[boldy1304]

as above always been asked to clean gutters buy my window custys but rarly clear them out as i dont do ladders anymore at all. have blasted some with my extended power wash lance but see it as a waste of time as it lands on the roof and washes back in. are they any good they look good but i dont know anyone who has one i would prob go for the easten trading one if i did. any feed back on these would be great thanks guys.

[groundhog]

I hired one for a very big job I picked up, and to be honest I hated it!! I did use it on some parts of the guttering which were too high for a ladder, but ended up doing the rest of the building off of my ladders as it was far quicker and a lot easier!!!

[boldy1304]

Hello,

What kit did you use and what were the problems? We've just done a job, been on site for 2.5 hours and earned £350.00 with one of our vac systems. Our average job is £462.00 and those jobs never take more than 6-9 hours to complete (our average price is £1.75 per metre).

hi what system have you got please and would you say between brackets is normaly a metre or do you measure it thanks john.

[wpclean]

Hello,

We manufacture our own systems www.guttercleaningsystems.co.uk  The price per metre really depends on what type of work you are doing. Our price per metre is low because we concentrate on large jobs schools, large industrial sites and old people complexs to name a few and these jobs are usually hundreds of metres (we measure them with a measuring wheel). If you're mainly doing domestic you're looking at about £3 per metre. To give you an example we cleaned a house and next door the window cleaner was doing the windows on an identical house, we took 5 minutes longer to clean all the gutters than the window cleaner did to clean the windows, we got £55 for the gutters, he got £9 for the windows.

How do you advertise the gutter cleaning service ?

[Craig 72]

I've done half a dozen gutter cleans over the last year or so with ladders.The problem that seems to me with guttervacs is that with almost every job the tiles came down too close to the gutters in areas of the property.I could barely get me fingers into the gutters in some cases so I don't know for the life of me how I would get a vacuum in there.I like the idea of a vac,if there was enough work for me to justifty one,but things like this put me off.Gutter work does seem like an excellent earner I must admit but I think I'll stick with the old fashioned method for now.£462 for an average job sounds great though,can't argue with that for a days work.I'm surprised that people are prepared to pay that kind of money.I charged £150 for a largish house a while back.Took me a morning and I was pretty happy with that.I was half expecting them to tell me to sling my hook when I told them the quote.

[boldy1304]

Hello,

We manufacture our own systems www.guttercleaningsystems.co.uk  The price per metre really depends on what type of work you are doing. Our price per metre is low because we concentrate on large jobs schools, large industrial sites and old people complexs to name a few and these jobs are usually hundreds of metres (we measure them with a measuring wheel). If you're mainly doing domestic you're looking at about £3 per metre. To give you an example we cleaned a house and next door the window cleaner was doing the windows on an identical house, we took 5 minutes longer to clean all the gutters than the window cleaner did to clean the windows, we got £55 for the gutters, he got £9 for the windows.

was that to ust empty the crap from the gutters or to clean them outside aswell thanks john.

[baxey cleaning]

dont get one i have one and sold it after 4week thay are too big too much messing around and clean it out is a job it self my one was the ionic guttervac

[richyp]

nick, how do u rate your product and how much is the cctv equiptment as an add on..

richy

[richyp]

we do all ours by hand and heard it took 30 minutes to set up equiptment. is this true?

richy

[Nick Day]

30 minutes Blimey!!!!!!!!

Here's a video of us putting the poles together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O13rQm64D34

You'll see the timing at the bottom. Allow a couple of minutes for getting the equipment out of the van and there you have it.

[boldy1304]

the problem i got is now this isnt me starting a ladders war but ive just been on a working at height HSE course and cutting it short if you have a accident useing ladders when a risk assesment would have told you there is a safer method of doing the job the HSE CAN AND WILL prosecute you and in some cases the customer as they have a duty of care this is why i am ditching ladders all together im not agaist them just trying to do things right

[boldy1304]

30 minutes Blimey!!!!!!!!

Here's a video of us putting the poles together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O13rQm64D34

You'll see the timing at the bottom. Allow a couple of minutes for getting the equipment out of the van and there you have it.

32 seconds thats good

[richyp]

I am impressed, so how much are your systems then, and would u buy generator or use customers ring main??

Richy

[windiewasher]

I've just bought a bargain guttervac from polarbrite the small one and  its better than the eastern one.
Only 1200 watts and does a better job than the 3000 watt eastern one and is so light its a delight to use I recommend to everyone to call Craig and ask him about it.

[boldy1304]

I've just bought a bargain guttervac from polarbrite the small one and  its better than the eastern one.
Only 1200 watts and does a better job than the 3000 watt eastern one and is so light its a delight to use I recommend to everyone to call Craig and ask him about it.

sounds good do they have a website please thanks john.

[boldy1304]

Hello,

If you go to our website www.guttercleaningsystems.co.uk you will see a selection of kits, remember that when you buy our kits you get poles as well.
You don't have to risk your valuable window cleaning poles.
We have tested them all on lots of jobs, and they all work very well.
We always take a generator for convenience, but we do now that some operators plug in to their customers ring main.
The great thing about this system is that as well as earning very good money, you can now do over conservatories and extensions.

i like the look of the 3600watt one i gonna start saving as i think its the way to go £250 more for this one but ive not herd anything good about the eastern trading one

[windiewasher]

www.polarbrite.co.uk
they are selling it on ebay for £220 with everything you need!
its a excellent bit of kit and have found craig so easy to deal with and always very helpfull.
i ordered last tuesday at 4pm and had it on the wednesday at 1pm.
you can't get better service than that!

I've just bought a bargain guttervac from polarbrite the small one and  its better than the eastern one.
Only 1200 watts and does a better job than the 3000 watt eastern one and is so light its a delight to use I recommend to everyone to call Craig and ask him about it.

sounds good do they have a website please thanks john.

[boldy1304]

www.polarbrite.co.uk
they are selling it on ebay for £220 with everything you need!
its a excellent bit of kit and have found craig so easy to deal with and always very helpfull.
i ordered last tuesday at 4pm and had it on the wednesday at 1pm.
you can't get better service than that!

I've just bought a bargain guttervac from polarbrite the small one and  its better than the eastern one.
Only 1200 watts and does a better job than the 3000 watt eastern one and is so light its a delight to use I recommend to everyone to call Craig and ask him about it.

sounds good do they have a website please thanks john.

so how and is it easy to fit on to your wfp

[windiewasher]

takes seconds m8!
id suggest getting a harris pole like i have and stick a angle adaptor on it.Then its attached all the time and ready to use,20 seconds to get out the van pull the pole up and suck away its perfect m8!
 £220!
 Best £220 you will spend!

[boldy1304]

takes seconds m8!
id suggest getting a harris pole like i have and stick a angle adaptor on it.Then its attached all the time and ready to use,20 seconds to get out the van pull the pole up and suck away its perfect m8!
 £220!
 Best £220 you will spend!

just asked a question on e bay there reply was this .....these fit onto the plastic angled thread on unger , varitech or any other pole using these. ....... i use the extel poles from pure freedem with the black angle adapter on it is that the one it fits too as i havnt got a clue thanks john.