Create Your Own Business By Doing The Gutter Cleaning Seattle Residents Need

By Martina Garrett


Doing things for people that they do not want to do is the basis of starting your own business. Cleaning gutters is one of those types of things that people do not want to do. Providing the gutter cleaning Seattle residents need and put off doing is something that can be accomplished fairly easily by the go getter in all of us.

Some of the issues you will be dealing with are the clogging of the system with leaves, debris and small limbs. These elements will not allow water to run smoothly. When that happens the water will run over the tops of the gutters, themselves, and go in one of two directions. It will run down and get into the foundation, undermining it and will help cause movements in what should be a stable feature. The other direction is to go under the shingles and get into the house through the walling.

There is a very small list of tools needed for this fairly simply business. You will need to have a ladder, of course. A container to collect everything you will be removing from the channel and a scoop to allow for the easy extraction of this material. The ladder will need to be handled carefully so as not to damage the client's home or siding and gloves will help protect you from sharp objects and the, generally, yucky material you will be collecting.

You should establish prices for your services based on the complexity and size of the gutter system involved. One of the services to offer is the initial sweeping of the roof to get everything off and into your container and away from the client's house. This may not always be wanted, however, a complete job calls for this.

The cleaning project can begin anywhere down the length of gutter. It can be started in the back of the house or the front. It should be started at the point away from the downspout and cleaned toward the spout. This will help you plan where to put the ladder so as to not hurt the siding, the system itself or the roof.

One of the biggest issues that come up in this type of service is the mess that you may or not make. Do not allow the material you are scrapping out of the gutter to fall down unto any of he nice flowers or decorative items the home owner has against the house. You may need to drape these items, if need be, with a light weight tarp. Take care of all of the elements you can impact and your reputation will grow in the area.

Some safety concerns are appropriate. Practice with the ladder on your own home. Practice walking on a roof, safely at home as well. Finding just the right sized scoop for various types and manufacture of gutters will save a lot of time.

The gutter cleaning Seattle home owners can depend on is the way to go for someone who has the get up and go it takes to do the job. This opportunity is what will cause people to set up and take notice of your abilities. The networking, available to you for this, can be the ticket you need for further opportunities.




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