[P @ F]

Just been asked to do an internal gutter job , done the outsides already last month , that i underquoted big time !

100m of gutter full of leaves , what price ?

 All help appreciated

 Rich  P @ F

[aztec]

what about £5 per metre and include the disposal of the debris in the price mate

it always sounds better if you say you will take the rubbish with you

[P @ F]

£500 

 I that case i should have been shot with what i charged for the outs !

 Isnt that a little steep ?

 Rich P @ F   

[Moderator David@stives]

It will take you about 2 hours , I would quote £60 - £100 depends what you think you can get out of the customer.

Start high you can always come down, just get them sucking through there teeth

[P @ F]

Hi Dave , how goes it ?
You got the nail on the head with £100 , i didnt like to type my thoughts at the risk of looking foolish and cheap , you just did it for me 

As you say , its still £50 an hour .
Iwas having the day off , but i cant sit here knowing there is £100 up the road , after all , that is the weeks shop paid for and some for lager beer !

 Rich   P @ F

[ronaldo]

£1.00 a foot = £100.00 happy days 

[P @ F]

Ronaldo my old fruit bat !

Did you misread or mistype , its a 100 M
Does that mean your saying £300 ?

 Rich P @ F

[Richy L]

yea, i would say £300.
£1 a foot is a pretty fair price. If the gutters are higher than your usual house, add a bit more, if there are a lot of low gutters(about 7-8ft from the ground), then drop the price a bit

[ronaldo]

Sorry Rich yes mate i did misread it, i always charge a pound a foot and this always seems acceptable where i live, but this job isnt like a normal house gutter though is it! so i would put in your hourly rate for this one as i cant see you getting away with £300. Average price for a normal house round here is between 40 and 70 quid.

[Moderator David@stives]

I know how long 100 metres takes , its about 2 hours , I have done quite a few that length and over
 how do you hold your hand out and ask for £300 for 2 hours work, they might pay you once but they certainly wont ask you again

[craig jwc]

I'd go with £60 - £100 mate.

You want them to ask you back for another time.

How did you get on with that conservatory yesterday?

Craig

[windows_chepstow]

I know how long 100 metres takes , its about 2 hours , I have done quite a few that length and over
 

Are you sure it would only take 2 hours from ladders?

I reckon, based on a calculation of my arm span being 1.75 meters (my height) that 100 meters of guttering would take 56 ladder climbs, but probably more; call it 60 climbs.  (I do realise that a pole with an applicator attachment is usefull for greatly extending your reach, for scraping out gutters, but I tend to use just my hands and rubber gloves).

So, say each climb up and down of the ladder plus a ladder move would be at least one minute (maybe more if you've got to move stuff or position a Rojak ladder stopper); so that's at least an hour taken with the ladder work.

That's not counting the cleaning of the debris and filling bags, setting up or clearing away and time spent with the customer and quoting.

I reckon 150 to 200 quid.  It's a dirty job, so I'd err towards the 200 mark.

Not only that, I suspect that figure would be around half the price of a 'professional gutter cleaner' from the Yellow Pages.  An aquaintance of mine worked for a 'pro gutter cleaner' and I know they don't come cheap.

[P @ F]

Just been to have a proper look at the job , oh im so glad i did not call them right back , all the downpipes are blocked solid , and there is 12 of them !
So thats 100M of manky full gutter and the 12 pipes all to be unblocked

Give me 2 minutes to upload the pics before you re quote  !

 Rich P @ F

[P @ F]

Here they are ..

[P @ F]

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[P @ F]

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[craig jwc]

Rich mate

I'd go with the £150 - £200 mark like Tosh said.

After getting that lot out you'll probably end up cleaning the outside of the guttering again aswell as the windows below it.

Did they not want the insides cleaned out when you cleaned them before.

Craig

[P @ F]

Craig , i thought the same thing , im gonna have to go over the outs again aint i ,
And its gotta be a £200 job , im gonna be wet , im gonna stink , and before you say it no i dont stink already 

 Rich P @ F

[craig jwc]

No but you've always been a bit wet 

[P @ F]

Is there no stopping this man today !

Anybody else want a stab at a price , now you have seen the job ?

 Rich P @ F