Gutter cleaning waste removel

[PM25]

I am thinking about gutter cleaning, how you deal with waste , did you live them on customers or remove yourself. If you remove yourself do you charge more. 

 

[Pjj]

Technically if you remove it from site you need a waist carriers licence , we try and put it under  shrubs or in flowerbeds if possible some customers want it removed from site then yes we charge more and I get rid of it . 

 

[spruce]

We have received a couple of letters from the council over the years reminding us that we need to apply for a waste carriers licence if we remove waste (including waste from clearing gutters) from a customer's property.

The council know we are window cleaners as we have done work for the council over the years. We have never cleared a council gutter, but I expect they just believe that a window cleaner also clears gutters as well.

Anyway, we do as @Pjj says, we put the clearing under bushes in their garden or in the customer's garden waste bin. We have also put the waste on a customer's compost heap.

We don't promote gutter clearing as an add-on service any more. If a customer asks us to do a gutter clear, I will specifically ask them where I can dispose of the clearings. If he wants me to take them off his property, then I will just refuse to do the job.

 

[Deleted member 7446]

I am thinking about gutter cleaning, how you deal with waste , did you live them on customers or remove yourself. If you remove yourself do you charge more. 

Tell your customer at the time of quotation you are NOT a licensed waste carrier and nor will you be removing any waste.

Then tell them it's going in their green bin or under the hedge and smile politely 

 

[Pjj]

We did a job last year and the customer wanted the waist 90% was moss removed from site we had 20 black bags full to bursting had to do two trips back to the property as we couldn’t get it all in the van ??

 

[scottish cleaning service]

The waste only consists of sand and moss which can go under hedges, bushes or bag it and put in a bin. Never really had a problem with it, once I put it in my own bin as I have 360l wheelie bin.

 

[ched999uk]

As others have said waste removal requires a licence but the licence is generally free!!! Then comes the actual problem of disposing of the waste legally!!! Technically you can't take it to your local tip as that's only for domestic waste unless you pay the council to dispose of commercial waste.

 

[Davy G]

I've not yet had a problem. I've always found an empty plant container, a compost bin, a garden waste bin, a shrubbery, a border or a nearby wild verge.

We don't deal in really large quantities though. The occasional large country house and there's always somewhere in that situation. ? 

 

[spruce]

As others have said waste removal requires a licence but the licence is generally free!!! Then comes the actual problem of disposing of the waste legally!!! Technically you can't take it to your local tip as that's only for domestic waste unless you pay the council to dispose of commercial waste.

Our local council of Cleveland and Redcar it costs. You also have to state how you are going to dispose of the waste you are transporting. That means they have to see proof that you have an agreed arrangement with a local waste disposal company to deal with the relevant waste. I looked into it and quickly decided that it wasn't worth the hassle.

 

[Pjj]

I've not yet had a problem. I've always found an empty plant container, a compost bin, a garden waste bin, a shrubbery, a border or a nearby wild verge.

We don't deal in really large quantities though. The occasional large country house and there's always somewhere in that situation. ? 

I like the nearby wild verge ?????I have had a couple if them myself ???

 

[Davy G]

Yeah. Sometimes common sense and discretion (not making it obvious) is the way. We're only shifting a bit of moss, soil and vegetation. I've never found anything glowing Del Boy fashion in a gutter. Nothing nastier than a half decomposed rat. Luckily for me my son had the pleasure of finding and removing that. ?

 

[spruce]

I like the nearby wild verge ?????I have had a couple if them myself ???

Many have used a conveniently placed lay-by near a local stream to dump their rubbish in sadly. Most of the fly tipping is builders rubble. As private households, we have to pay for a permit to take a van into the tip a few times a year. Builders rubble incurs a further charge, even for private cars.

The council doesn't understand why there is so much fly tipping in our area. What I also don't understand is that it costs the council thousands to clear builders stuff that has been unloaded from a Transit type van.

