A regular customer was unhappy that the expensive solar system they had installed a few years ago was no longer providing the amount of electricity savings they had expected.

A quick inspection of the panels whilst on the roof identified that the solar panels were very dirty with mildew growing on them. Gutter-Vac is able to clean solar panels whilst on the roof vacuuming the gutters, which reduces the cost of calling someone just to clean the panels.

If your solar system isn’t performing at its best, ask Gutter-Vac to clean the panels at the same time as your annual gutter clean.

 

A recent gutter cleaning job looked simple enough on first inspection, but once the age of the terracotta tiles was taken into account, the home owner didn’t want anyone on the roof in case a tile was broken.

Fortunately for the Wyee property owner, Gutter-Vac was able to utilise our Ground Workers Kit. The Ground Workers Kit allows gutters up to 3 storeys to be completely cleaned from the ground. This means it’s not necessary to climb onto the roof or attempt to clean the gutter from a ladder, which is an unsafe practice and the cause of many fall injuries.

If you have a hard to clean gutter system or steep pitch roof, let Gutter-Vac use our Ground Workers Kit to clean your gutters.

One of the scariest things for most home and business owners is having an infestation of creepy crawlies in their home/business.

Debris in gutters becomes the perfect environment to breed insects and bugs, and also attracts other larger predators which prey on those bugs. Think mice and rats. Once the rodents start living in the gutters and roof cavity, there are all sorts of hygiene issues to deal with.

By getting your gutters vacuum cleaned, you are removing the environment that insects and bugs breed in, and therefore remove the food source for larger animals.

Get Gutter-Vac to vacuum your gutters before they become a home for unwanted guests.

One set of gutters that a lot of people neglect are the work place gutters. Whilst driving around an industrial estate, many gutters can be seen to have large amounts of weeds and grass growing out of them.

An overflowing gutter can create major damage to the goods stored in the buildings, and a simple gutter clean can help prevent this damage.

Our industrial shed this week was a timber yard in Cardiff, which enabled us to use our longest ladder. With 2 people on the roof, we were able to remove all the growth from the gutters and vacuum clean the gutters without causing any significant interuption to the operation of the timber yard.

If your workplace gutters need cleaning, give Gutter-Vac a call on 1300 654 253.

Last week saw Gutter-Vac Lake Macquarie heading to Mount Hutton to clean out the insulation of a house so that the house could be renovated. Cleaning out the ceiling allows the builder to be able to pull down the ceiling without having vast amounts of insulation fall on them and spread throughout the house.

To be able to clean out the insulation, a skip is required on site to be able to place the insulation for later removal to a refuse site. Gutter-Vac Lake Macuarie used a remote drum set up to allow the drum to be as close to the skip as possible to allow for quick emptying.

Access to the ceiling was by removing tiles and accessing the ceiling cavity from the roof. In other jobs, access has been through the manhole but this is only possible if the whole house is to be renovated.

This job was about 70 sqm and took just under 5 hours to complete with 2 people on site.

This week’s entry is about the importance of a regular gutter maintenance program. Gutter-Vac Lake Macquarie was asked to clean out the gutters of a business which had another company clean them just 9 months ago. The business wasn’t impressed by what they saw growing from their gutters.

The picture shows how much dirt and growth was in the gutters at the Edgeworth business. If these were cleaned properly just 9 months ago then they will need to increase the number of times a year that they are cleaned. We have agreed to do an inspection in 6 months and based on the outcome of the inspection, a Preventative Maintenance Program for their situation will be developed.

The roof also needs to be washed to remove the build up of lichen, so Gutter-Vac Lake Macqaurie will be high pressure cleaning the roof in the coming weeks.

Gutter-Vac Lake Macquarie is able to provide both gutter cleaning and high pressure cleaning of roofs and paths in the Lake Macqaurie region. Give Noel a call on 0497 114 854 for a free quote.

Whilst most gutters that we attend to are full of leaves, it’s always a surprise for us, and usually the owner, when we see something this size growing in a gutter.

This one was at the top of a 3 storey residence in Warners Bay with a flat roof. Getting onto the roof was a challange in itself, but with all the height safety training and safety equipment we use we were able to get to the roof and discover the tree.

You never know what’s in a gutter unless you have them regularly cleaned. Contact Gutter-Vac and we will develop a preventative maintenance schedule suitable for your situation.

Noel Jago had spent ten years living and working overseas when he decided it was time to return home and find the right business opportunity.

‘I was living in Malaysia and working in Trinidad when I first came across the Gutter-Vac concept’ Noel says. ‘It was the lifestyle opportunity that appealed to me’ he adds, ‘together with the fact the business had ranked second overall in a national survey of franchise owner satisfaction.’

The former telecommunications executive has since relocated to the Lake Macquarie region in New South Wales, where he is looking forward to providing an important and valuable service to the local community while enjoying an enviable work/life balance.

‘Gutter-Vac is an easy business to get into’ Noel adds. ‘I can operate outdoors, work my own hours and schedule a workload that suits me.’