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Avo

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #20 on: November 29, 2014, 09:50:54 pm »
That's the reason I bought it to speed up the job and pin point moss along the way but and a big but the extra height of holding the poles up for a straight 5 hours was a lot for my arms plus Monday was a straight 4 hours job too 😄 I did have lots in real time but my mate didn't press record. New user mistake lol

Avo

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #21 on: November 29, 2014, 10:02:11 pm »
Avo

Cracking vid mate. What setup have you got? Cost?

Steve
gutter sucker pole set 30ft plus I bought a fishing pole on eBay which I used 2 sections at 8ft of on Monday been running nilfisk vac but soon looking to upgrade that.
Not sure total costs
£300 poles
£110 vac
£200 genie
£80 hose
£149 camera

Smurf

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #22 on: November 29, 2014, 10:08:06 pm »
You earned your money then that's for sure as I know its bloody hard work. Just don't get carried away like someone I've seen a pic of his top section of his pole got stuck in a downspout for several days just dangling there as he did not have a long enough ladder to retrieve it. He also quit guttervac clearing after doing that one and sold his kit for some strange reason.  ;D

So another tip for you:

On the poles you use tape the sections together so they don't come apart  ::)roll

That's the reason I bought it to speed up the job and pin point moss along the way but and a big but the extra height of holding the poles up for a straight 5 hours was a lot for my arms plus Monday was a straight 4 hours job too  I did have lots in real time but my mate didn't press record. New user mistake lol

Avo

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #23 on: November 29, 2014, 10:22:47 pm »
Here are the cone off area below

Smurf

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #24 on: November 29, 2014, 10:41:35 pm »
Nice pic but don't leave yer guttervac pole like that as could fall on someone  ;D

Here are the cone off area below

Avo

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #25 on: November 29, 2014, 10:48:25 pm »
Carbon won't hurt to much just hurt my wallet.

Smurf

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #26 on: November 30, 2014, 01:23:59 am »
I'm sure it will to both  ;D

Carbon won't hurt to much just hurt my wallet.

hasti

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #27 on: November 30, 2014, 08:06:01 am »
Sorry for the poor picture quality but as promised put a vid together.

I'll wait for the sharp shooting criticism to being 😄👍


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RJibqyu8hBU

Well done, Avo, much better and sharper video, those Go pros as bees neez  :)
One thing i noticed, your poles bounce two much, i believe they are not Grippa Tank Poles ?

The more bounce you get on the pole, the harder you work your Arms.

Avo

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #28 on: November 30, 2014, 08:46:52 am »
Just out of interest how much are these grippa poles for a 30ft set?

hasti

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #29 on: November 30, 2014, 09:37:51 am »

lal

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #30 on: November 30, 2014, 12:01:11 pm »

 Hi Avo, great sharp looking video, also loved the sound track, out of interest how many watts is your nilfisk, could
 see you did a superb job clearing the gutters out, well done.

 Best regards
 Lal

Avo

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #31 on: November 30, 2014, 12:41:57 pm »
Nilfisk 30t 1800w not really the suited vac on a big job like that but great in domestic homes..
I thought the picture quality wasn't that great but cheers mate 👍

Smurf

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #32 on: November 30, 2014, 04:00:34 pm »
So Avo how do you check those downspout bends are not blocked as is great having clear gutters but is a waste of time if the water can't flow away

Nilfisk 30t 1800w not really the suited vac on a big job like that but great in domestic homes..
I thought the picture quality wasn't that great but cheers mate

Avo

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #33 on: November 30, 2014, 04:21:44 pm »
So Avo how do you check those downspout bends are not blocked as is great having clear gutters but is a waste of time if the water can't flow away

Nilfisk 30t 1800w not really the suited vac on a big job like that but great in domestic homes..
I thought the picture quality wasn't that great but cheers mate
ladders

Avo

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #34 on: November 30, 2014, 04:23:30 pm »
All my work is checked for flow

supernova77

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #35 on: November 30, 2014, 04:52:06 pm »
Hi Avo

How do you check the flow from the ground?

Andy

Avo

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #36 on: November 30, 2014, 04:56:40 pm »
Ladders how about you andy?

Ladders always come into play somewhere within work.

Had to hand ball a job 2 weeks ago full to the top with pine needles and no vac on the plant would of managed it.

Smurf

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #37 on: November 30, 2014, 05:36:19 pm »
So you checked all those downspounts on the 3/4 storey hotel jobs by ladder then?

So Avo how do you check those downspout bends are not blocked as is great having clear gutters but is a waste of time if the water can't flow away

Nilfisk 30t 1800w not really the suited vac on a big job like that but great in domestic homes..
I thought the picture quality wasn't that great but cheers mate
ladders

Avo

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #38 on: November 30, 2014, 06:01:15 pm »
No there checked and clear from 1st elbow on the hotel
I normally rod them through by hand on ladders
We used a unger teleplus pole with cranked angle on it and fused semi stiff hose in it to rod the elbow.

Avo

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Re: Gutter cleaning
« Reply #39 on: November 30, 2014, 06:12:17 pm »
Not on the 4 floors which I explained to the management but the rest was checked they were straight run down with traps in the inside seemless gutters