[Ron Rogers]

Just an idea, my boy is working with me on the windows and was thinking about getting him to knock some doors offering a free gutter check there and then while i carry on with the windows. We have got a harris pole with a camera on the top and a monitor on the bottom so he could show the home owner how much rubbish is in thier gutters and hopefully get some work from it. I think its a good idea what do you think .

[Afterglow Window Cleaners]

Only one way to find out and thats to give it a try...

what make of camera and monitor do you have?

Cheers, Gary

[p1w1]

i did this last winter and it worked well especially with the camera system as the customer gets to see the state of the gutters so already you get a sense of trust from them which really helps you get the job.

[Ron Rogers]

Only one way to find out and thats to give it a try...

what make of camera and monitor do you have?

Cheers, Gary

The camera is a cheap camera my kids had for the computer and the monitor is is one of those ones you have in a car for reversing which i got on ebay for £17.99  i built my gutter vac and fixed them onto it but then decided to fit them to a harris pole as it was easier to handle and show customers the state of their gutters.

ps  please excuse any spelling mistakes its now 3.30  in the morning and i have been playing darts since 5.30 last night and all i have written just looks like one big blur

[Wc Solutions]

We do a half price gutter health check for £5.

Works well as customers then know what if any areas of the gutters need cleaning rather than paying for the whole house if only a certain section needs doing, if the whole house needs doing we refund the health check price.

Brings in around £80 a month on checks then about £150 on cleans as most of the regulars have had it done in the last year

[Crystal-clear]

We do a half price gutter health check for £5.

Works well as customers then know what if any areas of the gutters need cleaning rather than paying for the whole house if only a certain section needs doing, if the whole house needs doing we refund the health check price.

Brings in around £80 a month on checks then about £150 on cleans as most of the regulars have had it done in the last year

thats intresting how man mins doe a heath check take ?

what would you charge for only a small section?

[LBWCS]

We do a half price gutter health check for £5.

Works well as customers then know what if any areas of the gutters need cleaning rather than paying for the whole house if only a certain section needs doing, if the whole house needs doing we refund the health check price.

Brings in around £80 a month on checks then about £150 on cleans as most of the regulars have had it done in the last year

I'm impressed with those figures!do you market?

[Carl@Cwc]

Only one way to find out and thats to give it a try...

what make of camera and monitor do you have?

Cheers, Gary

The camera is a cheap camera my kids had for the computer and the monitor is is one of those ones you have in a car for reversing which i got on ebay for £17.99  i built my gutter vac and fixed them onto it but then decided to fit them to a harris pole as it was easier to handle and show customers the state of their gutters.

are they rechargeable or do u have to carry supply power to them.

ps  please excuse any spelling mistakes its now 3.30  in the morning and i have been playing darts since 5.30 last night and all i have written just looks like one big blur

[Wc Solutions]

We do a half price gutter health check for £5.

Works well as customers then know what if any areas of the gutters need cleaning rather than paying for the whole house if only a certain section needs doing, if the whole house needs doing we refund the health check price.

Brings in around £80 a month on checks then about £150 on cleans as most of the regulars have had it done in the last year

thats intresting how man mins doe a heath check take ?

what would you charge for only a small section?

Takes about 10 mins max to check the gutters and make sure he down pipes haven't dropped a bit which is very common I find.

We would norm charge £25 per side on a norm 3 bed house, so £50 for a whole house if full but a section of say a metre or two is around £5 - £10

[simonr]

great idea this, is there any chance you could explain how to sort a camera & monitor on a pole, could i clip it to my clx???   i do gutters off ladders but showing the customer is a tidy idea

[sham33]

Have any of you encountered blocked downpipes? If you have how do you deal with it?

[Ron Rogers]

great idea this, is there any chance you could explain how to sort a camera & monitor on a pole, could i clip it to my clx???   i do gutters off ladders but showing the customer is a tidy idea

I bought a harris pole and screwed a plate on the top to attach the camera, to the camera had 18 metres of cable with it which is more than enough, i bought a car reversing monitor of ebay £17 .99 if you search for camera monitor on ebay the one i got is the one off buyer n-seven7 £17.99. i fixed this on the bottom of the pole by wrapping a jubilee clip arond the stem. All the leads and sockets come with the camera and monitor so i just connected them up and run them off a 12 volt battery [same one as in my back pack which i carry in a pouch on my belt.

[simonr]

cheers i'll try that next time i feel creative

[Gary f]

Hi very interesting what camera you used was it webcam?  where did you buy it with long cable on.

Cheers

Gary

[Tony Edwards]

great idea this, is there any chance you could explain how to sort a camera & monitor on a pole, could i clip it to my clx???   i do gutters off ladders but showing the customer is a tidy idea

I bought a harris pole and screwed a plate on the top to attach the camera, to the camera had 18 metres of cable with it which is more than enough, i bought a car reversing monitor of ebay £17 .99 if you search for camera monitor on ebay the one i got is the one off buyer n-seven7 £17.99. i fixed this on the bottom of the pole by wrapping a jubilee clip arond the stem. All the leads and sockets come with the camera and monitor so i just connected them up and run them off a 12 volt battery [same one as in my back pack which i carry in a pouch on my belt.

Ron

great idea what camera did you use ?

cheers

[Ron Rogers]

I have changed the camera to a halina home cctv camera which again i had lying around the house so i dont know how much it cost but i know their only cheap and come with 17 mtrs of cable.

[lee_dewing]

Hat off to you Ron this sounds great.

But has anyone tried using big mirror on pole?

Like caravan towing mirror?

Or am I being silly

[rg1]

Hat off to you Ron this sounds great.

But has anyone tried using big mirror on pole?

Like caravan towing mirror?

Or am I being silly

No not being silly, works well on houses but not so good on some commercial as you would need a pair of binoculars to see the mirror.

[David Lingard]

Only one way to find out and thats to give it a try...

what make of camera and monitor do you have?

Cheers, Gary

The camera is a cheap camera my kids had for the computer and the monitor is is one of those ones you have in a car for reversing which i got on ebay for £17.99  i built my gutter vac and fixed them onto it but then decided to fit them to a harris pole as it was easier to handle and show customers the state of their gutters.

are they rechargeable or do u have to carry supply power to them.

ps  please excuse any spelling mistakes its now 3.30  in the morning and i have been playing darts since 5.30 last night and all i have written just looks like one big blur

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