Customer on the phone “oh the landscape guy cleaned them last year so they shouldn’t be bad at all”… 
I dont do many gutter cleanings here, most homes dont have gutter.
(never understood not have gutters)
I inspect them then price according to time to clean them.
This is my setup. I trimmed the width of the brush, which has a squeegee built in on the backside, to under 4" so it will fit the width of most gutters. Even if the gutter is a 6" Super Gutter you just have to take another swipe. The hard rubber squeegee side holds up well enough to drag the debris towards you. Start near in and extend the pole as needed as you work up to the far reaches in both directions. The size of it also allows me to slip under the support bars as much as I can, and reach over them pulling the debris to where I need to under again. I don’t have a video of how well it works, but rubber squeegee side does a fine job if dragging the shingle grit too. I don’t scrub gutters clean, I just make sure they are debris free.
Neat little setup Garry. Thanks for sharing.
Honestly i think the pole/scoop thing kinda sucks. Unless they are open top gutters with underneath hangers.
I just use a 60" broom handle if they have the nail-through hangers. Too hard trying to pull debris under those nails with anything longer than that.
Good tools:
5 gallon bucket with small holes drilled in the bottom (allows wet debris to drain) and a small bungee tied to the handle (allows you to hook it to ladder).
I actually find it easier than trying to fit the gutter scoop under the hangers. The brush bristles are so flexible that it is easy enough to drag under.
If one wanted, they could cut the bristles completely off and the angle of the squeegee part allows good clearance to pull debris towards you.
I just like the benefit of the bristles as another way to help clear the debris, and with the 16 foot reach I don’t have to change so many ladder sets. But everyone has their way of doing it.
What are you using on the end of the broom handle? The scoop, I’ll assume.
Yeah the scoop. Oh yeah, get one of those gutter flushing hoses wcr sells too. Those are awesome.
Good UpSell is to reseal joints/seams for them.
I charge $1-$2 per foot.
Don’t forget to count/add the downspouts
Some people blow the gutters, scoop, hand scoop, or even use the pressure washer on them
We personally scoop everything out by hand AND rinse to actually make sure everything is draining right.
Unclogging downspouts is extra
Resealing is extra
Small repairs are extra.
Sometimes I run Deals where I reseal the joints/seams for free(I’m already up there, so doesn’t add any cost)
Customers love seeing the before and after, which is why I rinse them.
With a job coming up, a few days later I found that brush at Home Depot. I checked supply places locally for something to tackle the job and finally found this at Home Depot and figured “if I just cut it to fit then the job should be easier maybe.” I didn’t cut it narrow enough at first, but had my hacksaw with me on the job and just trimmed a tad more it made the job easier than I imagined.
How do y’all price jobs? Measure all gutters first, then clean? Or: only charge for amount of gutters cleaned?
I only charge for work done. Many gutter systems only have debris along one section - nearest the trees. On gutters that I don’t ladder up and pre-check but can tell from the ground they are appear clogged, I tell the homeowner that they have say 55 feet of gutter, @ $2 per foot that is $110. When I get up there if I discover only 32 feet actually need to be cleared, then that $64 is what they will pay for. (Arbitrary numbers for discussion of course.)
I keep some gutter spikes in the tool box and gutter seal. True, up-sell for those minor repairs. Once it is cleaned to flush with a hose to check for low spots and downspout clogs means more work to do, so an extra charge.
unless you talk to VICurbAppeal.ca he has been using gutter vacs for years and rarely breaks out a ladder.
Like i said
I guess it’s just matters who you hear things from Ken.
There’s a friend of mine on FB that did 3800 gutters last season…even if he only charged $75 a pop he still banked!!!
Not necessarily. Gross sales does not equal net profits. 
Nope, still banked tho😉
This might be a dumb question, but one person did 3800?
I’ve done a lot of gutters. I’m in So. Cal so we tend to only get gutter calls in the winter when it rains. These gutters are usually either full of hard sun baked debris or they’re full of water from a recent rain.
In my experience a rectangular bucket sits better on the roof than a round one…it’s less likely to slide. A Gutter Vac works good but only in the right situatation. Dry debris get sucked up but thick caked up mud like I usually see stays. You’re also going to want a video baby monitor so you can see what’s going on or a plumblers pipe cam (not sure what they’re officially called in the plumbing trade) but basically it’s a usb camera that you would hook to a rope and drop down a drain to see a clog or in our case tape to pole to see inside a gutter. Get a couple usb sticks with it and you can give your clients a before and after video.
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Hope this helps…good luck and just remember that gutters aren’t easy and charge accordingly.$1-3/ ft depending on how many stories and difficulty. An asphalt roof is WAY easier and safer to walk than a tile roof .Keep that in mind.
