Vacuum gutters?!

I am no expert, but I think that the hose is very likely to block with leaves/muck.

IMHO you want something with a wide hose - and lots of sucking power. Maybe hire one? At least to try it out.

Provided you can get the nozzle into the gutter safely (and can you reach it all OK from windows?) then the only problem is going to the size of the debris blocking the hose... don't know about you but I get loads of leaves in my gutters, which certainly wouldn't be suckable upable.

I believe you can get a wide-bore hose as accessory for the well-known Earlex machine, which might be better?

David

You dont say how many floors up it is. 2 floors and you could use a J shaped pipe to blast the crp out with water.

Also if you can reach the gutter from a window using a bamboo stick, why vac it when you could just use a gutter shaped bit of wood on the end of the stick to push the crp along, then push it over the edge.

EML over the gutter will keep out some sizes of tree debris, maybe your next =A350 could go on fitting that instead.

NT

I agree. I have a Bosch GAS50. This one comes with 35mm hose and tools and is pretty powerful - for example will crush a HW cylinder flat quite comfortably. At this hose bore, wet leaves will tend to clog it.

There's a 50mm hose and accessories as an option and these will comfortably clean gutters because I've done it. No blockies.

Rather than suck, wouldn't it be easier to blow - ie blast the crud out with water from a garden hose.

Now, if you don't mind it being daft:

I MUST have one of those!

In message , Rob writes

I suppose there is a proper fall to these gutters such that they are not retaining a puddle of water?

There are several *horizontal* ones here which collect anything blowing about and grow a jelly like fungal crud:-(

regards

They do this as part of a value pack with two indoor robots called Roomba and Scooba.

I understand about Roomba, but what does Scooba do?

I think you will have to fit larger gutters first :-(

Chris

Washes hard flooring I think.

.. and eats snacks?

I tried this in my last house some 32mm PVC piping connected to my VAX to try and clean the gutters by leaning out the windows.

Basically....it doesn't work the pipe just blocks and you spend all your time bringing the pipe in and unblocking it.

I notice Earlex do a wide bore hose kit for their vacuums and their leaflet shows a man using it to clean up leaves, so looks like wider bore is the answer.

Geo

I think I'll get an Earlex machine - they seem quite inexpensive, £35 from Screwfix, plus £16 for the big hose come leaf time.

Ladders to the eaves ain't gonna happen ;-)

Here's a couple of pics:

Rob

Yebut, I want it for Gutter Cleaner Racing.

Does anyone have experience of using the wider hose? I keep dithering about buying one for my own machine (for diy-type use), but can't help feeling that by widening the bore of the hose, the level of suction (and effectiveness) must fall off dramatically - anyone know is that the case in practice?

David

The suction (or vacuum) will decrease, but the airflow will increase. Depends on what you want to pick up.

I thought about the wider hose for the Earlex but have suffered very few blockages in the years I have owned it, most often when clearing up leaves that have blown into the garage.