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A Works Co. manual · No. 02
The Gutter Cleaning Works
Nobody is going to automate the person who clears a blocked gutter two storeys up. Gutter clearing is hands-on, local and seasonal, with a far higher ticket than a window clean. One operator can now run the whole thing alone, with AI handling the quoting, the chasing and the marketing.
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Instant download · PDF + Excel · 158 pages · 15 spreadsheets · 95 prompts
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AI-proof by design
An income AI can't take.
AI can draft a proposal; it cannot clear a moss-packed gutter or stand on the ground and reach a two-storey roofline with a vacuum pole. The work is physical, local and judgement-based, and the higher-ticket job is paired with annual recurring plans and high-margin add-ons. That makes it durable in a way a desk job built on tasks software now does is not. What AI changes is the back office: you no longer need staff or long evenings of admin to run a serious round.
The headline feature
Run it with AI behind the scenes.
Every manual ships with an Excel toolkit and a 95-prompt AI library mapped to the real jobs of gutter clearing — so one person can run a serious operation without staff or evenings of admin.
Customer messages, handled
Polite payment chasers, 'we're coming tomorrow' texts and review requests — drafted from a prompt, sent in seconds.
Local marketing on autopilot
Autumn Facebook community posts, a Google Business Profile description and a leaflet timed to leaf-fall — generated from the prompt library, ready to use.
An annual plan that books itself
The Excel job database and proposal template turn one-off jobs into yearly bookings, flattening the autumn-heavy seasonality without software to start.
Start before you register
Your first £500 before you fill in a single form.
You do not need to register a company, build a website, or spend a penny on marketing to earn your first £500. A single domestic gutter clean runs from £35 for a small terrace to £160 for a large detached, with most jobs around £55 — so a £200–£400 ladder-and-scoop starter kit, or a £1,200 entry vacuum setup, can pay for itself in the first week. The manual walks you from your first 'yes' to twenty paying customers, and you register with HMRC once the money is coming in, not before.
UK-accurate, not guru noise
The real numbers, kept current.
£200–£3,000
Starter kit
Ladder-and-scoop starter from ~£200–£400; the modern ground-based gutter-vacuum setup is £1,200 entry up to £2,500–£3,000 pro.
£90,000
VAT registration threshold
You only register for VAT once turnover passes this — most solo rounds never do.
£35–£160
Typical domestic job
Base 3-bed semi is £55; add-ons like fascia, soffits and downpipes can double the basket on the same visit.
PL £2m–£5m + at-height
Insurance & at-height cover
Public liability plus working-at-height cover is the legal must and the marketing weapon against uninsured ladder operators. Realistic solo round £40,000–£70,000/yr at 65–75% margin.
See inside
Open the book before you buy it.
Real pages from the manual you'll download — not mock-ups.
Read Chapter 1 free (PDF)
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What's inside
158 pages, built to be used.
The Foundations
- The Gutter Cleaning Opportunity
- Is This For You?
- Setting Up the Business
The Craft
- Equipment: The Gutter-Vacuum System
- Equipment: Ladders, Inspection Cameras & Add-on Tools
The Customers
- Getting Your First 20 Customers
- Own Your Customers
- The Trust Kit
- Speed to Lead
- Pricing and Quoting
- Pricing That Wins
- Get Paid, Every Time
- Doing the Work
Commercial
- Commercial & Block Gutter Work
- Winning Commercial Contracts
Growing
- Scaling the Business
- The Add-On Stack
The Modern Operator
- The 2026 Tech Stack
- Your AI Co-Pilot
- The First 90 Days
The Moat
- Robotics, Drones & the Decade Ahead
Choose where you start
One price to start. One to scale.
Start
£47
Start before the autumn peak. Your first £500 before you register.
- 122-page operating manual (PDF)
- 10-file Excel toolkit
- 60-prompt AI library
- Free updates for life · same-day refund
- July only: six months of The Operator membership included — then £9/month, cancel any time
Scale
£97
Build a multi-service exterior round, not just a gutter business.
- Everything in Start, plus four adjacent trades
- The Exterior Cleaning Collection: Window + Gutter + Conservatory + Solar + Roof
- 5 manuals · 50 spreadsheets · 300 prompts
- The natural upsell path for an established round
No incorporation required to start. Same-day, no-questions refund.
The price, in context
What £47 buys elsewhere.
£15,000–£25,000
A cleaning-trade franchise licence
Plus ongoing fees, territory rules and their brand on your van.
£497–£1,997
A typical "start your business" course
A webinar funnel, an upsell ladder, and a mentor you never meet.
£47
A Works Co. manual
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Honest questions
Answers, in plain English.
How do I start a gutter cleaning business in the UK?
Buy a starter kit — a ladder-and-scoop set from around £200–£400, or the modern ground-based gutter-vacuum system from about £1,200 — pick local streets with older roofs and tree cover, and offer a clear at £35–£160 depending on the property. You can earn your first money before you register anything; you register as a sole trader with HMRC once income is coming in. The Gutter Cleaning Works gives you the equipment list, the door-knock scripts, the pricing and a week-by-week plan to your first twenty customers.
How much can a gutter cleaner earn in the UK?
A single domestic gutter clean runs from £35 for a small terrace to £160 for a large detached, with most jobs around £55. A part-time round earns roughly £8,000–£18,000 a year. A full-time solo operator clearing gutters and stacking add-ons typically earns £40,000–£70,000 a year at a 65–75% margin. A small operator with two to four vans and staff turns over £150,000–£400,000.
Is gutter cleaning just a seasonal job?
Autumn — October to December, when the leaves fall — is the peak, and spring is the secondary peak. Left there, the income swings hard. The fix is the annual plan: you convert one-off jobs into yearly bookings and fill the quieter months with high-margin add-ons and commercial work. The manual shows you exactly how to flatten the seasonality.
What insurance and licence do I need to clean gutters?
No licence is required to clear domestic gutters in the UK. You should register as self-employed with HMRC and hold public liability insurance of £2m–£5m plus working-at-height cover — the critical one for this trade. Being properly insured is also a selling point against uninsured ladder operators, and the manual walks you through it.
Do I need AI or technical skills to use this?
No. The trade is run with a vacuum pole and a camera. The AI prompt library simply lets you copy a prompt into ChatGPT or Claude to draft a quote, a customer message or a marketing post in seconds — it compresses the admin, it does not replace the work.
Tools & suppliers
What you'll need, and who we rate.
A short, honest list of what gets you started. Some links are partner links; we only list things a real operator uses.
- Public Liability Insurance — Public liability cover from around £5–£10/month — most trades need it before the first job.
- Business Bank Account — A free app-based business account to keep takings separate from day one.
- Trade Equipment Supplier — Water-fed poles, pure-water systems and starter kits from a UK trade supplier.
- Company Formation & Accounting — Register a limited company and get bookkeeping handled — for when you're ready.
- Job & Round Management Software — Scheduling, invoicing and Direct Debit collection for a growing round.
Start this weekend.
Everything you need to start gutter clearing — the manual, the Excel toolkit and the 95-prompt AI library — in one instant download.