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You know my thoughts Phil - Ive got 40 litres of deck stain and 90 litres of fence paint in my garage all allocated to jobs - so the answer to your question is another question - "what does your local market research tell you?"
You can see there is a service to be offered, how have you marketed the service to potential customers?
From my own experience, I think it is a good service if pitched right. Minimal physical pain doing these tasks, no waste to be removed, and happy customers when treatments are completed. The only negative side is that it is weather dependent so get a good reliable (if they exist) weather app on your phone and factor in jobs accordingly. But for me it is a good service with potentially decent margin. Hope this helps mate.
yes mate we ve had many convo on this seeing many posts
Anyone else got any views
The answer is YES but choose your jobs carefuly, some people want a clapped out fence treating then moan when it falls apart.......
I do about 4-5 a year, mostly regular customers, I point out to folk with a fence a) it looks better painted every 3-5 years, and b) it will last much longer if you look after it and keep the rot away.
if the fence has rot set in, no amount of painting or oiling will stop it.
I find its a useful add on, espeically in winter, but Not a BIG BIG part of my life - and I would focus on your existing regulars rather than advertise it per-say. Most regulars are ameniable to it as it saves money in the long term. Stitch in time saves 9 etc.
Is it sufficient to use a fence/shed type paint every few years or a stain type product that has some actual preservative in it say every five years?
I looked at doing it a while back. I was intending on doing an airless paint set up & decided against it as the cost of the set up was to expensive.