Making a homemade.
High gutter clean out.
Put on work clothes and rubber gloves.
Wear safety glasses to keep bits of dried leaves and other debris out of your eyes.
This will help keep your hands dry while.
If the gutters are filled mostly with dry leaves twigs or pine needles they can be vacuumed out easily without getting on a ladder.
Any thougthts on rigging up the the power washer or blower to use them from abo.
A further option is to push the hose down or up the gutter to dislodge the debris.
Removing debris from high gutters with a ladder.
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This homemade gutter vacuum harnesses the power of everyday tools in the shed.
Remove debris from the gutter by hand or with an air.
The curved portion can curl over the edge of the gutter to suck the debris into a bag or vacuum chamber.
How to clean high gutters method 1 of 4.
You can do a variety of tasks thanks to the fact that it is made with an aluminum pole which extends to 5 5 feet and is durable.
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Put on the rubber gloves under your work gloves if the debris is damp.
If you find a blockage try to get a more pressured water flow to shoot this down the blocked area.
Adjust the red tip depending on the height of the gutters i can almost touch the gutters on the back of our house while standing on the deck so i left the red fan tip in place.
Place your ladder squarely on a level ground before you climb it.
You can even rig up your own diy gutter vacuum using materials you most likely already have lying around at home.
But if you need more power to reach those second story gutters take out the red piece on the nozzle for a stronger spray.
Begin cleaning near a downspout.
Check that the water flows freely through the gutter and out.
These attachments will fit on the end of a standard shop vac or leaf blower.
This kit extends your reach to about 9 feet enabling you to clean all out of reach places within the gutters including the siding shutters and windows with ease.
I have some real high gutters on my house and need to figure out how to clean them from the ground or spend money to hire someone to do the job which i d rather not do since they re collecting leaves pretty regularly.
Using a hosepipe flush out the remaining gunk.