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Trademark WC

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Cleaning the outside of gutters?
« on: January 26, 2006, 10:22:59 am »
Hi all,

I went to price a house today and the guy asked if I could clean the outside of his gutters, they were upvc and had quite alot of black grime on the outside? can you clean this with normal wfp methods? or do you need a special brush head? Also how easy a job is this?

Kind Regards

Rob

Moderator David@stives

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Re: Cleaning the outside of gutters?
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2006, 11:03:08 am »
The only way to find out if wfp would clean the particular gutter .
I use the same brush as i do on the windows

I dont normally have any problems with cleaning them with wfp.
You may not get all the black off but from the ground they will look very good well at least an 100% improvement and the customer will be more than happy.

I charge £25 a side for gutters soffits and facias.

Trademark WC

  • Posts: 81
Re: Cleaning the outside of gutters?
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2006, 03:21:08 pm »
Thanks for your help, I guess all I can do is my best !! :-\ and see what happens.

Thanks

Rob

Grafters Cleaning Services

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Re: Cleaning the outside of gutters?
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2006, 10:29:13 pm »
i do a lot of these jobs myself,
2 tips for you

1, keep a seperate brush and don't use the same one that you use for w/cleaning

2, don't waste your pure water, plug directly into the customers outside tap with your pole, you don't require any power either as the water pressure from the tap is good enough, the brush away keeping the water flow going and it will rinse as you brush.
trust me this works

Jay
JAY "GRAFTERS"
From Southampton
www.high-shine.co.uk

G & M

  • Posts: 513
Re: Cleaning the outside of gutters?
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2006, 10:43:59 pm »
Hi Rob,Jay we have been cleaning the gutters and cladding by hand and they come up very clean, however it takes forever so we have thought about powerwashing them. When you powerwash do the walls etc get dirty with the spray and do you have to wash them down after?
   
            Michael

Grafters Cleaning Services

  • Posts: 1287
Re: Cleaning the outside of gutters?
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2006, 08:09:36 am »
i don't use a power wash, just my wfp brush and pole using tap water, with a bit of scrubbing the dirt comes off
jay
JAY "GRAFTERS"
From Southampton
www.high-shine.co.uk