All right today we got a pretty sweet WLOG coming up
I got to grab a few things before I head out for the day
I got to grab some two-stroke oil because we are gonna be using the leaf blower and then I need to grab a rake
Too because we're gonna be cleaning some gutters, but let's grab this stuff and that's let's get to it
All right, if you don't know who I am. My name is Alan Lee and I own and operate
Honestly handyman services here out of Sacramento, California, and I'm also the founder of handyman journey.com
Which is a professional website helping people start their handyman business or take their hanging business to the next level
I have been in business currently for about two years and some people have asked me more about my
The independent contractor Frank that I have working with me
He's doing great. Been working with me now for about a week week and a half. So doing great
He's off on his own, you know making its own money, which is great
And then we have a we have a split with that. So it's that's pretty exciting to have him going
I'm actually working with him on Thursday. I worked with him a little bit last night too. So
Anyways, we are going to go to Home Depot right now. We got to grab some gas for the
Floor of the leaf blower and then we're going to be cleaning some gutters and putting in some cool gutter guards. So
Pretty sweet. I like these this style of gutter guards
I don't know if you guys have so much gutter guards, but I'm pretty excited for this style
I think it's a really good style and we kind of went with a more expensive style. So it's kind of cool. So
Anyways, we're gonna go to Home Depot, then we're gonna get to the job. So let's do it guys
Also, one of the most common questions I get is what is a WLOG?
But will log is simply a work log and it's fun to say so let's give this will outgoing
And my phone has been ringing off the hook lately man, we got all those gutter guards
So we are and then we got some gas
so we're heading over to the job now and I
I wonder how many of you guys like answer your phone like every every time someone calls
I haven't I mean I don't answer my phone nearly
Yea here I don't answer all the time for sure. It's probably like one in
Maybe 20. I mean, I don't know that's bad or not. But huh. Curious. What do you guys do?
do you guys answer your phone every time someone calls every time a client calls or I mean cuz they leave a voicemail and then
in my voicemail
I have them text me so I just find that's easier for me because like if I was on the phone
I'd be on the phone all day and one get anything done, but
Anyways, let's get going to the job right now
We're gonna get they're gonna get some gas put in this leaf blower and then we're gonna get started
All right. We're here at the house
Let's get up here and take a look at what we got going on here
so
This is our roof
Should you see there's a lot of debris here all around we got to clean that the garage
There as well then all along here
Let's see. What about this on this side a little bit on this side and those gutters are just super clogged
So what we're gonna do is we're going to first off put some gas in the
Malik lower blow all these leaves off and then we're gonna come back. We're gonna put the new gutter guards in the gutters
so that's basically our mission for the day, but I got some pretty sweet gutter guards that
That we're using for this i'm excited about that. Also. We are trying out a new pricing structure
So i'm going to be talking about that a little bit later here. So that is pretty exciting. So, let's get to work
Alright first things first. We got a mix mix this gasoline for two-stroke and my
My leaf blower here. It recommends forty to one. So that's we're gonna be mixing it out
So we're gonna mix it at a forty to one
Here's my little kind of measuring cup that I use and it has an actual marker for you know
40 to 1 right there and this is all based off of you know, how many gallons so it's got a one gallon
One and a half down to gallon two and a half gallon whenever I do this
I usually only gallon and gallons worth of gas just cuz this gas doesn't last forever
It's really only good for a few months
So you don't want to get more than you need and a gallon is the the smallest that I have for this cup
So that's what I go with and I usually run through a gallon, you know before it goes bad. So we're gonna get to it
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All right, here are the gutter guards that I got
So here are the gutter guards they got these the ones that I really like they're all metal they are made by
Really made by a Miramax and metal locking gutter guards absolute love these things
All right. I got the
Got the first two in and you could see here. They are just basically some
Metal grates, you know what I really like about this is you know
It doesn't allow any leaves in there and the leaves that do get on there. Usually get washed off by
By water or wind so it's worked out really well
I've installed these quite a few times you see I only got two so
Got to keep going and as I keep going I'll just make sure all the rest of the leaves are gone out of my way
Before I put one on but this is kind of the this one needs to be snapped together. Just a smidge more
But that's kind of the outlay of it
Okay. So basically what you do here is this just slides up underneath the shingles here and just slides in you overlap it a little
bit here, and then you kind of just hit it in till it goes underneath and
Then they will just go
all kind of just fold underneath the front of
Underneath the front of the gutter edge here
And then
Once they're all in the gutter edge
