Bongofish
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Yeh you could be right actually, oh well hopefully with the sillicone it's no bigger than 50mm and it may be fine ?
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I have just measured my silicon bend it’s about 60mm across the outsideYeh you could be right actually, oh well hopefully with the sillicone it's no bigger than 50mm and it may be fine ?
Well now I'm confused then. As on the GVS site they only sell 2 mount options for gutter cleaning mounts and it's 44mm or 51mm so thought something with the same diameter would have been fine ?I have just measured my silicon bend it’s about 60mm across the outside
Think you will find the poles are 44 or 51 mm not the silicon bendWell now I'm confused then. As on the GVS site they only sell 2 mount options for gutter cleaning mounts and it's 44mm or 51mm so thought something with the same diameter would have been fine ?
Yeh but where are you meant to mount the GVS Mounts if not on the sillicone part? Sorry if I sound stupid ?Think you will find the poles are 44 or 51 mm not the silicon bend
Yeh that really does help! Tha KS alot for that!!No not at all stupid this is mine hope it helps
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You'd be better off with having the camera angle of attack on top looking down as you'll fowl the field of view having it underslung and will scratch the housing on gutters and clipsTo be fair Amazon has come through golden again. Works like a charm.....just trying to find a camera angle that's best to see into the guttering. ?
When I have it on top I just see mainly tiles. ??
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My set up is like this. Its not the angle that you need to change to avoid tiles, it's how you're using the vac, if you go in straight you will only see tiles, if you work along sideways you'll see what you're clearing.To be fair Amazon has come through golden again. Works like a charm.....just trying to find a camera angle that's best to see into the guttering. ?
When I have it on top I just see mainly tiles. ??
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I have yet to do my first gutter clean ( got 5 booked in for next week). So I may be wrong, but I would have thought a wired camera would be super annoying being attached to the gutter Vac?I found with the cheap action cameras that it wasn't the actual camera that was the problem, it was the software. It would only show the picture in portrait mode on the phone, so the picture was tiny. I got a gopro as their app switches between portrait and landscape which means you get a much larger picture.
However I really don't rate these action cams. I've been out with mine today, all day. Despite only turning the camera on to check that they were clear the second battery died mid afternoon, so the last job I just had to go off feel and couldn't inspect them. Even when it was working I had problems though, the camera wouldn't always connect to the phone meaning I spent a few minutes rebooting everything to get it to connect. It's very annoying, it's just unnecessary delays.
I'm now going to look at powered camera's. Mains power isn't a problem as to do the job you have to have it, so running a camera of the mains stops the faffing about with batteries. I also suspect that a mains powered camera will be a lot more simple, no software issues and no wifi issues.
One thing I'm going to do, whatever camera system I go for I'm going to get the brightest ******* light that I can possibly find. Today I could hardly see anything, it's too dark, you're peering the camera from bright sunlight into a gutter that is in the tiles shadow, it's near impossible to see anything. So I think a super bright light shining into the gutter would make it a lot better.
When you're working it's different, it's not straight forward. Changing the batteries is a pain in itself, then once you change them you have what seems like an age to reconnect to the smartphone. Then you have the connection issues, sometimes they connect sometimes they don't and you have to go back to the beginning to reconnect it all, all while the customer is looking at you wondering if you're up to the job.I have yet to do my first gutter clean ( got 5 booked in for next week). So I may be wrong, but I would have thought a wired camera would be super annoying being attached to the gutter Vac?
Like you say we have to have power , so instead of buying another camera , I would buy a battery charger for the GoPro and charge your second battery at every job and just vice versa the battery. I have the GoPro hero 9 and the battery can easy charge 50% of a battery within half an hour.
I think I would get alot more frustrated with a dangling wire coming from top of gutter Vac.
Could I ask a question seen as you seem to have plenty of experience.When you're working it's different, it's not straight forward. Changing the batteries is a pain in itself, then once you change them you have what seems like an age to reconnect to the smartphone. Then you have the connection issues, sometimes they connect sometimes they don't and you have to go back to the beginning to reconnect it all, all while the customer is looking at you wondering if you're up to the job.
Yesterday I didn't use the camera while I was working with the vac, you can't realistically see what you're doing in bright sunlight. What I did was to attach the camera to my wfp and used that to inspect the gutters before and after. Doing the same with a wired camera wouldn't affect the work as the wire is not on the gutter poles.
Also the lag between what the camera sees and what shows on your phone is unacceptable, it's about 1 second meaning what you did 1 second in the past shows up on the screen. I would expect the wired cameras to be instant but I could be wrong. It would help loads if it was instant.
You will see what I mean when you come to use it. What I would say is allow 3 hours for each job, you will probably do them in 2 hours or less on your first attempt but they are really hit and miss. Some are a doddle some are a nightmare. Just allow plenty of time for all eventualities until you get the hang of it / get the camera working etc.
I've not got plenty of experience, I'm learning just like yourself, I've done about 8 jobs so far but you quickly learn what does and doesn't work.Could I ask a question seen as you seem to have plenty of experience.
What would be the night are situation you find yourself in and how do you get around it/do it?
So far I've asked all my customers if they know the downpipes are blocked to let me know as I don't deal with blocked downpipes and it's just a general gutter clean. I really don't feel confident enough to start taking downpipes off walls.
I think Gutter Vac Systems sell stainless tubes with a single or double 'claw' type thing that might be what you are looking for.I'm going to have a look to see if there are hook like attachments to get stuff like that plant out.
Gardiner do this, if you use it keep at least the top section of your pole in.I'm going to have a look to see if there are hook like attachments to get stuff like that plant out.
That's an interesting product, very cheap as well. At first glance I thought with it being plastic it wouldn't be good enough, but looking at the shape I think it would have done the trick on that second job. I also like the way you can flush water through it. Neat idea for sensible price.Gardiner do this, if you use it keep at least the top section of your pole in.
https://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/quick-loqr-gutter-spike-agitator.html