a 3 bed semi, so gutters front and back,......how long would it take doing it off ladders?....average?
Saying theres no trees etc growing out of them.
15 min front and 15 back
thats using a pole to drag / push everything to 1 side, it extends your reach a fair bit
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Cheers Matt....what type of pole....attachments do you use?
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Cheers Matt....what type of pole....attachments do you use?
if i am climbing the ladder and pushing / dragging it from the ladder i use my RT zensorflex pole and this
(http://www.wintecs.co.uk/catalog/images/PA100243.JPG)
http://www.wintecs.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=347
if i do it from the ground, drag it along to the 1 point and 1 ladder climb, i used a unger ali pole and a angle adaptor and the same tool
it works well for me, though i dont particularly like doing them as i have more than enough window cleaning work and it just means i fall further behind
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thanks for that matt, one last question...what wold you charge for 3 bed semi with 2 lengths?
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£20-25/length
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20 to 25 a side will this be only removing the krud not cleaing the outside of the gutters
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thanks for that matt, one last question...what wold you charge for 3 bed semi with 2 lengths?
50 - 60 quid for me, as i said, i dont really want the work, so i allways price well ;)
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Thanks lads, all the info i need for my cunning plan..lol
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20 to 25 a side will this be only removing the krud not cleaing the outside of the gutters
the inside only
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you honestly get gutter cleaning work at them prices????? where do you work? i charge £7.50 for a 2/3 bed with 2 gutters and £10 for 3 gutters. I still make over £20 an hour so im happy
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whopee ::)
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whopee ::)
I was asking a genuine question. not being a smart arse ::)
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Hi Mick
I use the same scoop as Matt on a Harris Pole (B&Q). Normally only need to place the ladder in the centre of property and away you go. Charge around £25 per side. But more if it looks a bit awkward. Would also recommend a Stand Off if you are getting brave ;D
Whats the cunning plan then Baldric ;D
Wayne
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I will not work for those prices we are busnesses I am not employed i would like a hourly amount and a profit amount therefore at least £3.5 a metre for Krud and I do not rush myself. Done one last week 2 X 5 metre at35 pounds a side and 2 £ to clean guttter out side and facia board per metre that can to 90£ and 10£ fer windows Paid no probs.Thsi is not a rich area.So There is only two types of Business the type we want and the type do not needs.
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whopee ::)
I was asking a genuine question. not being a smart arse ::)
think differently when doing gutter work. it's not a regular service like cleaning windows. and also you are often working at a much higher level. often times ladder will be on plastic guttering which can slip. gutter cleaning/clearing is a premium service and should be priced as such, get a builder out to do it and he'd want £50 just for going up a ladder.
what do you do when you get up to the gutter and find that its full to the top and compacted down and smelly, and your hands are bleeding because the of the overhang of the slates? of course it's upto you what you earn, but for £7.50.......
i'd rather just do the glass.
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Ste M,
The prices you mention are not okay because this is one off, not repeat work. The prices of £20 a side will bring you roughly into line with regular wc work once you have quoted etc.
This is not pleasant work, and you have to climb a ladder to do it.I'd like two like you and then i'd sit at home all day.
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ye i see your point EZ, before cleaning my customers gutters i usually put my hand in to check it out so i have an idea of how bad they are. If they are jam packed then i would charge more but most of my customers get them done regulary so they are usually only slightly dirty. I do know that if i qouted 20-30 then the ywould say no, i only really do the gutters when i have a few spare days with nothing on, better to earn something than nothing ;D
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it's the same price for a full gutter or an empty one with a piece of broken slate.
i certainly dont go up to the gutter and 'check it'. (a free survey!!!!)
they either want them cleaning or not.
your customers will baulk at the price of £25/side because they are used to paying £7.50.... no offence bud but thats your fault ;)
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it's the same price for a full gutter or an empty one with a piece of broken slate.
i certainly dont go up to the gutter and 'check it'. (a free survey!!!!)
they either want them cleaning or not.
your customers will baulk at the price of £25/side because they are used to paying £7.50.... no offence bud but thats your fault ;)
tennis ball in the out let is the best £50 quid ive earned for a long time lol