[Stoots]

i did my first gutter job for a couple of years last week.

£50 for a 3 bed semi and it took me 20 minutes from unpack to put away.

I think i may have been missing a trick all this time, fsg and conny roofs i dont really like at all but whipping round with a vac for 20 mins was a piece of the proverbial urine.

Anyone do a lot of them domestically and earn good coin ? one of those every day wouldnt be bad... on the downside i dont think i could go much higher price wise round here but still.

[Splash & dash]

Yes we do loads per year very good earner many are several hundred pounds per clean on larger properties so it’s very good money

[Smudger]

If you had listened to those that have been doing for a few years you would know its a money maker - I don't sing its praises anymore on here as there are too many who either think your willy waving - exaggerating - or lying - I don't different so does splash

for me what you quoted is low end I might do a small semi bungalow for that but house certainly not and 20 mins is about right for 90% of clears - you do get the odd toughie...

Darran

[Stoots]

I remember once doing a vac job that really put me off. It was absolutely solid nothing would budge and me not having a ladder I really struggled for about 4 hours for 100 quid. I ended up soaking the gutters with the wfp to loosen it all up. There water and mud dripping all over and most of what i removed was knocked out rather than sucked out lol It put me right off. But on the other hand the rest have mainly been done in 30 mins tops.

[Jay Le Huray]

I find using the gutter vac good money as it only takes about 10 minutes per side if not to bad

[Jay Le Huray]

I find using the gutter vac good money as it only takes about 10 minutes per side if not to bad

[Smudger]

So good you named it twice 

[Stoots]

Do you have a big Generator in the vans Darren ? or just use customers electric ?

A guy local to me carries a small generator and a sky vac atom, he swears this is enough for domestic work im just wondering if its worth getting a bigger vac. I have a small vac myself similar to the atom and its been fine so far but i can imagine the day will come when its not.

[Smudger]

Genny on each van - I have 60 meters of artic flex on 2 reels so it stays in the van apart from bigger/commercial jobs

Darran

[Stoots]

Genny on each van - I have 60 meters of artic flex on 2 reels so it stays in the van apart from bigger/commercial jobs

Darran

what size genny is that ? and what size vacs are you running ?

thanks

[SB Cleaning]

Do you have a big Generator in the vans Darren ? or just use customers electric ?

A guy local to me carries a small generator and a sky vac atom, he swears this is enough for domestic work im just wondering if its worth getting a bigger vac. I have a small vac myself similar to the atom and its been fine so far but i can imagine the day will come when its not.

Don't bother with a genny , waste of money, waste of van space, un necessary lugging about...
I have used gutter vacs for 13 years and have never had a problem using customers electricity.

[Smudger]

Do you have a big Generator in the vans Darren ? or just use customers electric ?

A guy local to me carries a small generator and a sky vac atom, he swears this is enough for domestic work im just wondering if its worth getting a bigger vac. I have a small vac myself similar to the atom and its been fine so far but i can imagine the day will come when its not.

Don't bother with a genny , waste of money, waste of van space, un necessary lugging about...
I have used gutter vacs for 13 years and have never had a problem using customers electricity.

You won't have any issue if your vac is 3000 watts or less - main issue is time faffing with customer getting to a socket and or waiting to open the door - some days we have 15 gutter clears - easier to use  a genny.

I have a 6.5 and 8 KVA but I think for  a 3000 watt you can use  5 KVa - no humping it about it stays on the van - and all our sockets are waterproof 16 amp not normal 3 pin13 amp

Darran

[SB Cleaning]

Do you have a big Generator in the vans Darren ? or just use customers electric ?

A guy local to me carries a small generator and a sky vac atom, he swears this is enough for domestic work im just wondering if its worth getting a bigger vac. I have a small vac myself similar to the atom and its been fine so far but i can imagine the day will come when its not.

Don't bother with a genny , waste of money, waste of van space, un necessary lugging about...
I have used gutter vacs for 13 years and have never had a problem using customers electricity.

You won't have any issue if your vac is 3000 watts or less - main issue is time faffing with customer getting to a socket and or waiting to open the door - some days we have 15 gutter clears - easier to use  a genny.

I have a 6.5 and 8 KVA but I think for  a 3000 watt you can use  5 KVa - no humping it about it stays on the van - and all our sockets are waterproof 16 amp not normal 3 pin13 amp

Darran

No faffing about here, the vast majority of customers have outside sockets these days 

[JandS]

20 minutes  to do two gutters sounds fast to me........is the from pull up to leaving or from being set up to finishing........do you check the gutters are clear?

[Stoots]

20 minutes  to do two gutters sounds fast to me........is the from pull up to leaving or from being set up to finishing........do you check the gutters are clear?

To be fair it was a rough guess, at the moment i just have a mirror rather than a camera, so whizz round with the vac going by feel, when i think its done clip mirror on quick inspection then off...

I dont expect all jobs to be that easy but if gutters arent blocked and just have an inch or so of debris in then its very fast

Some people ive asked just go by feel then others use a camera.....

[Smudger]

We only use a camera if it’s commercial - otherwise it’s done by feel - do a few and you become really aware of the condition without a camera

Darran

[zesty]

Always by feel, it’s not hard to detect stuff in the gutters, as Darran says it’s with experience you don’t need a camera for domestic gutters

[SB Cleaning]

I like to know the gutters are cleared properly so I use a camera....I have missed plenty of stuff  before going by "feel"....I have a camera set up on another pole it takes  a few mins to check not doing so is just plain lazy  and i guarantee there's stuff being missed sometimes.

[Smudger]

I like to know the gutters are cleared properly so I use a camera....I have missed plenty of stuff  before going by "feel"....I have a camera set up on another pole it takes  a few mins to check not doing so is just plain lazy  and i guarantee there's stuff being missed sometimes.

Learn to clear them properly and you won't miss stuff 

Darran

[britishwill]

Gutters are a huge money maker. I have used the same Omnipole gutter vac since I started 13 years ago with only one change of motors. I love the gutters for a number of reasons.
I use the customers electric and its so much easier than lugging the genny around and cheaper!

1. I have a minimum charge and the clients know this, I do this for the smaller houses on my round.
2. I get clients to do a once a year service so every 52 weeks ranging from Dec-March.
3 When I send out my emails to tell them we are coming to clean the windows the gutters are included on that visit so we can make more money as we don't need to travel to the same job and less travel time.
4. You get som e clients that need it doing every 26 weeks so an extra money spinner.
5. The  hourly rate is so much better than windows.

After a few clears of gutters you get faster and faster at it and can feel hear what is going on with the gutters and also moving the equipment around in an orderly fashion.
I would highly recommend having the longest gutter hose you can get so less movement of the machine etc.