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jonah
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Removing guttering to clean ?
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February 27, 2008, 08:22:34 pm »
Went to do a gutter clean today , and the problem I had is the roof tiles were overlaping the gutter , so there was only a narrow gap ! Couldnt get the trowel or brush in ! Got me thinking , wouldnt it be easier to unclip each length of gutter to clean it then put it back ? Obviously you could only do this with plastic !
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Ian Lancaster
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February 27, 2008, 08:27:04 pm »
Obvious way
Just make sure when you put it back that there's no c**p between the gutter section and the rubber seal in the clip where two sections join, or there'll be a leak
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Re: Removing guttering to clean ?
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February 27, 2008, 08:32:09 pm »
I only ever did that once and it was on a Bungalow, what a pain it was, like Ian said make sure the joints are clean before refitting, or buy your self a radiator brush they can fit in the worse type of guttering.
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Re: Removing guttering to clean ?
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February 27, 2008, 08:33:09 pm »
I am with Ian on this one. That's the way I used to do gutters like these.
I dont do gutter cleaning any more.. I pass it on to a proper gutter cleaning company. Works well for me coz they get me no end of con roof cleans and stuff like that
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jonah
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Re: Removing guttering to clean ?
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February 27, 2008, 08:40:15 pm »
Good advice guys
. Bright and clean where in yorks are you ?
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d s windowcleaning
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Re: Removing guttering to clean ?
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February 27, 2008, 08:45:48 pm »
too much messing about and if the gutters been up some years you will probally bust a couple of clips . easy way that never fails and ive done loads remove stop end cap or angle section once youve done this go to furthest point of gutter and screw up a rag and place this inside the gutter then using a extension pole push the rag towards the removed end cap and all the crap will drop out . if you can clip a bucket on the end then this will save on sweeping up you no it makes sense mate .
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jonah
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February 27, 2008, 08:51:43 pm »
As always you give good advice
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d s windowcleaning
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February 27, 2008, 09:00:29 pm »
let me no how you go on with it mate ,
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