We hope you enjoy them and learn a thing or two. Check out the videos below:
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Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Gutter Season
With gutter season upon us WCR has rolled out some new videos that go in-depth with one of the popular selling gutter vacuum and pole sets available on the market.
We hope you enjoy them and learn a thing or two. Check out the videos below:
We hope you enjoy them and learn a thing or two. Check out the videos below:
Sunday, 25 October 2009
Window Cleaning to Gutter Cleaning
Those boys from Window Cleaning Resources talk in this weeks edition about gutter cleaning (the perfect winter window cleaning add-on) & DI/RO storage for winter. Also Jaret the 11 year old superstar is mentioned + more. This video contains a parental guidance certificate!
This is Jeff Brown from Reflections Window Cleaning, you may also remember him from his sign making business. This Video was shot using a digital still camera set on video mode, so not the best quality. The video is to help those interested & to see what is involved with gutter cleaning using the Telescopic lance. Jeff adds - Reflections window Cleaners and the Water Fed Pole Training Academy except no responsibility for injury caused by using this type of equipment and they recommend you work with an experienced operative to gain experience before attempting to use any high pressure equipment.
Here's the pitch from Gutter Sense: - Cleaning a gutter with your bare hands can cause painful scratches and cuts. And climbing a ladder to reach second-story gutters is just asking for trouble. Instead keep your hands unscathed and your feet on the ground by using Gutter Sense, the easy-to-use rain gutter cleaning device!
This clever gutter cleaner tool features large polycarbonate "tongs" that will grab 14" of leaves or pine needles from flat-bottom gutters when you pull on the 12'-long braided rope included. Then just dump the debris in a trash bag or compost pile! You'll need to add your own threaded broom handle or extension pole to this gutter cleaning device, or get the Gutter Sense and Pole set (sold separately), with telescoping steel pole that gives you 4' to 16' of extra reach. Also on HSN shopping channel.
This clever gutter cleaner tool features large polycarbonate "tongs" that will grab 14" of leaves or pine needles from flat-bottom gutters when you pull on the 12'-long braided rope included. Then just dump the debris in a trash bag or compost pile! You'll need to add your own threaded broom handle or extension pole to this gutter cleaning device, or get the Gutter Sense and Pole set (sold separately), with telescoping steel pole that gives you 4' to 16' of extra reach. Also on HSN shopping channel.
Remember the Looj? I remember they peaked in interest for a while but you still needed a ladder to stick them up there in the first instance. And of course they didn't fit UK gutters. Then of course if you could flip your gutter...
A Cumbrian entrepreneur has thrown 
his future into the gutter with a business venture he thinks will beat even the credit crunch. Former window cleaner Geoff Harney (pictured) has launched Cumbria’s first earth-bound guttering cleaning service. The 32-year-old has discovered a system which allows him to remotely view a gutter, then thoroughly clear it, without leaving the ground. He uses an ‘Omnipole’, which features a camera that relays images to a hand-held monitor so he can see what’s lurking before he starts the cleaning process. The pole then becomes a giant vacuum cleaner, sucking up the detritus and delivering it to a unit on the ground.
his future into the gutter with a business venture he thinks will beat even the credit crunch. Former window cleaner Geoff Harney (pictured) has launched Cumbria’s first earth-bound guttering cleaning service. The 32-year-old has discovered a system which allows him to remotely view a gutter, then thoroughly clear it, without leaving the ground. He uses an ‘Omnipole’, which features a camera that relays images to a hand-held monitor so he can see what’s lurking before he starts the cleaning process. The pole then becomes a giant vacuum cleaner, sucking up the detritus and delivering it to a unit on the ground.Friday, 6 March 2009
Cumbrian Business is in the Gutter
New Cumbrian business is in the gutter: A Cumbrian entrepreneur has thrown his future into the gutter with a business venture he thinks will beat even the credit crunch. Former window cleaner Geoff Harney (pictured) has launched Cumbria’s first earth-bound guttering cleaning service. The 32-year-old has discovered a system which allows him to remotely view a gutter, then thoroughly clear it, without leaving the ground. He uses an ‘Omnipole’, which features a camera that relays images to a hand-held monitor so he can see what’s lurking before he starts the cleaning process. The pole then becomes a giant vacuum cleaner, sucking up the detritus and delivering it to a unit on the ground.
