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Title: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Lee Pryor on November 17, 2009, 08:22:11 pm
due to all the rain last week and over the weekend i decided to call up all the customers due this week and offer them 15% off our list price to have their gutters cleared this week. it took me about 6 hours on the phone over the weekend but ive booked £1500 of it for this week alone, cant waite to jump back on the phone this weekend! ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Steve CM on November 17, 2009, 08:26:45 pm
done 2 today lee. £432.00 ;) been offering all my customers 20% off through november and december and i have booked in about 2.5k's worth so far. got 2 more to quote for. its been pretty good so i may feel the need to extent it through january and february 8)
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Lee Pryor on November 17, 2009, 08:33:14 pm
top draw steve,

i think were underchargin for this, what price would you charge for an average 4 bed detatched with a conservatory? ours is £60.00 on the list price.
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Ste M on November 17, 2009, 08:34:37 pm
ive got a load of conservatory roof cleans to do, just gone mad all of a sudden ;D
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Steve CM on November 17, 2009, 08:35:27 pm
top draw steve,

i think were underchargin for this, what price would you charge for an average 4 bed detatched with a conservatory? ours is £60.00 on the list price.

ring me and i'll tell ya ;D
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: chopsie on November 17, 2009, 08:38:01 pm
are you just clearing the gutters out or cleaning them as well?
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on November 17, 2009, 08:41:10 pm
top draw steve,

i think were underchargin for this, what price would you charge for an average 4 bed detatched with a conservatory? ours is £60.00 on the list price.


£60 - did I read it right?

I charge £5 per metre of guttering, average 3 bed semi with 2 sides, £80-£100


Matt
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: chopsie on November 17, 2009, 08:44:04 pm
matt,do you clean gutters and facia's off ladders,if so how do you get to gutters above conny's and pitched roof extensions?
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on November 17, 2009, 08:50:04 pm
matt,do you clean gutters and facia's off ladders,if so how do you get to gutters above conny's and pitched roof extensions?

Yes I use ladders just for the gutter cleaning.
I have a tool to pull the dirt towards me on the inside of the guttering, and I use a pressure washer with a 24 ft lance.
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: johnmaggy on November 17, 2009, 08:51:11 pm
Be glad to just get one >:(
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: NJ Services on November 17, 2009, 08:52:54 pm
got several to price up now. will be doing it on a ladder tho with the good old trowel and cloths. will be doing 5 a metre like MB i think this is the way forward with gutter cleaning.
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on November 17, 2009, 08:53:13 pm
I have had leaflets gone out about 3/4 weeks ago and I seem to be getting alot of gutter clean jobs at the moment.
I would say we get about 1 gutter clean to every 1-2 window cleans.
Suppose its that time of the year again lol


Matt
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: JSMC on November 17, 2009, 08:54:31 pm
lets see pics of yer tool MB? the one for gutters before ye think of anything else
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on November 17, 2009, 08:56:50 pm
oooh eerr you dirty bugger lol
give me a minute.


Matt
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Window Washers on November 17, 2009, 08:59:04 pm
top draw steve,

i think were underchargin for this, what price would you charge for an average 4 bed detatched with a conservatory? ours is £60.00 on the list price.
Your under charging  ;)

I'm turning work away at the mo and it is killing me  :'(
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: chopsie on November 17, 2009, 08:59:55 pm
I was going to quote for one today and leave it on a note with customers invoice to see if she was interested,but didn't have a clue how i would get to do it over conny and extensions so thought would leave it,they were green and desperate to be done.not forking out on a pressure washer and all extra kit because i only just started,infact first cleans (x3) was today.took me 2 hours to do first place,for 10 quid,I really need to get faster!!! It was first job i got and as soon as i walked away i knew it should of been £12-£14,But i got to start somewhere,should be easier now first one out the way
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on November 17, 2009, 09:05:57 pm
Here it is.
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on November 17, 2009, 09:08:59 pm
Here's the pressure washer and lance in action.
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: chopsie on November 17, 2009, 09:12:28 pm
don't the windows and walls get totally caked up with a pressure washer?
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Ste M on November 17, 2009, 09:12:45 pm
how does that work then matt?
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on November 17, 2009, 09:13:24 pm
and the outsides.
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on November 17, 2009, 09:16:02 pm
don't the windows and walls get totally caked up with a pressure washer?


