PVC Gutter Cleaner
Exterior, Landscaping & Design, Lawn and Garden, Repairs and Installation, Roofing, Video by Danny Lipford
Here’s a handy tip to help you clean out the gutters without having to climb onto your roof or a ladder. Create a long spray-wand from PVC pipe (1/2″ works well) with a “U” shape at one end. This “U” requires two 90-degree couplings and two 6-inch lengths of PVC pipe. On the short side of the “U” install a cap over the end of the pipe (you’ll need PVC primer and glue for all the joints). Drill 3 holes in the end of the cap and glue a threaded adaptor to the other (long) end of the “U” to attach the garden hose to (to simplify use, add a shut-off valve here as well). When you turn on the faucet, a high-pressure stream of water will flow through the PVC and out of the holes in the cap, so you can raise it up and lower it into the gutters, blasting out debris.
August 18th, 2007 at 10:07 pm
Nice idea,,,so what do you do when you have leaves and small twigs in your gutters…we use screens and when you need to clean the gutters,you need to take the screens out and check each section..North jersey
August 20th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
August 19th on the weather channel danny lipford demonstrated the installation a rain diverter and for more information you could access the website…..unfortunately I find no mention of this technique anywhere on the websites (his or the weather channel).
September 8th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
I, too, cannot find information on the rain diverter that was also demonstrated on the weather channel Sept. 8. I caught the last of it and would like more details.
Nicholas Roussos Says:September 11th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Lee and E. Buckner,
In response to your request, we just added a detailed step by step article on installing a rain diverter.
I hope that helps you out.