[mick hay]

In the not too distant future i'm going to have the funds to purchase the nessecary tools for an add on.

Now, not sure to offer.......gutter cleaning (guttervac etc)

                                        or pressure washing.


Outlay is more or less the same , give or take a cple of £100.

So, those of you who offer either or both of these, which would you go for and why??

[michael papworth]

Personally I'd test the market first.

Advertise BOTH and see which gets more response.

My approach has been to advertise both and found that pressure washing has got more response.

What I'm going to do is put all the work I get into a single week and hire a machine. (One customer pays for the hire, collection etc)

That way I test the market and guarantee a profit.

[cvdewsbury]

go for gutter cleaning,extra cost £1.00  ( thats if yr fussy)  trowel from pound shop.

[steve a]

Wally thats how people expand to other branches of cleaning, sometimes it works and sometimes its a costly detour from what you are good at.

I used to pressure wash, carpet clean,  paint shop fronts, buy and sell shop fittings pretty much about everything to earn a crust.

Now, all I do is clean windows, cos that is what i'm good at and it costs me nowt in plant or hire and I don't leave my normal work to do stuff that may or may not work.

Good luck with your efforts, not for me, but then if no one was to speculate the world would be a boring place.

Steve

[ftp]

Couple of ex - window cleaners near me who specialise in gutter cleaning and nothing else much. When you see their prices you can understand why.

[mick hay]

Couple of ex - window cleaners near me who specialise in gutter cleaning and nothing else much. When you see their prices you can understand why.

Do they concentrate on commercial or mix it with residential?

Any ideas what they are charging?

[windowwashers]

Couple of ex - window cleaners near me who specialise in gutter cleaning and nothing else much. When you see their prices you can understand why.

Gutter cleaning is very good money it is the lack of constant work that puts me off adding that as full time business, so I just stick with customer base and what I get from website which seems to be getting more and more.

[Kevin R]

Couple of ex - window cleaners near me who specialise in gutter cleaning and nothing else much. When you see their prices you can understand why.

Gutter cleaning is very good money it is the lack of constant work that puts me off adding that as full time business, so I just stick with customer base and what I get from website which seems to be getting more and more.

It doesn't take long to get contracts and regular work for gutter cleaning. Just like window cleaning you need to sell maintenance cleans. Every six months or yearly depending on the circumstances. You can make £10 - 12K in a week on some large commercial jobs which is much more than window cleaning so the work does not need to be as regular.

The trowel thing is not a good Idea if you want this type of work. Commercial clients expect a little more for their dollar 

[windowwashers]

Couple of ex - window cleaners near me who specialise in gutter cleaning and nothing else much. When you see their prices you can understand why.

Gutter cleaning is very good money it is the lack of constant work that puts me off adding that as full time business, so I just stick with customer base and what I get from website which seems to be getting more and more.

It doesn't take long to get contracts and regular work for gutter cleaning. Just like window cleaning you need to sell maintenance cleans. Every six months or yearly depending on the circumstances. You can make £10 - 12K in a week on some large commercial jobs which is much more than window cleaning so the work does not need to be as regular.

The trowel thing is not a good Idea if you want this type of work. Commercial clients expect a little more for their dollar 

Fair point 

and 10k  I would want to see machines blood sweat and tears also

[Kevin R]

If you set your self up properly to do gutters you will need a pressure washer to clear blocked down pipes the drains they connect to.

I offer both services as a surface washer added to my gutter kit allows me to pressure wash too  

I do get much more gutter work though!

[Dale Smith]

I would love to go more into this, but it's the price which puts me off.... we haven't got the money to get a guttervac or something like it, so we are doing the basics with domestic custies, still pays well 
Kev, it sounds like its well worth the investment though, you seem to be reaping the benefits, fair play to you 

[Kevin R]

Fair point 

and 10k  I would want to see machines blood sweat and tears also

This is me after 11 days in the freezing cold in on a platform doing a post construction gutter clean. We removed masses of building materials as well as 18 months worth of muck too - I was very near to tears!!!!! I earned every penny LOL  

[windowwashers]

If you set your self up properly to do gutters you will need a pressure washer to clear blocked down pipes the drains they connect to.

I offer both services as a surface washer added to my gutter kit allows me to pressure wash too  

I do get much more gutter work though!

at the mo I really do not want to add this full time if I did I would defo get a gutter vac and a jetter so could do top to bottom drainage but tbh I am far to busy as it is and unless this house sells or I find the unit I need I just dont have the space to expand more than I am  

[Dale Smith]

You've still got evil eyes Kev..........    

[windowwashers]

Nah looks like a girl thingy cat 

  girl thingy cat I did not write that Kev. I said you look like a p u s s y cat that made it look real bad shame on the editing there

[Kevin R]

You've still got evil eyes Kev..........    

You should see them when Im really mad LOL 

[windowwashers]

just had to edit that post I made as sound harsh to kev and was meant in a jokey way till it was auto edited, so Kev I did not say you looked like  a girl thingy 

[ftp]

These guys are ladder men, they have a Berlingo and a really flash four wheel drive pick up thing, think they call themselves A1 Gutter Clean- seem to do allright.

Many householders can clean their windows if they can be bothered because a lot can be cleaned from the inside out, but not many fancy gutter cleaning off a ladder. A lot of window cleaners don't fancy it either. 

[Clive McDonald]

That's a good idea.

[mark dew]

The info given about gutter cleaning have made the most interesting threads i have read on here in a couple of years. It has inspired me to look outside my comfort zone and given me a direction to aim for.
Fair play to kevin r for giving open answers to some good questions.