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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Have you tried this Oct 3^rd, 2015 at 3:42pm Cleaning out the gutters? Use the leaf blower. I only just tumbled to it.
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Johnsmith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4716 Gender:	Re: Have you tried this Reply #1 - Oct 3^rd, 2015 at 3:45pm good way to clean the leaves (and spiders), but doesn't get rid of the silt that accumulates at the bottom of the gutters. I'd recommend use the blower first, then clear out silt where ever you see a build up
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Redmond Neck Moderator Offline OzPolitic Posts: 21462 ACT Gender:	Re: Have you tried this Reply #2 - Oct 3^rd, 2015 at 3:48pm I have a Ryobi leaf blower/vacuum thing that I blow leaves in the autumn around the garden, is that what you are on about or something designed for gutters I must admit I am reluctant to climb ladders at 71
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6490 Gender:	Re: Have you tried this Reply #3 - Oct 3^rd, 2015 at 3:53pm Got a mother biter Stihl, could blow a camel through the eye of a needle. Gutters clean for years now. Also great when burning off
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Redmond Neck Moderator Offline OzPolitic Posts: 21462 ACT Gender:	Re: Have you tried this Reply #4 - Oct 3^rd, 2015 at 4:59pm So how do you use it? Climb up on the roof and point out towards the gutter. As I said before, I am in the age group that shouldnt climb ladders etc.
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6490 Gender:	Re: Have you tried this Reply #5 - Oct 3^rd, 2015 at 6:01pm Actually my wife climbs up on the roof and does it.
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Reply #6 - Oct 4^th, 2015 at 11:08am

Well I just stuck it in the end of a section and pointed towards the other end. Then I moved the ladder along and did it again. All the dry leaves just blow out and I've just got a battery job.
Sure, if it's been wet you have to clean it out manually to get silt out. I've even had little trees growing in the silt when I don't get around to it.

PS when you're old you just have to take more care with ladders

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Reply #7 - Oct 9^th, 2015 at 2:17pm

Was on a flat part of my roof this morning cleaning out the chimney so I thought I may as well do the gutter while I was up there.
So this is a part of the house where the gutter does silt up because of an overhanging bottlebrush (now drastically cut back).

Well I found that the blower does a fair job on clearing the silt too if you're prepared to use the nozzle to scrape along the bottom as you blow it. Of course right now the silt is pretty much dried right out because there hasn't been any rain for ages. But you might have more respect for your tools than I do. You might even wash your car.

Also realised the blower is good for cleaning the inlet filters on plastic water tanks. Once in a while you'd have to take them out and hose them though.

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Reply #8 - Dec 6^th, 2023 at 6:04pm

bogarde73 wrote on Oct 3^rd, 2015 at 3:42pm:

Cleaning out the gutters? Use the leaf blower.
I only just tumbled to it.

What about an industrial wet and dry vacuum cleaner, instead of blowing all that gunk under the roof or all over it?
Especially after a dry spell when it is really like chunky dust?

I had a quote to do this for $330. Probably better than buying one for self.

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 47299 Gender:	Re: Have you tried this Reply #9 - Dec 6^th, 2023 at 7:48pm Just run a bit of petrol down the gutter and set it alight. VAROOM!!! All the leaves are ash in 5 minutes and you just have to hose it all down the drainpipe.
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Reply #10 - Dec 6^th, 2023 at 9:39pm

Redmond Neck wrote on Oct 3^rd, 2015 at 3:48pm:

I have a Ryobi leaf blower/vacuum thing that I blow leaves in the autumn around the garden, is that what you are on about or something designed for gutters

I must admit I am reluctant to climb ladders at 71

That is sensible. Many home handymen die from a fall from a ladder. Not from a big height either.
Ladders are VERY dangerous.

When I was in my early 50's I decided to not get on the roof again. It's a high set house, so the ground is about 5+ meters from the roof.

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AusGeoff Gold Member Offline Sage of Gippsland Posts: 5999 Victoria Gender:	Re: Have you tried this Reply #11 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 2:31am I have a leaf blower, but most of my gutters are too high to reach. And at my age I certainly ain't gonna be climbing any ladders LOL. We've got a young local bloke who'll do it for 40 bucks.
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Reply #12 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 6:32am

I have a wide base stable Bailey ladder. I use this VERY carefully for indoor chores, changing lightglobes etc. No way will I use it outside.

I have had fun on roofs—crossing several metres by walking on a 4" wide beam, stepping over rafters with toolboxes and chairs on the cement floor below. Working on the roof of the big villa we owned at the time, 12' ceilings so a VERY high roof. The sheets of iron we took off weighed three times the new sheets that we put on!

Or the second house we built, it was on a slope so I got on the roof on one side and walked the length of the roof to the other which was a LOT further from the ground ewhh! No more of that malarkey!

I know someone who fell off a ladder and landed on her head. My optometrist back in Adelaide, younger than me, fell off a ladder at home and died.

Once you reach 50 STAY OFF LADDERS!

Oh yeah, with only one ear working my balance she is not so good and i have low blood pressure: Mum wanted me to clean her gutter—could see the grass growing in it from the ground. Got the extension ladder, climbed s l o w l y up and stood there for a minute while the roof and garden etc waltzed all around me. Last bit of ladder work I will ever do!

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Frank Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 44186 Gender:	Re: Have you tried this Reply #13 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 10:14am Re falling off ladders: To improve balance, brush your teeth standing on one leg.
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AusGeoff Gold Member Offline Sage of Gippsland Posts: 5999 Victoria Gender:	Re: Have you tried this Reply #14 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 11:02am Frank wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 10:14am: Re falling off ladders: To improve balance, brush your teeth standing on one leg. I'm gonna try that later on.
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