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Anyone use a blower of some kind? I have a shop vac that I can take the bower off and use it as a blower. I was thinking of adapting a short piece of PVC, a sweep and reducer and try it on the gutters.
The leaves are starting to fall, and I hate sitting on the roof reaching over and cleaning by hand. I know if they get rained on hard the blower probably wouldn't move them, but if I kept up with them as they fall......I don't mind walking the roof, just the hanging over the edge!
If it works, I could be convinced to buy a gas drive blower.
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I use my power washer with 15* tip.
When I need to do this job (soon), the leaves are a wet heavy mat.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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"Maybe we're all happy."
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The blower's all I use to do the gutters any more. I got one of those gooseneck tube kits for it-it works really good.
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Yep... I get on the roof to blow it off a few times a year... pro tip ----> you need a few days of DRY weather to get the most out of your efforts...
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Have used a blower for the last 10 years or so.
Never take life to seriously, after all ,no one gets out of it alive.
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I have one of those. Works great if the gutters are dry; otherwise you get freckles.
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Anybody using a battery powered blower? I’m considering a Dewalt 20v if they have the goose neck extension. Seems like the trend is away from gas power to battery power.
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Gas blower works better than anything, I think, but be careful the blow-off doesn’t fall on anything you may have trouble cleaning.
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I use my echo gas powered handheld and a ladder. Haven’t made the gooseneck yet. I live in an oak forest. That doesn’t play well with gutters.
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It’s never just leaves alone.
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country."
Robert E. Lee
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Buy some Shur Flo screens and a pack of 1/4'' Zip screws that match your raingutter color - you won't need another gutter cleaning for 10 years .
DON"T buy plastic screens !
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I use the DeWalt 20Volt blower but work from the roof side. It cleans them right out and once you get some air under a "mat" the whole thing goes!
My big problem this year is acorns....going to have to blow those marbles out as well!!
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Just use the vacuum
Blowing makes a hell of a mess, particularly if there is a slurry of dirt and leaves in there
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I have walked down the roof edge and blown them clean before but it makes a bigger mess below. I find it easier to scoop the leaves out with my hand into a bucket and rinse them out.
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two weeks ago I threw out my goose neck blower kit. I never used it.
For a while I'd get up on the roof with my back pack blower and clean them out, I just put on aluminum gutter guards. I hope I'm done with it for awhile
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