Gutter cleaning tool

[riptides]

I need a good gutter cleaning tool that can do two story work. My SO is NOT fond of holdiing the ladder. Quite frankly when the wasp was coming around my head, I decided she was right.

So I am open for suggestions. I should have never put gutters on the house in the first place.

I need something that can do wet work too. Not just dry leaves.

TIA
-Mike Z.

 

[sawdust_maker]

I need a good gutter cleaning tool that can do two story work. My SO is NOT fond of holdiing the ladder. Quite frankly when the wasp was coming around my head, I decided she was right.

So I am open for suggestions. I should have never put gutters on the house in the first place.

I need something that can do wet work too. Not just dry leaves.

TIA
-Mike Z.

We've gone through the gutter guards. They have caused more problems than they are worth. Some are hornet hotels, the rest just get crudded up with the cottonwood gunk and other seeds.

I use a combination of things, although most of our gutters are only 1 story up.

A high pressure hose to get rid of any wasp nests in advance.

A Little Giant ladder to climb up there when I need to. Its sturdy and easy to configure for the exact spot I need it, plus it has a wider stance than my old extension ladder had.

I've made a few useful toys. I've got a leaf blower/vacuum. For the blower, I used a rubber gasket with some hose clamps to put a 135 degree bend on the end made of pvc pipe. So now my blower can be used to blow down and off to the side. I blow out the junk I can reach.

When the gutters are dry enough, I made another attachment for the vacuum nozzle, this one is just a 180 bend in 5 inch pvc. Again, its attached with a rubber coupling to the vacuum tube. This will suck out any crud it can reach. Both of these tools are perfect for all our first story gutters, and I can pull off the couplings in a matter of seconds with a screwdriver. (I also always use a GFI protected extension cord.)

For higher gutters I took a long piece of copper pipe, added garden hose fittings to one end with a ball valve to control the flow. At the other end, I put a 135 degrees worth of elbows on it, then I add a high pressure nozzle. I used type L 1/2 inch copper pipe for strength. I made another out of 3/4 inch copper pipe. Its more rigid yet, but it would be heavy when filled with water. A pvc version would probably work too.

John

 

[JimWalch]

I need a good gutter cleaning tool that can do two story work. My SO is NOT fond of holdiing the ladder. Quite frankly when the wasp was coming around my head, I decided she was right.

So I am open for suggestions. I should have never put gutters on the house in the first place.

I need something that can do wet work too. Not just dry leaves.

TIA
-Mike Z.

I use one of these: GUTTER KIT MODEL GA-2010 OrderTree - Poulan | Parts & Accessories Blower Attachments f
or a weedeater blower. Only thing is the way i use this is with the gutter kit backwards. Made an adapter to suck instead of blowing the leaves out of the gutters. Blowing them out of the gutter and on the roof and having them back in the gutter in five min. was not the answer. Not to mention that the gutters usuall have water or wet leaves in them and blowing this out and getting wet leaves on my face is not fun.

 

[Bird]

I bought the Orbit one piece telescoping wand with gutter cleaner from Lowe's. I had seen some cheaper ones that didn't look like they'd last long, but this one seems to be really heavy duty. It comes with a shut-off valve and I also made up fittings so I can use it with with water or with compressed air. Of course, it's only 5' long so I guess for a two story home, you might need to rig an extension.

 

[ToadHill]

If you have a power washer, Harbor Freight sells a 20ft. extension wand similar to the one Bird showed. I have a two story house and this works well for me.

 

[riptides]

Appreciate it but I also need to clean out the insides. So this makes it 1/2 way there.

Thanks!

 

[Travelover]

I bought the Orbit one piece telescoping wand with gutter cleaner from Lowe's. I had seen some cheaper ones that didn't look like they'd last long, but this one seems to be really heavy duty. It comes with a shut-off valve and I also made up fittings so I can use it with with water or with compressed air. Of course, it's only 5' long so I guess for a two story home, you might need to rig an extension.

Bird, does a lot of water rain down on you when you use this thing?

 

[2manyrocks]

Manlift or helicopter.

 

[NuBota]

I have two story house with walkout basement - so gutter in the back is three stories. Have a forty foot ladder, went up once and said "never again". Roof pitch is too steep to come from the front. I live in the woods, so lots of leaves.

I tried a bunch on contraptions and methods and settled on this...

Gutter Sense Rain Gutter Cleaning Tool

Picked up a 30' extension pole (for window cleaning)

It is not easy working this thing at 3 stories, but I have it down after a couple of years. Neck and shoulders get stiff. Wear a rain coat and eye protection. It's tedious, but works great. Two stories should be a breeze

 

[riptides]

Bird, does a lot of water rain down on you when you use this thing?

I'll bet it does if the gutters are clogged.