Not really, I wash the windows and frames as part of the gutter clean anyway.
99% of the dirt is removed with the scraper, I just go up the ladders and empty the contents of the gutter in to a bucket. then flush the guttering out and jet wash the outsides.


Matt
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: chopsie on November 17, 2009, 09:16:17 pm
could'nt see owt on the first pic because of the dazzle of back of your head.  :P
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: JSMC on November 17, 2009, 09:18:21 pm
i'm waiting on lance plus gutter tool arriving hopefully end of month. That attachment you made MB looks rather small. i used drain rods with attachment for cleaning inside the pipes
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Jonathan Spencer on November 17, 2009, 09:20:05 pm
What pressure washer is it?  Just your normal run of the mill Karcher?
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on November 17, 2009, 09:21:15 pm
i'm waiting on lance plus gutter tool arriving hopefully end of month. That attachment you made MB looks rather small. i used drain rods with attachment for cleaning inside the pipes

I bought it, the reason its that size is the fact that some roof tiles overlap the guttering more than others so a larger one may not fit into the guttering.


Matt
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Ste M on November 17, 2009, 09:23:42 pm
where did you get it from matt? how does it work?
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on November 17, 2009, 09:24:48 pm
What pressure washer is it?  Just your normal run of the mill Karcher?

Its the one in the back of my van here, think its a lancin 2900 psi 5.5hp
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on November 17, 2009, 09:26:06 pm
where did you get it from matt? how does it work?

I bought it from polarbrite, it connects to either an unger thread type extension pole or a WFP.
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on November 17, 2009, 09:28:04 pm
where did you get it from matt? how does it work?


Did you mean the Lance or the scraper?
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Ste M on November 17, 2009, 09:28:58 pm
lance, sorry mate
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on November 17, 2009, 09:31:27 pm
I bought the lance from Craig at polar brite. about £150-£160 i think.
you just screw the high pressure hose on the trigger of the lance and away you go.
My next gutter job I will make a video.
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: JSMC on November 17, 2009, 09:35:27 pm
northerntool uk sell the lance plus cleaning spot
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Sean Dyer on November 17, 2009, 09:49:56 pm
top draw steve,

i think were underchargin for this, what price would you charge for an average 4 bed detatched with a conservatory? ours is £60.00 on the list price.

wow no wonder you got so much work

i charge around £75 for 3 bed no con up here in manchester

i supose for cusotmers would be abit cheaper but not much
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Mike55 on November 17, 2009, 10:28:55 pm
Guys are these prices for clearing out the gutters only or for a clear out and outside clean of them?
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: drive surgeon on November 17, 2009, 10:36:23 pm
how much do you charge just for clearing out the gutters either by ladder or vacuum?  most of the gutters by me are not pvc so they dont need washing outside???
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on November 17, 2009, 10:40:49 pm
I charge £5 per metre full stop, if they dont want their fascias and soffits cleaned its still £5 per metre.
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Ste M on November 17, 2009, 10:43:21 pm
i priced a job up yesterday, i told the fella 65 and he said if you make it 70 youve got it, haha my customers love me haha, ;D ;D first time that has happened to me.
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Window Washers on November 18, 2009, 07:24:24 am
i priced a job up yesterday, i told the fella 65 and he said if you make it 70 youve got it, haha my customers love me haha, ;D ;D first time that has happened to me.
Classic
Love it when that happens,
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Sean Dyer on November 18, 2009, 09:09:03 am
a dyslexic custy how nice lol

i have one that puts her own price rise on sometimes £2 sometimes £5 on a ten quid house - nice
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: david thomas on November 18, 2009, 01:25:28 pm
only fools & horses (trigger)
Title: Re: now is the time to push your gutter clearing
Post by: Steve CM on November 18, 2009, 01:33:02 pm
only fools & horses (trigger)

thats the way ta do business Dave!  ;D ;D

classic ;)