If you work in gutter cleaning, you know the sound.
You are thirty feet up a ladder, leaning over a roofline to clear a stubborn downspout blockage. You shift your weight, your sleeve brushes against the roof edge, and then you hear it: RIIIP.
In an instant, your brand-new cotton work shirt has a jagged hole. Not only is the shirt ruined, but you likely have a nasty scrape on your arm to go with it.
This is the “Shingle Snag.” It is the number one enemy of gutter cleaning uniforms, and it is costing your business money every single month.
The Roof is a Cheese Grater
To a standard cotton t-shirt, a residential roof is a hostile environment. Asphalt shingles act like 60-grit sandpaper, wearing down fabric fibers with every movement. Aluminum gutter edges can be as sharp as a serrated knife.
When you send your crew out in standard screen-printed cotton tees, you aren’t outfitting them; you are sending their clothes to die. Cotton fibers snag easily on rough granules. Once a snag starts, the loose knit unravels, leading to holes, tears, and a crew that looks ragged and unprofessional.
The Solution: Rip-Stop Performance Wear
The fix isn’t to buy cheaper shirts because you know they will get ruined; the fix is to buy shirts that fight back.
At Bleach Resistant Shirts (BRS), we engineer apparel specifically for the abrasive conditions of exterior cleaning. Our high-performance fabrics are designed with a tighter, slicker weave that glides over rough surfaces rather than catching on them.
Here is why upgrading to snag-resistant gear is a smart business move:
1. Stop the “Burn Rate” on Uniforms If you are replacing $15 shirts every two weeks, you are spending hundreds of dollars a year per technician just to keep them clothed. Our snag-resistant shirts are built to survive the scrape and scrub of roofing work, turning your uniform into a long-term asset rather than a monthly expense.
2. Protect Your Skin The “Shingle Snag” doesn’t just hurt the fabric; it hurts the technician. A shirt that tears easily exposes skin to hot asphalt, sharp metal, and bacteria-filled gutter muck. Our durable fabric acts as a protective layer, reducing job site scrapes and “roof rash.”
3. Maintain a Premium Image Homeowners judge you by your appearance before they even look at your work. A technician showing up in a shirt full of holes looks careless. A technician in a crisp, intact, branded uniform looks like a professional who respects property.
Stop Dressing for Failure
You wouldn’t use a plastic shovel to dig a ditch. Why use fragile fabric to wrestle with a roof?
Stop letting asphalt shingles eat your profits. Equip your team with gear that is as tough as the job they do.
Design your gutter cleaning shirt today.
