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JSMC

  • Posts: 3511
gutter cleaning
« on: June 14, 2008, 10:24:11 am »
guys who don't have vacs to do this job do you just us e alittle trowel to scrape it all out? then place in bucket

Xline Systems

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Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2008, 10:37:56 am »
we use drain rods with a gutter attachment

JSMC

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Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2008, 11:07:46 am »
i have drain rods but where do you get the gutter attachment from? i bought rods from B&Q ages ago

russ_clark

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Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2008, 11:17:08 am »
we use a gutter cleaner tool screws to an unger telescopic pole
does the job just fine
Russ

Xline Systems

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Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2008, 11:36:26 am »
we get our gutter tools from the local cash and carry

Mr H

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Xline Systems

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Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2008, 11:45:25 am »
that is a differant atachment to what we use ours is metal and screws on the end of the pole. awsome bit of kit

Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2008, 12:31:39 pm »
we use drain rods with a gutter attachment

Can you be a bit more specific? Maybe a photo or two?

Only gutter jobs I've ever done are on bungalows and it's been really time consuming:

Stage 1 - up a step ladder, and a trowel and bucket job.

Stage 2 - on the ground, and wash with wfp

Stage 3 - back up the step ladder and do the fiddly bits right behind the gutter and up inside the brackets with a microfibre.

(That's why I've only done bungalows - no way I'm working off a ladder at ten feet.)

I'd priced well, but finished up making a crap hourly rate because it took so long.

russ_clark

  • Posts: 923
Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2008, 12:34:35 pm »
we use the one Mr H has posted

Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2008, 12:50:56 pm »
we use a gutter cleaner tool screws to an unger telescopic pole
does the job just fine
Russ
I have been doing the same for years with the same pole and same attachment. Works well for me.

craig jwc

  • Posts: 1076
Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2008, 01:12:24 pm »
I haven't got a gutter vac but use the gutter lance with pressure washer.
Before that it was ladders with a gutter pole i think i got from a sunday magazine for £20.
I have drain rods to use on the downpipes if needed.

Craig

Joe Lauzon

Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2008, 01:40:35 pm »
I just use my bare hands and a plastic bag!  ;D


gary999

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Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2008, 02:06:52 pm »
wickes drain and gutter rods £20 it does the job for me :)

*Mr Tumble

  • Posts: 367
Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #13 on: June 14, 2008, 08:16:19 pm »
bare hands and trowel for me,take a bucket up to put it in,find they are easier to do after rain
If its wet because of the rain, how do you get the sludge out by hand?  A sponge?

vision tech

  • Posts: 235
Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2008, 10:59:14 pm »
I use a painters telescopic pole with the wifes desert spoon attached to the end with pvc tape,on a semi you only need to go up the ladder twice on each side of the house and pull the dirt to you, then into a bucket hanging of a bungee, then a wire coathanger opened up clears the downpipe followed by a bucket of water, any dirt marks on the gutter are wiped away with a teatowel.
I started out with nothing......I still have most of it.

vision tech

  • Posts: 235
Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #15 on: June 14, 2008, 11:29:15 pm »
no she is on a diet, so am i .lol.
I started out with nothing......I still have most of it.

p1w1

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Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2008, 01:11:35 am »
bare hands and trowel for me,take a bucket up to put it in,find they are easier to do after rain
If its wet because of the rain, how do you get the sludge out by hand?  A sponge?
i find it easier after the rain too just use a trowel and wash the rest down with a hose pipe and give the down pipes a good blast..

*Mr Tumble

  • Posts: 367
Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #17 on: June 15, 2008, 07:46:18 am »
These guys just tip the crud out:


*Mr Tumble

  • Posts: 367
Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #18 on: July 12, 2008, 10:46:32 pm »
They are just heros Mr Fumble.

Wayne Thomas

Re: gutter cleaning
« Reply #19 on: July 12, 2008, 10:49:57 pm »
You wouldn't catch me doing that :) Love life too much.