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Has anybody used their guttervac to remove moss from roofs and is their an attachment to make it easier many thanks
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Thanks smurf wit other usesStill I find a vac very handy for various jobs around properties not just for house gutter clearing./emoticons/wink.png
Has anybody used their guttervac to remove moss from roofs and is their an attachment to make it easier many thanks
Thanks utterly I'll order the scraper wit price do you charge for roof deck mossI have scraped/vacuumed the odd roof if I don't want to go on it due to safety reasons. I use the Wolfgarten patio scraper attached to a 4m pole and as long as the roof is fairly steep most of the moss will fall down to the gutters and I vac them out. I can also vac the roof (after scraping) from the top of my ladder using normal vacuum tools and a 3m plastic (waste) pipe plugged into a 75mm downpipe which is fixed to my ladder!! You need to be harnessed on though as you need to use both hands to do the job. (Or work off a scaffold tower)
Meant to say wit price to demos roof thanksThanks utterly I'll order the scraper wit price do you charge for roof deck moss
Meant to say wit price to demos roof thanks
View attachment 4640What kind of harness do you use @Utterly Gutterly ?Do you harness for hand tool gutter clears or just the vac roof clears? Be good to see a pic of your ladder set up with the down pipe :thumbsup:
Hey Jim, here's an old pic showing the d/pipe fixed to the ladder with the vac hose attached at the bottom. I then plug in at the top with the vacuums own tools. This is pre progutter tools as I would do it using them now. However, I still regularly use the vac set up and had to use it this morning on a job with seamless gutters above conservatory - see later pics. I might have been able to do the job with vac poles off the ground but I find it is far better to be up there seeing what you are doing. It took an hour to do the back of the house and I had to get the old boy to foot the ladder as I could not deploy Ankalad. Progutter would have been useless in this case confirming the opinion that you need both sets of tools (pro & vac)I only use a harness on roof cleans (or 3 storey ladder jobs to make me feel safer) and I got my fall arrest safety harness off ebay. They start at about £30.
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Thanks utterly that's everything I need to know brilliantHi Bill, do you have a pic of the job? What type of tiles are they? Price varies according to the profile as flat tiles are easier to scrape/brush. Prices tend to range from about £250 (1day) for a small semi or terrace up to £500 (2 days) for a normal family detached house. Have done a large bungalow for £900. (3days) Charge extra for detached garage. And most of all, stay safe.The USP of this type of work is no power washing, no chemicals and no painting afterwards and therefore a much cheaper price which the customer likes. As Smurf has said I am also upfront and do not offer any guarantees that the moss will not return as it inevitably will do so. I do not spray with an inhibitor as it only lasts 6 - 12 months and adds too much £££ to the job which would lose me the work. And there ain't a pressure washer in sight.
You defo need to use a microlite standoff on the roof tiles instead of trying to purch that type of standoff on fascias that can and do give way.
I have a microlite but I can't get on with it. I don't like the wheels, they don't always collapse if one is on a spoke and it unnerves me when used against a wall and you have to feel comfortable. This ladder doesn't always reach above gutter level to sit on a roof. I also have the same 3 section ladder as you which I could use but when you add ankalad and microlite to an already heavy ladder I struggle to manoeuvre it safely as it is a bit of a beast. I risk assess the fascias and will lean against a wall if I'm not happy with them (although I couldn't with that job)
im glad it's not just me who struggles with the loaded triple. It's a great kit but I find the set up can be very difficult with split levels, walls, cladding, pebble dash, all sorts of problems and obsticles. Last few I did with vac alone to avoid ladders.