6 ways to increase the value of your home.
When a potential buyer is looking for a home, after their internet searches, the first thing they will do is a ‘drive by’ of potential properties they have picked out. If your home from the curb side doesn’t match up, then they will drive on and dismiss your home without stepping a foot inside. If […]
Got Mould?
It is that time of year again when there is lots of moisture, rain and damp around that we begin to see mould to appear or rapidly grow. At Gutter-Vac, we not only want to help you with your mould issue, but also do it in a way that is environmentally friendly. We use a […]
Did you know we can do Disinfectant Services?
The last few months have seen a lot of changes to day to day life, but as we all start to head back into our work places and businesses now allowing the general public and their clients to return, the question of ‘is it safe?’ is arriving. We have had many of our long term […]
What’s in our own back yard?
As restrictions begin to lift in Australia and we find ourselves wanting to get ‘out and about’, plus with school holidays this month across the country, we thought we would ask our franchisees a simple question…. “If we were coming to your territory to visit, what is the one must do activity or sight to […]
Ladder Safety Tips
I just thought I’d pass on some information and knowledge about ladder use. So if you’re thinking about a bit of DIY work, no problem at all, but do it safely. If you need to do work with a ladder, there’s a few things you should do. If you’ve got a stepladder, make sure the […]
Gutter Cleaning for Body Corporates / Strata Managers.
When a property has a common roof line or common ground or shared areas, then they are generally under a body corporate arrangement. That is that each owner of the properties (think units and townhouses or villas) will pay a nominated amount each week or month to cover the maintenance and insurances for those areas. […]
Semi-retirement no more for Jim!
Jim McFarlane, an experienced entrepreneur relocated from Perth, WA to Albury, NSW after selling his very successful self-made Fire Safety and Compliance business. The idea was for Jim to semi retire and to take a step back from the day to day demands of running a business. It certainly didn’t take long for Jim to get itchy […]
Ladder safety when cleaning gutters.
Did you know that more injuries occur from people falling off ladders than they do off a roof? A fall from a ladder can be just as severe as a fall from the roof, sometimes worse! Remember years ago when Molly Meldrum was putting up Christmas lights and fell from the ladder? He wasn’t even […]
Cleaning gutters on multi-storey buildings. How we do it …
Every day we come across different types of properties where we need to access the gutters so that we can vacuum clean them. Some properties are new, some are old (even heritage listed), some are commercial and some are domestic homes. They come in all different shapes and sizes…. And heights! Working on the roof […]
Winter is here … are your gutters cleaned?
Having your gutters cleaned is such a simple thing to do to maintain your home. The potential damage that just a small blocked gutter can do to your home or property can be huge. We all know that the intended purpose of a gutter is to take the water that falls onto the roof of […]