The system negates the need for a costly cherry picker vehicle, which is where Mr Harney thinks the real business advantage lies. “You have to pay £300 just to hire a cherry picker before you even start,” he said. “My set-up fee is £65 plus VAT for the camera survey and then I will give a quote for the rest of the work, depending on what needs doing.” Mr Harney, of Harraby, Carlisle, left his successful window cleaning business to launch the company last November, after he had taken time off work due to a family illness.
“When I went back to the window cleaning, I had just lost the feeling for it. I knew I needed to do something else,” he said. “Then I got approached for a quote on clearing some gutters at two holdings where I’d been cleaning windows. “So I looked on the internet for a system that would let me do it and I came across Omnipole. I thought: ‘This is fantastic, there could be a business in it.” So he handed in his Chamois leather, let one of his employees take on the window cleaning firm and launched G&D (Cumbria) gutter cleaning. He must now convince a sceptical world of the value of having guttering cleared regularly. “A lot of people never get it done,” he said.
“Most businesses are aware of how important it is to keep gutters clear, though. “For instance, if a gutter bursts and you haven’t been maintaining it, the insurance company won’t pay out for any damage caused to your house. “But because of the difficulty of getting up there to do the job, it is something that often doesn’t get done.” The challenge with the business, compared to window cleaning, he admits, is that it’s a once-a-year job, rather than a regular service. “In window cleaning you need about 600 customers on your books. In this business, if you get a yearly contract, you could get by on 100 commercial customers. “The credit crunch was starting to affect the window cleaning business a little, I lost a couple of customers through it, but like everything else, if you get your prices right, you hang on to customers.
“I think this business will be less affected because there’s an obvious cost benefit compared to traditional methods.” Mr Harney has already completed work at Aglionby Grange, Aglionby, near Carlisle. The makers of the Omnipole GutterVac system recommend a gutter is cleared twice a year. First, a survey is carried out with an ‘omni-cam’, up to a height of 20m. A recording can be made and even copied to DVD so the householder can see how much has been carried out. The pole is then used as a vacuum to suck up debris. There are attachments to make it a pressure washer and others to pick up footballs or tennis balls. A spike can be also be used.
For more information, call Mr Harney on 0797 943 4434.
The system negates the need for a costly cherry picker vehicle, which is where Mr Harney thinks the real business advantage lies. “You have to pay £300 just to hire a cherry picker before you even start,” he said. “My set-up fee is £65 plus VAT for the camera survey and then I will give a quote for the rest of the work, depending on what needs doing.” Mr Harney, of Harraby, Carlisle, left his successful window cleaning business to launch the company last November, after he had taken time off work due to a family illness.
“When I went back to the window cleaning, I had just lost the feeling for it. I knew I needed to do something else,” he said. “Then I got approached for a quote on clearing some gutters at two holdings where I’d been cleaning windows. “So I looked on the internet for a system that would let me do it and I came across Omnipole. I thought: ‘This is fantastic, there could be a business in it.” So he handed in his Chamois leather, let one of his employees take on the window cleaning firm and launched G&D (Cumbria) gutter cleaning. He must now convince a sceptical world of the value of having guttering cleared regularly. “A lot of people never get it done,” he said.
“Most businesses are aware of how important it is to keep gutters clear, though. “For instance, if a gutter bursts and you haven’t been maintaining it, the insurance company won’t pay out for any damage caused to your house. “But because of the difficulty of getting up there to do the job, it is something that often doesn’t get done.” The challenge with the business, compared to window cleaning, he admits, is that it’s a once-a-year job, rather than a regular service. “In window cleaning you need about 600 customers on your books. In this business, if you get a yearly contract, you could get by on 100 commercial customers. “The credit crunch was starting to affect the window cleaning business a little, I lost a couple of customers through it, but like everything else, if you get your prices right, you hang on to customers.
“I think this business will be less affected because there’s an obvious cost benefit compared to traditional methods.” Mr Harney has already completed work at Aglionby Grange, Aglionby, near Carlisle. The makers of the Omnipole GutterVac system recommend a gutter is cleared twice a year. First, a survey is carried out with an ‘omni-cam’, up to a height of 20m. A recording can be made and even copied to DVD so the householder can see how much has been carried out. The pole is then used as a vacuum to suck up debris. There are attachments to make it a pressure washer and others to pick up footballs or tennis balls. A spike can be also be used.
For more information, call Mr Harney on 0797 943 4434.
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Email: - Omnipole@btinternet.com Tel: 020 8405 6781/2
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