[jason1]

 Hi Does anyone pressure wash gutters and soffitts using a long pressure washer lance and pressure washer? or just use pole and virosol ?  Thanks for any input on this

[ben M]

wait....Daz is coming in a minute 

[steven ainger]

Tried it with a p/w
Its hard work, messy and alot better with wfp
Dont bother

[8weekly]

Tried it with a p/w
Its hard work, messy and alot better with wfp
Dont bother

A wc I know who uses a pressure washer says the opposite.

[Rob@Blast off]

I use both and wfp is easier than wrestling with a telescopic lance and high pressure hose.

[cleaning4usussex]

I have only ever pressure washed and using my 21 ltr pressure washer it is really hard work I have just bought a wfp system so looking forward to trying out
Jamie

[Perfect Windows]

Hi Does anyone pressure wash gutters and soffitts using a long pressure washer lance and pressure washer? or just use pole and virosol ?  Thanks for any input on this

Pole for us.  I haven't compared but I'd suspect a pressure washer couldn't be much quicker than a pole, pure water and a detergent if minging (whether Virosol or not).

Vin

[Plankton]

You won't get as good a result than wfp.
TFR brush rinse. I'll be using the TFR on conys next week (for the scaremainers)

[Smudger]

WFP all the way, better clean, faster cleaning, less mess.

Darran

[Mike #1]

I would be fairly sceptical about using pressure washer , More so on jobs with soffits as water ingress could be a serious issue .

[SB Cleaning]

Wfp definitely

[SeanK]

I'm not sure on this one, I have done a fair amount over the years using a wfp but watched one of the
neighbours getting theirs cleaned a few months back with a power washer and it did seem to look quicker.
If I'm being honest it did seem to look handier as well.
As for the quality of the clean, it was every bit as good as a wfp clean.

[Perfect Windows]

I'm not sure on this one, I have done a fair amount over the years using a wfp but watched one of the
neighbours getting theirs cleaned a few months back with a power washer and it did seem to look quicker.
If I'm being honest it did seem to look handier as well.
As for the quality of the clean, it was every bit as good as a wfp clean.

Interesting that it looked quicker - given the speed that WFP can clean gutters, I'd assumed that it wouldn't be faster.

One thing I thought about overnight was that if you were blasting water up into the gap between the fascia and gutter, water would be getting under the tiles at the edge of the roof.  Possibly not on newer houses but certainly on a 1920's place like mine.  In the loft, I can see light round the sides.  I'm not sure how much might come in but some would, I'm sure.

One thing I wouldn't miss is doing the brackets with WFP.  One, they are fiddly and, two, one day one of them is going to come off.

Vin

[8weekly]

I'm not sure on this one, I have done a fair amount over the years using a wfp but watched one of the
neighbours getting theirs cleaned a few months back with a power washer and it did seem to look quicker.
If I'm being honest it did seem to look handier as well.
As for the quality of the clean, it was every bit as good as a wfp clean.

Yep, a windy on here does it this way. He reckoned the big advantage was cleaning the dirt around the brackets. He reckoned much quicker too. I don't offer pressure washing so I doubt it would be worth investing for fsg jobs.

[dazmond]

ive never used a pressure washer for f/s/g.surely its easier and quicker just to use wfp then clean the windows afterwards.

i cleaned 2 small 3 bedders (g/f/s all around and fascia boards plus windows) a few days ago.took an hour each and they were filthy.i just used very hot pure water.

[SeanK]

I'm not sure on this one, I have done a fair amount over the years using a wfp but watched one of the
neighbours getting theirs cleaned a few months back with a power washer and it did seem to look quicker.
If I'm being honest it did seem to look handier as well.
As for the quality of the clean, it was every bit as good as a wfp clean.

Interesting that it looked quicker - given the speed that WFP can clean gutters, I'd assumed that it wouldn't be faster.

One thing I thought about overnight was that if you were blasting water up into the gap between the fascia and gutter, water would be getting under the tiles at the edge of the roof.  Possibly not on newer houses but certainly on a 1920's place like mine.  In the loft, I can see light round the sides.  I'm not sure how much might come in but some would, I'm sure.

One thing I wouldn't miss is doing the brackets with WFP.  One, they are fiddly and, two, one day one of them is going to come off.

Vin

Yes its the brackets that slow me up at times and the gap behind the gutter can be hard to clean.

[SeanK]

One disadvantage that I did notice using a power washer was that the spray goes everywhere and could
dirty the neighbours windows as well.
Could leave you open to a few complaints or extra work to put right.

[jason1]

Ok think ill stick to the pole thanks for opions

[cleaning4usussex]

My omnipole has a brush head like wfp but has pressure washing jets in stead of normal jets I use this and 2 angled nozzle holders gets up behind brackets really well and the brush does facias and soffits really good but you will get soaked all good in the summer but not much fun in winter also really hard work when you are 3 stories high had a go with my wfp today and much easier when at hight less hard work but brackets are a pig! And you have to scrub everywhere where as with the pressure washing pole you just pass by it!
Jamie

[Dave Willis]

I clean f/s/g/obe/dso/ mbi /vc/bbc all wfp with g/e pole & c/brush with p/water

Do them in about ten minutes. What slows me up is getting the ladders out and pulling all the bristles out of the brackets.