Kevin and house hackspert david switalski show us an easy way to clean our gutters.
Gutter blower diy.
I installed 136 feet of this gutter guard on my house.
How to clean gutters with a leaf blower.
Gas and backpack leaf blowers are usually the easiest to modify.
Aluminum downpipe or vinyl downpipe.
Materials a length of two inch abs pipe.
Prepare to be blown away.
A 2 1 2 inch to 1 1 2 inch rubber reducer extra extension for the shop vac to provide the necessary extension length to reach the roof from ground level.
3 wacky tricks for cleaning gutters plus 1 good idea all in an effort to avoid climbing that ladder and cleaning those gutters homeowners have come up with some pretty unorthodox techniques.
I got tired of grabbing my ladder every time i needed to get leaves out of my gutters.
Save leaves can clog up your gutters in the fall and cause serious problems if you don t take preventative measures.
This diy extension made of pvc piping will fit on a leaf blower or shop vac and.
Two inch sink trap to form the 180 degree bend for the gutter.
Took about 5 hours to remove the foam and install these guards.
2 or more aluminum downspout elbows or vinyl downspout elbows.
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With some basic hardware items and a little mechanical skill you can transform your leaf blower into a gutter cleaner.
You can either use a ladder and maybe climb onto your roof and use your leaf blower from there or you can use a gutter cleaning attachment and do it from the ground.
Materials needed for a diy leaf blower gutter attachment.
There are a couple of ways to do it depending on your leaf blower the size of its nozzle and the height of your roofline.
Generally speaking there are two ways to do it.
They also tend to be the most powerful.
So far so good.
Before you start please keep in mind that these methods work best on dry leaves.
The downpipe and elbows linked above measure 3 x 2 but these measurements will not fit all leaf blowers.