 

[ched999uk]

Our local council of Cleveland and Redcar it costs. You also have to state how you are going to dispose of the waste you are transporting. That means they have to see proof that you have an agreed arrangement with a local waste disposal company to deal with the relevant waste. I looked into it and quickly decided that it wasn't worth the hassle.

That's strange as 'Waste transfer licence' is a Gov issue not a council one: https://www.gov.uk/register-renew-waste-carrier-broker-dealer-england . If you go through the questions it tells you if you have to pay for it or not. 

Disposing of the waste at a council site will usually cost.

 

[Part Timer]

That's strange as 'Waste transfer licence' is a Gov issue not a council one: https://www.gov.uk/register-renew-waste-carrier-broker-dealer-england . If you go through the questions it tells you if you have to pay for it or not. 

Disposing of the waste at a council site will usually cost.

Not allowed to take anything into council sites, in Sunderland, in a sign written van.

 

[ched999uk]

Not allowed to take anything into council sites, in Sunderland, in a sign written van.

I think Councils deal commercial waste in different ways. Blackpool Council, I believe, will take commercial waste for a fee!! Fee depends on weight and what it is. They won't take building waste even if it's diy unless you pay for permit for 2 bags max a month. Where as Lancashire County Council give free permits for diy building materials for something like 10 bags a year.

I don't think Councils have to accept commercial waste at all, so some just don't, other see it as a money spinner!!! 

 

[Pjj]

Many have used a conveniently placed lay-by near a local stream to dump their rubbish in sadly. Most of the fly tipping is builders rubble. As private households, we have to pay for a permit to take a van into the tip a few times a year. Builders rubble incurs a further charge, even for private cars.

The council doesn't understand why there is so much fly tipping in our area. What I also don't understand is that it costs the council thousands to clear builders stuff that has been unloaded from a Transit type van.

Let me clarify what I said we don’t dump anything that’s not bio degradable we might on an odd occasion put some moss and grass and a bit of silt on the occasional verge but certainly not dump any nasties and then it’s only a small amount . As you said a waist licence isn’t that easy to make work as the council won’t accept gutter waist down hear as they class it as hazardous waist so it’s an absolute nightmare trying to get rid of it at any council site . We have several jobs that are done every 3 months and the firms that own the places  hire a skip and they pay  to have it removed , absolutely crazy they won’t pay to gave the roofs cleaned but will pay us to empty the gutters and pay over £300 per skip to have it removed !!!!!!!

Not allowed to take anything into council sites, in Sunderland, in a sign written van.

Same hear 

 

[Martyn]

Why is it more often than not when we do a gutter we end up with a drum full of soup? ? Some of you guys sound like you end up with a drum full off unicorn nuggets. ?

 

[Iron Giant]

Clearly it differs all over the place, I can go to the tip in my sign written van, providing I am only taking waste from my house but I do need a permit and have to state what I am taking I think I can have 10 permits a year the lads at the tip don't even bother checking what I am disposing off,  but usually I just take my wifes car as it's easier and I don't want my van getting dirty inside 

 

[scottish cleaning service]

Clearly it differs all over the place, I can go to the tip in my sign written van, providing I am only taking waste from my house but I do need a permit and have to state what I am taking I think I can have 10 permits a year the lads at the tip don't even bother checking what I am disposing off,  but usually I just take my wifes car as it's easier and I don't want my van getting dirty inside 

You can always take it down the allotment and get big spuds next year. ?

 

[Iron Giant]

You can always take it down the allotment and get big spuds next year. ?

I don't do gutter vaccing absolutely no point in my area a few weeks ago I found out a lad was charging from £30 then on Monday another lad did a FB post £20 a side I was clearing out gutters of a ladder for that about 15 years ago

 

[Pjj]

I don't do gutter vaccing absolutely no point in my area a few weeks ago I found out a lad was charging from £30 then on Monday another lad did a FB post £20 a side I was clearing out gutters of a ladder for that about 15 years ago

Hopefully theses fools will quickly increase there prices or go bust