How High Would You Go On A Ladder?

[Window Cleaning Rayleigh]

Just had a call from a client who lives in a large townhouse, so 3 windows tall! How many of you would use a ladder to clear the gutters? I've personally not been quite that high, I don't have a gutter vac unfortunately as all my gutter jobs have always been regular height houses which I have no problem with!! I have a bloke to foot the ladder as well!

 

[mark m]

When I was younger I would go up the highest of ladders but now I just say no or use the gutter vac

 

[rcproperty]

personally i would pass on it, even tho i can get hold of and use class 1 ladders and have someone foot the ladder.

dont mind going doing normal houses gutters.

 

[Knoxy]

Even though I do a lot of rock climbing and I'm not to bothered about heights I'd turn it down.

 

[M.K Cleaners.co.uk]

Personal preference to be faire, I would do it lol. In saying that maybe its a good idea to get a gutter vac now? Cant you go down price it but price it really well, enough to cover the cost of the poles anyway. Then could you buy the vac. Another 2-4 jobs and your in profit?

 

[Window Cleaning Rayleigh]

I'm torn between yes and no at the moment, I've got to ring her back tonight to tell her if I can do it. I've given her a quote of £120 for a 5m length at the front and she said that would be fine as it was high! What kind of prices am I looking at for a decent gutter vac, anyone got any links?

 

[mr shine]

how bad are the gutters,if theres sods of turf in them then its possible that the vac wont do the job .

 

[TobySampson]

It'd do it by hand but use a ladder stand off, I don't bother at normal height. The cheapest gutter vac I've seen has been £400 on eBay that's for a 30ft reach. You'd probably need a 36ft set though for a gutter that high.

 

[Smurf]

Even though the HSE guide is 9 m max ladder height I would not go that high with a freestanding ladder to clear out guttering. /emoticons/biggrin.png

As an example I did this one using a 4200 watt guttervac and still struggled at the back to remove some sods but after a lot of fecking about just managed to do it.

Was not a full height 3 storey property either but the gap was ok and made it a lot easier as the gutters were half round.

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If the gap is very small between the gutter and tile overhang then your are stuffed too as trying at that height to clear blocked gutters & downspouts in near on impossible to do

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[Window Cleaning Rayleigh]

Just full so usual ****, moss, leaves etc, I've not seen in there myself, but she recently had solar panels fitted and they informed her they'd need doing. When I gave her a rough quote of £120 I was expecting her to say it was too expensive tbh lol!

Have seen some gutter vacs but been told to get at least a 3000w one or wouldn't be powerful enough

 

[Window Cleaning Rayleigh]

Smurf that Looks pretty similar in height to the job. And your saying you use a 4200w vac so the bloke that said bout a 3000w sounds like he don't really know too much haha! II thinkI need to put safety first and turn it down unfortunately, hate turning work down!

 

[mr shine]

yeah aminium of 3000 watts ,theres a vac called coveva and its the excact same as the eastern trading so its ok , they sell for around 330 and there was a guy on here a few months back who sells decent poles i think mark m got a set , if i remember correctly they call me m got one of the coveva vacs so ask the lads

 

[Window Cleaning Rayleigh]

yeah aminium of 3000 watts ,theres a vac called coveva and its the excact same as the eastern trading so its ok , they sell for around 330 and there was a guy on here a few months back who sells decent poles i think mark m got a set , if i remember correctly they call me m got one of the coveva vacs so ask the lads

Nice one, cheers mate

 

[M.K Cleaners.co.uk]

yeah aminium of 3000 watts ,theres a vac called coveva and its the excact same as the eastern trading so its ok , they sell for around 330 and there was a guy on here a few months back who sells decent poles i think mark m got a set , if i remember correctly they call me m got one of the coveva vacs so ask the lads

You can get one for 280 with free delivery, 220 for 32ft poles.

 

[mr shine]

thats great value mark cheers , how much did the poles set you back

 

[Window Cleaning Rayleigh]

Wow that seems a really decent price! Just looked at an omni-vac and saw the price and almost had a heart attack lol! I've just checked out the Coveva website, my ebay is being a prawn so can't see if they have any on there yet! Cheers lads

 

[Donny]

I'd do that one in Smurfs pic on a ladder nae bother, ive done some 3 storey ones, always 2 of us use a stand off, and as always my price is £150 , and i say too em , at that height take it or leave it, usually take no more than an hour front and back

 

[M.K Cleaners.co.uk]

thats great value mark cheers , how much did the poles set you back

http://www.guttervacuumsystems.co.uk/pole-sets.html
I got mine from there, although I do think they cost me less than that current price

 

[Gmeister]

Depends on the ladder...

I don't like going that high on the ladders I use currently, when you get to the point of going from standing on two rungs to one rung then that scares me, doesnt feel safe.

 

[Window Cleaning Rayleigh]

My ladders are decent titan ladders, class 1 that I use for gutter work, and I have just bought a microlite standoff to. Will also check out the link to, cheers for all ur advice fellas!

I think you're right donny, at that height they can't expect it to be done for peanuts!!

 

[harunh]

3 steps i only got step ladders lol