[russ_clark]

drive surgeon - can you drop me your email please
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Russ

[*Derek*]

I'd be very careful empting the water on streets. They'd class that as littering.. I do it the odd time but have look around first 

[Chris Galloway]

sludge from block paving is just sand, weeds and moss which is all natural stuff so how can they do you for carrying that? its just crazy.

You need a waste license to remove garden waste if you are a commercial operation. If your a private resident doing it yourself then you dont.

Which is why i said be careful (regarding emptying of the vac), and try to do it on private residence where people cant see it.

[ftp]

doyou have another pole for the spike?  i might not get a camera i might just use the wing mirror someone else was using, he said it works a treat/

Yes, you will need another pole for a spike. I use a glassfibre wfp. The spike is going to be needed too you won't do many gutters without it. People will phone for a gutter clean usually when things are bad. Most of your work will be clearing moss, grass and plants. I had a brilliant one today - just leaves.

I think you can get a spike for a pressure washing lance that you already have?

[drive surgeon]

sound ftp i will look for a spike. im hoping for jobs too with not much in gutters. do you blow the leaves out or just suck them all out?  do big leaves suck up?

[ftp]

All suck, trouble is a lot of the gutters look fine from ground level but are half to three quarters full of silt and moss. I did one today and after raking it with a spike i sucked the debris up. A lot of it clung to the insides of the poles and hose, you know this straight away as everything seems to double in weight. When this happens it's handy to suck a bucket of water through to clear the pipes.

[drive surgeon]

do you find it hard tiring work?

[ftp]

No i find it easy! The hard bit is when people want the outsides washed along with fascias and soffits - that's what i find knackering! I could vacuum all day i don't find it much worse than wfp'ing windows to be honest. I have heard the aluminium powerpole can be a little heavy and when it clogs i should imagine it would weigh a ton. Superlight sections are just that - Superlight!

[drive surgeon]

sounds great, i know what you mean about washing the outside of the gutter too as it means setting up a pressure washer too!  does it make a mess of the outside of the gutters?

[*Derek*]

sounds great, i know what you mean about washing the outside of the gutter too as it means setting up a pressure washer too!  does it make a mess of the outside of the gutters?

No it cleans them..

[drive surgeon]

getting my kit together ready for next year,  wont go for the omni vac as too dear, just need a cheaper system to do a few gutters for extra money, if it takes off then maybe get omnivac in future.

[drive surgeon]

iknow what you mean kev mate,  its just my main work is pressure washing so just wanted gutter cleaning to keep me busy in the winter so wanted to get a cheap system, do you think i should invest in omnivac for domestic houses, i need to start domestic to learn the trade like with pressure washing, what kit do you think i should get to start??  thanks

[ftp]

Funny thing is, there are also guys who spend thousands on wfp systems from big suppliers and some that will pay £15000 for a franchise (near me) with no van and no work to chase £10 windowcleaning jobs.
It's really up to you drive surgeon what you want to do and how much you want to spend. I'm not sure you clean windows as well - you will need to if you intend pressure washing the outsides of gutters. I've never said the omnivac is no good - it obviously does the job. If your not sure about diy then buy the ready made goods.

[drive surgeon]

kev, what heights do you work to on commercial?

[Glen]

I'm interested in the Omnivac too but mainly for residential, the reason being that I know a few people who have not been paid due commercials going in to liquidation.

Is it reasonable to ask for payement on completion of the job on commercial work?

[drive surgeon]

is that 60 feet.