Stand beneath your gutters and raise your vacuum attachment to gutter level.
Cleaning out rain gutters.
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.
For maximum power when spraying gutters and downspouts use a pressure washer.
Flush out the gutter with water starting at the far end and moving toward the downspout.
Standoff stabilizers ladder horns are ideal to keep the ladder from damaging the gutter.
How to clean gutters.
Have a good extendable ladder available.
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Specialty gutter cleaning attachments for your garden hose can make the job easier.
This year my husband casually mentioned that he wondered if he could use our new to us pressure washer to clean the gutters.
Buy a gutter scoop from the hardware store 25 or try a child s sand shovel.
Get into position below and slightly in front of the section of gutter you want to clean.
If you have an old plastic kitchen spatula that works too and it won t damage the gutters.
Cleaning gutters is a dirty job.
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.
Use a small plastic scoop to remove gunk.
Wear a shirt with long sleeves.
Gutter scoops are available at the hardware store or a child s sandbox shovel also works just fine.