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Just wondering how many out there do gutter cleaning as part of their services.

I do not. There's no money in it. I don't like it at all.

I started doing it per hour for my hourly rate then realized quickly it wasn't worth it. I'm now bidding so ill make money and people are still going for it. They don't want to do it so their willing to pay.

BHLC said:

Just wondering how many out there do gutter cleaning as part of their services.

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I do it I hate ladders so I bid 40 an hr one hr minimum

I was going $45 an hour, didn't make anything. I now charge $100 for the first hour and $45 an hour thereafter.

I do alot of odd jobs for people also. like cleaning their garage or things of that nature and i have cleaned alot of peoples gutters. i like to use my leaf blower. its only a little 9 pound 25cc so its alright. also i work in construction too so i own my own 25 foot ladder.

I went out and bought a 32 foot extension ladder to do the gutters.

BHLC said:

I went out and bought a 32 foot extension ladder to do the gutters.

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im going to have to get a bigger ladder before spring. this one isnt cutting it.

It's a good size cause it fits right on my 16 foot trailer no problem?

Whoops! don't know what that is!

I don't do it, but if I did I would get a gutter cleaning kit for a blower. We are tired of cleaning the gutters at our house so we are getting the tree chopped down!

What's the reach on that? The moss and thick build up from oaks hurts me!

BHLC said:

What's the reach on that? The moss and thick build up from oaks hurts me!

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It says it can extend over 10 feet...see the info here: STIHL Gutter Cleaning Kit | STIHL USA Mobile

It can fit these Stihl blowers:

• BG 55
• BG 56 C-E
• BG 66 L
• BG 86
• BG 86 C-E
• BGE 61

lawn mower fanatic said:

It says it can extend over 10 feet...see the info here: STIHL Gutter Cleaning Kit | STIHL USA Mobile

It can fit these Stihl blowers:

[*]BG 55
[*]BG 56 C-E
[*]BG 66 L
[*]BG 86
[*]BG 86 C-E
[*]BGE 61

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2 story colonials might be tough.

BHLC said:

2 story colonials might be tough.

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Yeah probably. :frown:

Around here its by the ft, and or by the yard its the only way to make it pay to be worth the trouble. I have cleaned some pretty junked up nasty gutters some with little tree saplings that where 10 inches tall growing in the gutters. All that sludge stinks like crazy too so make it worth your time, or leave it to someone else.

My thoughts exactly. If they wanted to do it cheap they'd have done it themselves, that's why they call us.

I clean my own as well as an elderly neighbor. To be honest most folks here have never cleaned their gutters. They are all full for the most part. Yep with small saplings growing out of them. If you charged even 30 bucks to clean gutters on a single story house you would never get your tools out around here.

possum said:

I clean my own as well as an elderly neighbor. To be honest most folks here have never cleaned their gutters. They are all full for the most part. Yep with small saplings growing out of them. If you charged even 30 bucks to clean gutters on a single story house you would never get your tools out around here.

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Ok with me

possum said:

To be honest most folks here have never cleaned their gutters. They are all full for the most part

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We have a tree at the corner of our house that will be gone by spring because we are tired of it dropping so much debris into the gutters. We have to clean them pretty often because they will get clogged and make water go over the edge of the gutter, which falls into our mulch bed. It is on a slope so it totally washed away the dirt where the water always overflowed.....it took like 8 small bags of dirt to fill in the hole!