Diy Gutter Cleaner Leaf Blower

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Diy gutter cleaner leaf blower.

Materials needed for a diy leaf blower gutter attachment. Here is a list of gutter cleaning kits that i know of. Worx wa4092 universal fit blowers gutter cleaning kit. How to clean gutters on a two story house which rain gutters are best for your home.

If it doesn t just go for one of the universal fit attachments out there. Leaves can clog up your gutters in the fall and cause serious problems if you don t take preventative measures. 2 or more aluminum downspout elbows or vinyl downspout elbows. If you don t have a leaf blower just switch your hose to the discharge on your vacuum.

This is one of those universal fit variants i have talked about earlier. My advice is this. What i find that works better is to use a leaf blower with the same set up and to blow the leaves out of the gutters then pick them up on the ground with the rest of your leaves. Using a leaf blower however can be an effective gutter cleaning device and more portable than a long hose attached to a spigot.

Getting the debris out means usually going along with a ladder and removing handfuls one at a time or using a water hose attachment to try to blast out the blockage. If the manufacturer of your leaf blower has its own gutter cleaning attachment use that. With this tool the whole process becomes simple to do whenever you like. Gas and backpack leaf blowers are usually the easiest to modify.

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. Our gutter cleaning tool is simple to put together or take apart for storage in less than 5 10 minutes because there are only 4 6 parts depending on your leaf blower make and model and the height of your gutters from the ground and if you are working over an addition or trees. So i was tempted and almost pulled the trigger on the 50 60 echo gutter kit for my blower but figured i could basically make something just as good. With some basic hardware items and a little mechanical skill you can transform your leaf blower into a gutter cleaner.

The downpipe and elbows linked above measure 3 x 2 but these measurements will not fit all leaf blowers. This diy extension made of pvc piping will fit on a leaf blower or shop vac and blow. Aluminum downpipe or vinyl downpipe.