Building and testing a homemade wet dry vac gutter cleaning attachment made for less than 25.
Homemade gutter cleaning tool.
This u requires two 90 degree couplings and two 6 lengths of pvc pipe.
Align your pieces in the correct order and then glue them together with pvc primer and cement.
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Cut your pvc piping to appropriate sizes.
Make the rain gutter cleaner i.
Making a safe and affordable rain gutter cleaner with pvc is as simple as the following steps.
Glue an elbow onto the end of the other 8 foot length followed by the 6 inch piece.
Cut 6 inches off one of the sections with a hacksaw.
Blowing the leaves out on top of the roof made a big mess and cost me more time that i felt was needed.
On the short side of the u install a cap over the end of the pipe you ll need pvc primer and glue for all the joints.
A 2 1 2 inch to 1 1 2 inch rubber reducer extra extension for the shop vac to provide the necessary extension length to reach the roof from ground level.
You can then attach your pole using a hose and pass the gutter vacuum over the gutter to get rid of debris from the ground.
Materials a length of two inch abs pipe.
Attach your newly assembled gutter cleaner to your garden hose and turn on the water.
Two inch sink trap to form the 180 degree bend for the gutter.
Purchase two 8 foot lengths of pvc pipe for creating the gutter cleaner and having some extra for repairs.
Well you can use a ladder but now that you have a list of over 10 tools to take advantage of all you need with some of the telescopic poles is a decent homemade gutter vacuum.
Drill three holes in the end of the cap and glue a threaded adaptor to the other long end of the u to attach the garden hose to to simplify use add a shut off valve here as well.
Dec 31 2018 homemade gutter cleaner.
The ultimate diy gutter cleaning tool cleaning gutters is mostly viewed as an overwhelming task.
There had to be a better way.
Place another elbow onto the end of that piece with an end cap.