[Scoop]

The first gutter cleaning job that has ever left me wanting my Mummy.

Scots Pine shed tiny little stalks about 2" long that are joined in the middle like a wishbone. First they clog the nozzle. Then they clog the tube. Then they clog the inlet where the tube joins the vac. Then they clog any one of the three and its up to you to find where it's blocked. This happens about every 15 seconds.

The gutter is so full that it's overflowing and there is a queue of thousands of these little twigs above the gutter on the roof waiting to replace the ones you've removed. Just when you think you've got them all you discover another 2 million hidden away in another spot.

It was dark when I finished and my will to live had gone. Has anyone done one of these before and is there an easier way? It's the first time I've actually considered trad gutter cleaning.

[Smudger]

 

really try your patient's don't they.

we use a gulper nozzle on these as it seems to reduce blockages and we always do these as 2 man
jobs so some1 is the receiver/launcher for each time it gets blocked then we swap over every 15 to 20 mins

that way the job still runs pretty quickly

Darran

[Dave Willis]

Yep, did it last year and got to do it again next week. I'm going to take the inlet deflector off this time and use shorter hose.

[Jeff Brimble]

They are murder dont take on anymore like it, walk away.

[CLEANCARE WC]

Are you boys above saying you have successfully used the vac on gutters full of pine needles in a REASONABLE time?

I ended up getting the ladders off after i had already taken twice as long as a gutter clean with any other type of debris.

Pine needles= ladders for me from now on.

[Total shine cleaning services]

Did 2 mid terraces started with vac and after 3rd blockage put it away and got the ladders off lol

Graham

[Scoop]

Thanks for the replies. I'm glad to know it's not just me.

The only thing that stopped me getting the ladders out was the large porch which I would never get over unless I walked on the porch roof (and I don't fancy doing that).

It seems that there is some improvement needed for ladderless. I don't know exactly what but some engineering solution to allow these to be done as quickly as ordinary mossy gutters. I know Darran has got some pretty nice equipment so maybe that's the solution - sheer power to drag it through but I agree that the deflector is a cause of quite a lot of the problems.

Then there is always Jeff's solution - leave it. Very tempting after yesterday 

[Smudger]

The very best way is when you quote is to double the price 

for me it's the 2 man team that makes these 'reasonable'  - would hate it on me own

Darran