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Title: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on May 30, 2012, 08:04:00 pm: A while ago a few of you went out panic buying hoovers from Lidl's, with the intension of making your own gutter vac.

Any joy? Does it do a good job?

If the answers yes, then I might have to look into doing this myself.

James
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: Mike #1 on May 30, 2012, 08:18:35 pm: Mine did a good job , but having said that a house i cleaned last year had grass growing out the top of the down pipe about 3 months after i cleaned them so you will need a ladder to inspect first which i did not at the time . MIKE
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on May 30, 2012, 08:24:30 pm: Quote from: M & M Window Cleaning on May 30, 2012, 08:18:35 pm
Mine did a good job , but having said that a house i cleaned last year had grass growing out the top of the down pipe about 3 months after i cleaned them so you will need a ladder to inspect first which i did not at the time . MIKE

Wicked. You got any pictures of it?
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: Dave Willis on May 30, 2012, 08:31:25 pm: Mine has been good. I have warned in the past that gutter vacs can't get into the s bend but nobody listened. ;D
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: Avo on May 30, 2012, 09:08:41 pm: Works great!! Got a b&q mac allister vac and suctions really good
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: Avo on May 30, 2012, 09:10:10 pm: With guttercleaningysystems poles
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: gr cleaning solutions on May 30, 2012, 09:26:53 pm: I made one last year and its never let me down , total cost all finished was less than £100 and paid for its self many many times over I posted some pictures on here last year but im not good put links up so you may have to find it
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: P @ F on May 30, 2012, 09:56:47 pm: Try this on a search.....£100 ish gutter vac

Rich
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: Dave. on May 30, 2012, 10:58:56 pm: http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=123451.0

Good pictures, I had already bought a gutter vac from gutter vac systems, but I've since made some 2" guttering pipe to make a selection of custom heads similar to P@F's
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: Mike #1 on May 31, 2012, 05:38:37 am: Quote from: jamesmilton04 on May 30, 2012, 08:24:30 pm
Quote from: M & M Window Cleaning on May 30, 2012, 08:18:35 pm
Mine did a good job , but having said that a house i cleaned last year had grass growing out the top of the down pipe about 3 months after i cleaned them so you will need a ladder to inspect first which i did not at the time . MIKE

Wicked. You got any pictures of it?

MIne is very similar to to G.R cleaning , MIKE
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on May 31, 2012, 06:47:22 am: Cheers people.

P@F - that looks ideal, will look into it over the weekend ;)
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: P @ F on May 31, 2012, 06:42:46 pm: I have totally revamped the top end of mine now , i will get a pic up later for you .

Rich
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on May 31, 2012, 06:59:09 pm: Quote from: P @ F on May 31, 2012, 06:42:46 pm
I have totally revamped the top end of mine now , i will get a pic up later for you .

Rich

Nice one
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on May 31, 2012, 08:36:39 pm: is this the vac you use?

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/SID-2FDA54A5-5442352C/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_28943.htm?offerdate=&ERR=noservice
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: Scrimmer73 on May 31, 2012, 09:31:24 pm: There is no such thing as a coincidence !!!, I never realised people were panic buying these Vacs , when i got mine, last year looked good and cheap
Its a Parkside £59.95.

I have a quote to produce tonight , but yet to obtain the poles ,

Is it a standard connection that Guttersystems supply that will fit my wetVac ?

Cheers
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: P @ F on May 31, 2012, 10:19:33 pm: james milton , if you look at the link above from dave silverleaf , go to page 1 , his link joins at page 2 for some reason , mine is the chrome one , top machine for the money 1400w , think i paid 60 for it .

Rich
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: Dave. on May 31, 2012, 10:31:56 pm: http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=123451.0

should take you to page 1 now - what mods have you done to the end Rich?
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: P @ F on May 31, 2012, 10:38:42 pm: Dave , big flexi pipe , adjustable angles and an ets gutter cam , its the mutts ;D ;D ;D

Rich
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: Dave. on May 31, 2012, 10:53:46 pm: I made up a selection of different width ends and some angled ones - the wide ones cope pretty well with pine needles.
I can also do 90 & 180 degrees - which helps with gulley cleaning

uploader full >:(
Title: Re: DIY LIDL GUTTER VACS??
Post by: P @ F on June 01, 2012, 10:28:24 pm: These are the mods i have just made , i did them because in drier weather the minifit gutter angles were not coping with larger lumps of debris , lots of blockage was occuring , i went for flexipipe and made up the ajustable slider you see to get the angles for most types of gutters .
The parts used were roofing bolts and wing nuts , galvanised steel flat plate , all from wickes , the flexi pipe was a lucky find 20M for £20 !
I have cut the flexi into managable lengths so i only need to use what is needed , this helps no end in the fact that a longer pipe means loss of suction .

Hope this helps !

Rich

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