Kind of just pinch it down and then you got a nice
Even spot see those for these that come forward a little bit just like that
So that's the whole look of that and then this is what it looks like without it
So you could see that there's a lot of coverage going on
So that's pretty much how you install so I got a little bit more to go for sure. I got all the way around there
And then I got to come around this side here and then I just got to do the front of the garage
There's nothing really on that side
so
We don't have too much more to go, but we're gonna get going here. You can see there's already some
There's already some leaves that have fallen and see how it's kind of catching it and shooting them off
You all right I just finished up a section
So I'm going to go back through with the leaf blower just blow everything out of that section before I close that section up and
Then we'll close it up on gone to the next one. All right, we're almost done here
we got all the way around there and then around the front of the house and
Then halfway around the back of the house now. We just have this run to finish up right here and
Then we got to go down and finish up underneath that patio there and then do the front gutter on the on the front garage
really this thing goes pretty smoothly except for
just the only issue or the only hard part about these uh
These gutter guards is you doing the corners you got to make it work. So it's always surrounded by
Gutter guard this lady actually needs a new roof here pretty soon
This roof isn't looking isn't looking too hot. There's a few spots in it over over the porch that aren't looking too good
But I'm wearing a mask because it's super super smoky here. I mean, it's like believe it or not
It is
2:40 in the afternoon and you can't even really see the Sun
It's so smoky just because we have all those fires going on around us right now, but pretty crazy. So we're gonna finish this up
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Ok, I got all the gutter guards in place
So now I'm just gonna go off and blow
Blow this roof off one more time
All right
Just laid my last my last gutter guard here on the garage got everything finished here on the whole house
as you can see that there's a few leaves already on the roof and those leaves have fallen since I
Had last been on there and blew everything off
But we got all the gutter guards off we got
Most of the leaves cleaned up which gotta do a little bit more cleanup here and then we got to get out of here
But that's pretty much it
This tree last winter this branch looks you broke off actually where there's green stuff
It's the only live part on the tree, but now well, I guess there's a few live parts up there
But now this tree pretty much needs to go. So that might be a
Job down the road for sure
So that's funny actually talked to those people about that tree when I was in there and I like oh, yeah
We need that thing to go
because you know the last last winter that big old branch fell down so they're afraid the whole tree is going to come down but
That tree is pretty dead. So I told them that we could definitely get to it
so I'm gonna write them up write them up an estimate for that and probably me and Frank will come over and
Take that down for them. Oh and then so they're pretty sweet about that
So we are heading home now, man
This smoke this smoke is coming in thick by the day. Like look, look at that that over there is the Sun
Just crazy that the Sun like it's barely even seen because of all the smoke just like so thick but anyways, okay
So we are changing up the way that we're pricing and it has to do with the handyman law here in California. So
you know, like I talked about a few times in the past videos is I found out the law in in California regarding handyman is
And some of you guys have have hinted towards that as well that a handyman can only do five hundred dollars per project
Which I knew that
but the the question was what is defined as a project and
A part of the CSLB a project is including everything that's on one estimate
at one house, so
So if I do a job that is more than five hundred dollars on it on an estimate in one day or whatever
Then that is over the limit
There's some of the gray areas that I don't completely understand in that but we'll kind of let it go as it is
So what we're changing up to what we've been
what we've been told that we should do is
Do go to an hourly rate. So we are now charging an hourly rate
You know 90 dollars per hour with the two-hour minimum both me and Frank are running with that
It's a whole lot easier to estimate because I don't have to do estimation days. So it's pretty sweet
And it's working out pretty good
So this job totaled, you know, so it's 90 bucks an hour two hour minimum plus ain't even need the materials. Obviously
I'm not I'm not paying for their materials
So this job I was there for four hours
Total labor was 360
Got out of there. Got it done. They were happy the next job that will do for them. Is that tree?
So that'll be a pretty sweet one and I'll get all that firewood. So that'll be that'll be good to go
I won't be able to use it this year, but you know, we'll have to let it sit for a few years
But that works out pretty well. So I am heading home now
I'm gonna meet up with Frank got to exchange some checks and talk about talk about business and whatnot
And then I'm gonna go home and start my real job, which is being a father and a husband. So super excited about that
So thank you all so much for tuning in. I hope you all have a fantastic day and we'll see you on the next vlog
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