Cleaning Out Rain Gutters

Gutter scoops are available at the hardware store or a child s sandbox shovel also works just fine.

Cleaning out rain gutters.

Flush out the gutter with water starting at the far end and moving toward the downspout. If you have an old plastic kitchen spatula that works too and it won t damage the gutters. For maximum power when spraying gutters and downspouts use a pressure washer. Specialty gutter cleaning attachments for your garden hose can make the job easier.

Every year it s a day s project to clean the rain gutters out and wish we had sprung for the kind of rain gutters that have covers that keep you from having to spend at least one day every year cleaning them out. Lift your vacuum attachment up and over the edge of the gutter so that the open end is resting in the bottom of the gutter. Buy a gutter scoop from the hardware store 25 or try a child s sand shovel. To remove the gunk from the gutters use a small plastic scoop.

Use a strong stream of water and avoid spraying underneath the roof shingles. This year my husband casually mentioned that he wondered if he could use our new to us pressure washer to clean the gutters. Have a good extendable ladder available. For bathroom remodels water damage mold or pl.

Using pvc pipe and fittings for less then 10 you can clean your rain gutters fast and from the ground. Get into position below and slightly in front of the section of gutter you want to clean. Cleaning gutters is a dirty job. Standoff stabilizers ladder horns are ideal to keep the ladder from damaging the gutter.

Stand beneath your gutters and raise your vacuum attachment to gutter level.