So, I just went home for a snack and decided to ask you gutter folks how much you charge for gutter mesh installation. The customer bought a few rolls of this stuff and asked if I could put them in “while I’m up there”. I told them I’d let the know. I’ve never installed this stuff before, and kind of don’t want to because I want their gutter business.
In any case, how much do you charge? Per hour? Per length of run? I have no idea.
I charge $75/hour, 2 hour minimum on all gutter guard (or foam) installation.
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Don’t have price. But you should do it or they will get someone else to.
Charge what u think is fair. Even if u lose some money at least you will know how long it will take for the next job and you will see some of what it takes. p.S. any time someone ask you to do some thing while your “up there” they want it done for free
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Or cheap, at least
Gutter protection $8 bucks/ft.
Will I install something the cust “got from Costco?”
Why so much?!? I can get deese dem dere ‘gutter guards’ for $100 bucks?
More important, selfishly, I’d rather you call me every Fall to come clean your gutters.
But if you never want to see me again, (never have to clean them again) this is the cost.
Tell them while your down there add xxx amount to the check.
Exactly. I had a customer and heir sliding screen door had come off he tracks and wasn’t sliding right. I put the wheels back on door slid great. At the end I told her put ur door back on track wasn’t sliding right. She says oh is that what was wrong it was do hard to open and close. Fast forward 2 months. Ring ring. Thank u for calling docs. Hi this is marge and my sliding screen door u put on keeps falling off the tracks.
Me. When did u order the slider from me.
Her. Oh I didn’t order the slider from u. When u did my windows u put my slider back on the tracks again so it slide easier and its off the tracks and u need to put it back on again
me. Ok. I didn’t charge u to put the door on the tracks again. If u want me to come out just to put the door back on the tracs it’s a $75 service call
her. Oh. Never mind then
me. Your slider is cheap and will continue to fall off if you ever want a great sliding screen door I make them. Custom cut to every door so you will never have that problem again
her. That’s ok I’ll just live w it.
Side note. But if u would keep coming out for free every time it came off that would be great.
Between my gutter/window combo, I didn’t have time to install the mesh.
Thanks for the ideas though. I’d probably charge $40-50/hr. I don’t really like cleaning gutters. Love windows. I may call them back and hit up the gutter mesh before they get leaves in them again. This house makes sense to install the stuff because they’re all French drains. I don’t like clearing those.
I thought rain flow turned out to be junk? I see WCR isn’t stocking it any more.
Personally, if a customer insisted on gutter protection, I would probably sell them on the cheap snap in stuff from Home Depot, but without any guarantee of performance. Then just tack on $2 or $3 per foot (the HD stuff runs 60¢ or so per foot) for installing it. Then I’d try and talk them into an every-other-year maintenance plan, maybe at a reduced cost, just to make sure nothing’s building up in there.
Those are the only options i provide them with (Home Depot options) and I provide the materials, labor.
Although I don’t mind doing the gutter guard installations, I always recommend seasonal gutter cleaning as being the best maintennance against gutter debris and clogs. If they are set on it they’re set on it and I charge the hourly rate for install plus materials.
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I just popped in 6 downspout strainers “while I was up there” as a courtesy. They’ve been awesome customers.
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Most issues I see are from one of two things, bad install or pre-brace materials.
From what I can tell, there was a time where there werent support brackets.
And that would make the guards collapse.
(On the flip side, I’ve seen instals where they would literally fold the material down,
instead of cutting it out at a corner, creating a complete blockage.)
The material would then get waterlogged and create a dam, similar to a clogged downspout.
I found myself tearing out (previously installed) bad rainflo, and charging extra for the gutter clean.
… no installers were pushing the warranty, and the cust didn’t have a relationship with the installers to call them,so it seemed.
So I started using to my advantage.
I would push the warranty aspect of it, and the customer would get the materials for free.
After so many warranty job, the manufacture caught on, and has since referred their warranty work to me.
I get calls all the time for replace/warranty jobs.
I’ve proven I know what I’m doing, and was smart enough to take advantage of the warranty.
Incidentally, I’ve had cust who just bought their home, and were not the ones who had it installed, originally.
I’m at $8 bucks with a discount, nine straight forward.
I would rather clean their gutters every year and I am honest with them about it.
[I]“You can pay [B]this[/B] now, and never see my smiling face again”
“Or pay [B]that [/B]each year for the next 8 years”[/I]
I DO present it that way.
If they bite, they bite…
If not, I’ve got 8 years worth of work from Mrs Jones.
Thats because you are knowingly using HD type of guards.
And aren’t backing themm you are “just the guy who put them in.”
Not only that, you are suggesting that your guards arent as good as a seasonal cleaning.
Meaning, if your cleaning is due in November, and there is a clog in August…
That is a problem.
In that case, the regular seasonal isn’t “better.”
If there is a clog in August they have all my contact information, so I’m not overly concerned.
If they lose my information between their November cleaning and that random August clog they will end up with some sort of mailer or email throughout the year that I send to all of my customers every other month.
Mike
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Gutter covers/mesh is difficult to price depending on how it is installed. I have installed the mesh screens that clipped in quickly and easily and I have installed the vinyl covers that had to be trimmed to slide up under the first row of shingles. I had one house where the gutter attaching nails were missing and the gutter was drooping, the channel had widened and the guard wouldn’t fit correctly. As stated above, I won’t install something the customer bought unless I am familiar with the product, and I have a good relationship with said customer
^great opportunity for another add-on, imo. Jesse [MENTION=4338]CapeCodCleaner[/MENTION] has posted some great suggestions for more sturdy hangers. If the hangers are still good, and it’s just the nails that have pulled out, I’ll use galvanized roofing screws to put them back. This type of repair typically yields $100+/hr if you give a flat rate price.
