Clearing gutters in cold weather

[Smurf]

Some are easy to do as come out in big chunks and others can be a right pain in the ****.

 

[kev]

Looks a tight one lol

 

[tench0771]

i did a gutter job in january once never again NEVERRRRR tore my fingers to peaces an got cold an wet maby i should have wore gloves an water prouffs

 

[Natty1972]

I've got a gutter job to do soon , always full of pine needles ...6 inch buggers .... Always stabbing my fingers ... Not looking forward to it .....

 

[Smurf]

Good luck on that one...I hate pine needle jobs myself

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I've got a gutter job to do soon , always full of pine needles ...6 inch buggers .... Always stabbing my fingers ... Not looking forward to it .....

 

[Natty1972]

Smurf , I'll have nightmare s tonight arhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Those buggers are Sharp :gush:

 

[Smurf]

Best you wear gloves then to protect your hands

 

[Natty1972]

I wear gardening gloves ,,, there are quite thick , the old one still gets thru .....

 

[Smurf]

You may find rubber type coated gloves would be better

 

[kev]

Good luck on that one...I hate pine needle jobs myself
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Looks a handy tool that

 

[Natty1972]

The gloves have a rubber coated palm , it's the top that's material .....where the buggers get thru Ill source better ones when these are shot .... I'm too tight /emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[Smurf]

That's a progutter tool fitted to an old stripped down wfp with a acme male adapter on a plastic euro thread angle adaptor to make it fit a wfp. Brilliant bit of kit :thumbsup:

[media]

 

[Natty1972]

I ve something similar with my old glass fibre pole , took the top two sections out ,wrapped tape around the butt , you have a nice little pole for scrapping out , not too much of a reach aswell ..... Supprising how rigid there are without a brush attached to it

 

[Smurf]

I find those progutter tools better than any other tools I tried as long as the gap between the tiles is not too tight and don't have sods in like this one.

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[Smurf]

Try using a guttervac on those jobs then mr guttervac supplier /emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[kev]

That's a progutter tool fitted to an old stripped down wfp with a acme male adapter on a plastic euro thread angle adaptor to make it fit a wfp. Brilliant bit of kit :thumbsup:
[media]

That's what i was thinking, tight gutters can be a pain whatever method you use

 

[kev]

Try using a guttervac on those jobs then mr guttervac supplier /emoticons/biggrin.png

I havn't seen that before, good to know

 

[Smurf]

Nothing suprises me now to be honest that is why I always carry my gutter clearing ladder setup on the van too. Plus various tools for the job including a guttervac.

 

[kev]

I rarely do gutters, just a couple here and there in summer, that's the only time they ask

 

[Smurf]

Gutter clearing & exterior property deep cleaning is my main services and window cleaning only makes up a small part of my work.

 

[GutterClearPlus]

Hey peeps,

Yeah, in winter sucks. Unfortunatley for us gutter cleaning is alll we do, and although we are busy all year round, winter is our busiest months! Damn!!

We've got commercial grade vacs, but they render useless if the gutters have frozen solid, so up a ladder with a bucket and a tool it is.

We have found winter is very profitable because thats when leaks and blockages are easily identified. Leaks can be fixed at additional costs.

Not ideal, so definatley get a ladder mate, and somebody to foot your ladder, but also get yourself a pair of seal skinz gloves that are totally waterproof (make sure they are not tight, because it restricts the circulation to your fingers and you wont last 2 minutes!)

Cleaning out gutters that are frozen can actually be quicker and cleaner than you think. The frozen filth comes out in big chunks becuase the debris is all frozen together. Just need a small scrapper to get underneath and your away!