[michael papworth]

Here's an American approach to cleaning gutters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXosPm8xNfw&feature=player_embedded

[stephen s]

very boring   and the yank just threw that bottle the chemical was in away in the street

[mistersqueegee]

Micah is a friend of mine and it was thrown down in the driveway. He reuses the same bottle for the next job.

[stephen s]

looked like he threw it away,  and it was still very boring

[RO-Sheen]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.................

[mistersqueegee]

looked like he threw it away,  and it was still very boring

Out of curiosity, do you do gutter work?

[stephen s]

yes I do lots and I just use hot WFP very quick compared to that vid

[mistersqueegee]

I might be mistaken but don't you have mostly PVC gutter? The one in the vid is aluminum and gets a problem called electrostatic bonding. Even hot wfp won't help on the more embedded stuff.

[stephen s]

your right we do have mostly pvc but have also done the old type and same result mate,  with hot WFP it comes up clean

[jonnyald]

ive never seen a gutter shaped liked that momma .  here 99%are  "U" Shape profile made of pvc . they are never painted .  some very  old house gutters are made of galvanized steel or cast iron

[Ravensford]

Whilst the majority of guttering over here is the half-round profile the one in the video is still very common. It's called Ogee profile.

The guttering & downpipe system is aluminium seamless hence the fan shaped creases at the top of the downpipe. Whilst aluminium seamless is not quite so common there is an increasing amount being installed.

Don't know about electrostatic bonding but my parents have it installed in a white colour & it comes up fine with cold wfp.

[paul beckett]

whats the chemical he uses in the water ?, and how good is it on pvc ? if it alright  ,  can you get it over here  ?

[drwindows]

borrrring

IMO the yanks cant teach us anything.  We're years ahead of em.  They only just realised that WFP is a good idea lol

And whats this brush-rinse-with-hose, brush-then rinse with hose business?  I often do fascias and gutters (outside of, never inside) with hot water WFP and it works much better and faster than this.  Not to mention is easier than he is doing it!

Silly americans.

[mistersqueegee]

Respectfully fellas I have to disagree. I don't believe you are dealing w/ the same types of gutters and staining issues that we see here. I doubt that a hot WFP would take care of the electrostatic bonding stains I run into a lot.
Of course you could always do a video to show me I'm wrong.

[matt]

Silly americans.

you really are something  :

[jeff1]

He's done the external guttering exactly the same way some Brits do it apart from rinsing with a hose at the end but I'm sure some have done it the same and so long as the customer is happy then I can't see a problem what way its done and the guy's feet are firmly on the ground..

[matt]

borrrring

IMO the yanks cant teach us anything.  We're years ahead of em.  They only just realised that WFP is a good idea lol

oh yes, they dont know a thing about it, oh hang on, where did WFP come from ? ? ?

or didnt they teach you that at WFP school, i wonder if they said they invented it  : :

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[drwindows]

matt, yes WFP may have originated in the USA with tucker etc, but they never emraced it properly or saw its potential.  If you just look at american window cleaner magazine, they are still not convinced about it, and see it as a tool to be used every now and then for the odd awkward window.

[mistersqueegee]

More and more wcers over here are using WFP everyday. You need to remember that our cleaning frequency is much less frequent than yours. This makes the frequency of flawed results much higher. I have read a number of post on this site and other UK based forums of wcers sticking w/ trad methods because of poor results (I know this is due to user error or unique window conditions) so it seems there may be more in common than we may want to admit.

[matt]

matt, yes WFP may have originated in the USA with tucker etc, but they never emraced it properly or saw its potential.  If you just look at american window cleaner magazine, they are still not convinced about it, and see it as a tool to be used every now and then for the odd awkward window.

it could be because they have to take screens off and they only clean them every 6 months plus, and we all know with first cleans WFP isnt the best