Hi there,
I don't have any useful experience with cleaning gutters other than the
old fashioned way you mention so I can't help with any info on how
effective
a pressure washer based solution would be. However, it certainly looks
like
a neat product - well I mean a messy but potentially effective product.
However, I want to mention a product that I had installed on the back
of
my house. I would have had it installed on the whole house and the garage
but couldn't afford it. It is a product called "Flip-Clean" gutters.
Unfortunately it may not be available in your area. A website showing a
drawing of the installed system is:
http://www.cstone.net/~savage/FlipCleanGutters.html
In the drawing the man is wearing a suit while cleaning (flipping) the
gutter to clean it. You can really do that - and I have. The only
drawback
to the system is that the debris falls out of the gutter in a line on the
ground right under the gutter. However, I don't find that to be too much
of
a problem - YMMV.
I tried to buy the brackets from the guy who sells them here in
Richmond
(either he is the inventor or the son of the inventor - not sure) but he
wouldn't sell them to me citing "insurance reasons" - I think profit
reasons
but I could be wrong. Maybe he'd sell to someone outside the Richmond
area,
don't know. His name, address and phone number are: Don Faye, Flip
Gutters,
2104 Decatur St #A, Richmond VA, (804) 233-4845
Another company is: Flip Gutters of Atlanta 58 River Chase Dr. Villa 30180
404-784-7414 770-456-9408
HTH,
Mark Watson
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wayne Farrington" <w.farrington@verizon.net>
> To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 1:31 PM
> Subject: Cleaning the gutters
>
>
> >
> > Just got done cleaning out the gutters on my shop. There are large
numbers of
> > trees all around the shop that deposit their pine needles, leaves,
branches
> > etc in the gutters, and the gutters fill up quite rapidly. I've tried
two
> > different grating inserts that are supposed to prevent the debris from
getting
> > into the gutter. Both of them just made the problem worse, so I've come
to the
> > conclusion that I just need to clean the gutters more frequently I
guess.
> >
> > This job is a pia as the gutters are 13' off the ground. It is a metal
pole
> > building with a steep pitched metal roof that I don't want to be walking
on. I
> > currently have to rent a 12' step ladder for the front side, and use my
24'
> > ext. ladder for the back side. The ext. ladder won't work on the front
side
> > because of the overhang - no place to lean the ladder. The step ladder
won't
> > work on the back side because of the congestion on the ground -
compressor
> > shed, wood pile etc. So I climb the ladder and use a makeshift scoop to
shovel
> > out the debris and put it in a 5 gal. bucket.
>
> <snip>
>
> > Wayne
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