Wondering if anyone knows what's going on with these gutters/downspouts? Is it damage from a previous cleaning maybe? This is on a job I'm quoting and the homeowner thinks this is something that will clean off.
DirtyRoofcom said
Jun 21, 2016
are those beige gutters or white gutters with crap on em?
Bryan P said
Jun 21, 2016
DirtyRoofcom wrote:
are those beige gutters or white gutters with crap on em?
They are beige gutters with fade marks, or oxidation, or something.
DirtyRoofcom said
Jun 21, 2016
its hard to see in the photos but the top photo looks like the typicsl dirty gutter.... is that a power washer mark?
the white spot on the bottom of the leader is strange to me. almost looks painted
Andy Hinson said
Jun 21, 2016
The gutter looks like wand marks. Sometimes gutter parts are replaced and are painted over
John Aloisio said
Jun 22, 2016
Bryan,
those are wand marks definitely from a previous cleaning.mthe gutters also look chalky,mask the paint pigment is failing and oxidizing. The lighter part of the downspout near the bottom coukd be from salt thrown on the sidewalk during ice or snow. We see this in the North sometimes.
just let them know that a cleaning won't fix this.
Jeff Wible said
Jun 22, 2016
I handle that as:
If the paint will handle it,..I will be able to tie them together. I assure the customer that I will do the best I can do to get them looking good,.but I can only work with what the material gives me.
That will suffice just about any customer.
Jeff
Art O said
Jun 22, 2016
Looks like Red Tip Syndrome
Fred W said
Jun 22, 2016
John Aloisio wrote:
Bryan,
those are wand marks definitely from a previous cleaning.mthe gutters also look chalky,mask the paint pigment is failing and oxidizing.
This
Steve Salley said
Jun 22, 2016
zero tip...
We undersell all gutter cleaning and that way 99% of the time the customer is amazed at the difference.
Like Jeff mentioned we cannot put back what has been blown off by others or oxidised off.
I love cleaning gutters and consider it the new coat of paint on the trim in a room that the walls are repainted.
I hate gutter cleaning and consider it a royal pain
Love hate relationship for sure.
But customers will truly love you when you improve the gutter appearance not doubt about it
DirtyRoofcom said
Jun 22, 2016
Steve Salley wrote:
zero tip...
We undersell all gutter cleaning and that way 99% of the time the customer is amazed at the difference.
Like Jeff mentioned we cannot put back what has been blown off by others or oxidised off.
I love cleaning gutters and consider it the new coat of paint on the trim in a room that the walls are repainted.
I hate gutter cleaning and consider it a royal pain
Love hate relationship for sure.
But customers will truly love you when you improve the gutter appearance not doubt about it
same. Weve been doing alot of them lately and such a pain in the ass doing it off a ladder
Wondering if anyone knows what's going on with these gutters/downspouts? Is it damage from a previous cleaning maybe? This is on a job I'm quoting and the homeowner thinks this is something that will clean off.
They are beige gutters with fade marks, or oxidation, or something.
the white spot on the bottom of the leader is strange to me. almost looks painted
Bryan,
those are wand marks definitely from a previous cleaning.mthe gutters also look chalky,mask the paint pigment is failing and oxidizing. The lighter part of the downspout near the bottom coukd be from salt thrown on the sidewalk during ice or snow. We see this in the North sometimes.
just let them know that a cleaning won't fix this.
If the paint will handle it,..I will be able to tie them together. I assure the customer that I will do the best I can do to get them looking good,.but I can only work with what the material gives me.
That will suffice just about any customer.
Jeff
This
We undersell all gutter cleaning and that way 99% of the time the customer is amazed at the difference.
Like Jeff mentioned we cannot put back what has been blown off by others or oxidised off.
I love cleaning gutters and consider it the new coat of paint on the trim in a room that the walls are repainted.
I hate gutter cleaning and consider it a royal pain
Love hate relationship for sure.
But customers will truly love you when you improve the gutter appearance not doubt about it
same. Weve been doing alot of them lately and such a pain in the ass doing it off a ladder