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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Swcs on January 31, 2013, 12:33:52 am

Title: Gutter Vac, Pine tree needle issues
Post by: Swcs on January 31, 2013, 12:33:52 am

Anyone had experience clearing pine needles from gutters?

The gutters are full of them and the vac is getting clogged up on the entry port to the chamber with every couple of feet guttering.

Has anyone got any suggestions? As I have over 30m to get through!

Thanks in advance!

Title: Re: Gutter Vac, Pine tree needle issues
Post by: Dora Jarr on January 31, 2013, 02:47:56 am

Get the ladder out time.

Title: Re: Gutter Vac, Pine tree needle issues
Post by: Dave Willis on January 31, 2013, 05:30:17 am

Proper guttervac or diy?

All you can do is reduce the size of the deflector plate inside the vac or remove it for that particular job. Omnipole version has bigger hose and different inlet which helps this problem.

Title: Re: Gutter Vac, Pine tree needle issues
Post by: SB Cleaning on January 31, 2013, 11:52:41 am

Quote from: Dora Jarr on January 31, 2013, 02:47:56 am

Get the ladder out time.

yep the vac won't pick pine needles up

Title: Re: Gutter Vac, Pine tree needle issues
Post by: Chris Cottrell on January 31, 2013, 06:22:35 pm

http://m.youtube.com/my_videos#/watch?v=uVRlaeWG-Mw

We haven't had any problems although you do need to take it slowly