[Nick Day]

Hello,

 We've had many people ask us whether the 1400 watt vacs will handle weeds, mud and moss in the gutters. So we've done a video showing the 1400 watt vac clearing a gutter full of weeds, mud and moss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZBxLHC9YoU

[colin purewater]

looks good nick,
did you use the karcher 48 for that job mate?

many thanks

colin

[GB Window Cleaning]

brilliant i love videos!

more windys show start doing technique video's, im gonna do one next!

i cant believe ive only just though about it!   1 video is worth a 1 million words i recon!

thank very very much!!!

[S.A.J]

I like that, might look into one of those for next year

[Nick Day]

Hello

 No, we used the Clarke 20, we use the smallest one to show the capabilities of the system.

[colin purewater]

justed looked at you site i see all the prices have gone up

[Nick Day]

Hello,

We have now added an extra pole and are now adding three extra heads.

You can have the older deal if you wish, but you really do need the extra pole , and combined with the  heads it is very good good value.

[CLEANCARE WC]

not being funny but thats not a fair test, all your promo vids are done on that same gutter so you obviously put the debris in yourself. so it still doesnt show it tackling really rooted in turf etc you could see it was loose.

[A@R WINDOWCLEANING]

I bought a clarke 30 from nick 2 months ago works very well with moss and weeds ,i done 1 last week and it sucked out a bit of grass that was like carpet about 8 inches long and 1inch thick ,it sucked it out in 3 sections no problem.great piece of kit

[Ben Peters]

i was looking into one of these myself a few months back after doing a few gutter cleans and am yet to be convinced the vac could suck away tightly compacted moss, weeds, flower rots thats been sitting for a year or more, maybe a new video of proper gutters needing cleaning would prove its up to the job...

other wise its up the ladders we go!

[Nameless Drudge]

Show me a real scenario,not staged as in this video. There are different video`s on you tube of the same stretch of guttering with a different type of muck in.So you have to be putting the muck up there prior to removing it .I`ve only done 4 gutter jobs this year and a guttervac would have been totally useless each time along with the majority of all gutter jobs i`ve ever done.I`d say that sometimes they could be a handy accessory for a job or parts of it but due to the cost of purchase and then on-site running it would probably be far more economical to refuse the jobs on which you might need it.Now to be perfectly clear i currently only work on domestic properties and can see the benefits for higher/larger commercial guttering though i suspect a cherry picker/scaffolding would be the way to ensure a better result.Anyone wanting to work domestic houses with one of these is going to get a rude awakening. If you dont want to get up a ladder then dont think you can do gutter work.

[Nameless Drudge]

Just remembered i did a commercial job at the beginning of the year,6 inch wide gutter about 8 inches deep,40ft long both sides and completely waterlogged with a root system in it that needed garden shears and a hacksaw several times.Now if i`d had a guttervac with me i would definitely have lost the will to live.

[Nick Day]

Hello Sean,
No disrespects but the only person in for the rude awakening is all you guys cleaning gutters from ladders.
The H.S.E have made it very clear, if you fall from a ladder and live you could be prosecuted, if you fall on some body and injure them you could face imprisonment, your customer could also be prosecuted.
We have yet to attend a job (yes we do actually clean gutters) and be defeated with our kits. We have removed weeds long 20' weighing 20kg with our weedhook and then quickly vacuumed the rest of the gutter.
We have cleaned 1000's of metres of social housing, care homes, private schools, landlords housing and have yet to encounter a job our kits could not handle.
I feel it is important to point out, we are gutter cleaners manufacturing and selling kits, not cleaning machinery people selling kits they think can clean gutters.
We have hundreds of before and after pictures of gutters that we have taken to submit as reports for clients, everybody is more than welcome to see them.
It is in nobodys interest, especially ours, to make unsubstantiated claims that we can not back up, and any body is more than welcome to have a demonstration of any of our kits.

[Dave Willis]

Can the vacs and parts be purchased separately? I don't need the poles but could do with the vac and a mirror.
Have you modified the inlets at all on the machines from 38 to 50mm and have you overcome the problem of inlet blocking inside the drum due to the ninety degree change in direction?
Your competitors overcome this by altering the angle of the inlet pipe (and giving it a fancy name) basically to allow a free flow of crud into the drum.

[boshravie]

Here is one of Nicks nice gutter vac machine , we love it 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH4mZJoio5g

[Nameless Drudge]

Hello Nick,i can see the potential.If i was perhaps more into general property upkeep and maintenance i`m sure i would think this a necessary bit of kit and my money would heading your way as i get the feel you" know your machines" so to speak. Was tempted to say onions but theres a bloke on here that may be affected by the word"onions".
      Seriously though its maybe time i raised my game and started seeking commercial and varied work as domestic bread and butter poses no challenge anymore.

See whats happened,i`m psyching myself up to justify buying one now.
               

[JUST GUTTERS]

hydrophly...check out b&q they a cracking wet vac pretty cheap with 50mm inlet

[Dave Willis]

Can the vacs and parts be purchased separately? I don't need the poles but could do with the vac and a mirror.
Have you modified the inlets at all on the machines from 38 to 50mm and have you overcome the problem of inlet blocking inside the drum due to the ninety degree change in direction?
Your competitors overcome this by altering the angle of the inlet pipe (and giving it a fancy name) basically to allow a free flow of crud into the drum.

Don't bother to answer I'm in no hurry   i've gone through your back posts and it would seem you fit 51mm inlets of some kind to your vacs. I normally use 38mm 'cos my poles are Superlights However I would like a more manageable machine to keep in the van rather than the Chinese monster I have and certainly have no intention of wasting £500+ on an Issa 3200W machine that simply falls apart.
Do you have a reducer so that there is the option of going to 51mm and back to 38mm if required?

[Dave Willis]

Betterclean thanks I'll investigate.

[matthewprice]

i think to save all this confusion,you would be best to send me one to test on some real life gutters ,and icould video and post an impartial result