Wow!!!
A couple of hours ago I went up on the step ladders to inspect the quality of my cleaning the gutters on the garage using the broom and spray I cobbled together. It was at least as good as I could have done by hand and much better than I could have done with just a regular wfp and either my Vikan or the Bentley.
Because the broom has such long bristles, it can reach right up to the top of the fascia board behind the gutter and right into the nooks and crannies of the gutter brackets. I don't suppose it touches the bit of the fascia board above the brackets, but that part is quite out of sight from the ground. I couldn't even see it from the ladder!
It was much faster than faffing about with the wfp and then swopping over to the broom and then back again. Just one tool that does both jobs.
Oh, I just used regular tap water. The only problem I found was to get the flow rate low enough from the tap so that the spray wasn't too strong. That won't be a problem using the shurflo.
I'm looking forward to getting a gutter job quickly now so I can test it out on another property.
Like jeff1, I can imagine that this will be terrific for cleaning the ridge cappings on conservatories. My constant fear is that I'm going to damage these ridiculous bits of architectural rubbish. The broom will be much gentler s the long bristles can gently brush the surface ... (poetic, innit?)
Nice one Wally.
When I used to do guttering from ladders, all I ever used was a bucket of water with a drop of fairy and a few cloths.
Then onto wfp I dipped my brush into a bucket of ecover (tfr) and brushed it on all time consuming and hard work, I then bought the gutter lance and pressure washer and now do all my guttering with this.
The point I'm trying to make here? Is there is no need to use pure water to finish off the guttering, it can all be rinsed with tap water, the same as conservatory roofs with the plastic type sheets, they can be washed with Tap water, may be a different story with glass roofs, but they can still be washed with tfr and tap water and then given a final rinse with pure.
Once a decent brush is found for guttering work, I recon we can convert a few more guy's to do the guttering from the ground and cheaply.
