Gutter cleaning photo app with before and after proof

Customers almost never see inside their own gutters. They pay for work done two storeys up, so a photo of the blockage and a photo of the clear run afterwards are what make the bill make sense.

What to photograph on a gutter clean

• Each run of gutter before cleaning, showing the moss, leaves, silt or roof granules sitting in it.
• Downpipe outlets and hoppers, where blockages usually sit.
• Sagging sections, rusted or broken brackets, leaking joints and rotten fascia, before you touch them.
• Plants growing out of the gutter, which tells the customer how long it has been since the last clean.
• The same runs empty afterwards, and the ground below cleared of anything that fell.

Getting the photos from up high

Many gutter cleaners use a camera on a pole, or a gutter vacuum system with its own inspection camera, so they can see into the gutter without climbing. If those photos end up on your phone, add them to the job from your camera roll and they sit alongside the ones taken in the app. If you are working from a ladder, keep both hands for the climb and take photos once you are secure.

For the after photo, go back to roughly the same point on the run. One stretch of empty gutter looks much like another, so matching the view matters more than in most trades. The faint before image on the camera screen helps you line it up.

Damage you found, not damage you caused

Gutters are often in poor shape before anyone cleans them. Joints leak, brackets rust through, and the weight of wet silt can pull a run out of line. Photograph these first, save them in the job, and point them out on the client link or in a call. If you would rather not show a customer every problem, hide those photos from the link and keep them for your records.

Faults found during a clean are also a fair source of extra work. A clear close-up of a split joint or a dropped section makes a repair quote easy to understand and easy to accept.

Busy autumns

Leaf fall is when gutter work piles up. Assign each house to a crew member with a location pin and a due date, and the dashboard shows what is open, overdue or done. Every finished job keeps who completed it and when.

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