Gutter cleaning can often be completed without ladders when performed by professional gutter cleaning companies.
There are three key advantages to ladder-less cleaning:
- Safety
Accidents at work for gutter cleaners have reduced dramatically since gutter vacuums and telescopic tools became commonplace. The law (Work at Height Regulations 2005) requires that working at height is minimised and avoided altogether where possible. - Low Risk Of Damage
Ladders can cause damage to walls, fascias, windows, sills, patios, paths or anything else either end is in contact with, whether deliberately or through movement, especially with regular gutter cleaning. By removing the ladders, those can no longer occur. - Speed Of Work
When you remove the need to repeatedly climb and descend ladders, the work becomes much faster. That means more guttering can be cleaned in the same amount of time, or in more practical terms, each job takes less time to complete. This can even end up meaning costs to the customer are lower!
There are also several additional benefits to using gutter vacuum systems instead of ladders to reach guttering, such as the contractors having to handle less waste in the gutters, and carrying the debris down to ground level.
The contents of guttering before cleaning can be a breeding ground for bacteria, so less handling is better for the cleaners, and gutter vacuums usually do a better job at spreading less onto surfaces below than old-style manual cleaning by hand.
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