5 Best Gutter Cleaners | Best Gutter Cleaning Tools

[@raybanbunny]

I just saw a great idea on the KZbin. A man bought two 10ft lengths of central vacuum tubes ( lighter than regular pvc tubing), 2 elbows for the curve on top, and 2 rubber coupler’s with hose clamps (used in plumbing). I only needed 1 length of 10ft tubing and 1 coupler for the connection to the shop vac since I only have a one story house. The short piece of pipe that you will cut that fits into the elbow ( about 5”) that goes into the gutter should have notches cut out so as to not to have the suction of the shop vac too great to suck the pipe to the gutter. The other piece of short pipe that you cut (about 1 1/2”) is used to join the 2 elbows together. Assemble all this. I sucked out pretty well out all the wet sludge leftover from the previous spring when I installed a new roof. This all took about 45 minutes. I’ll make a second pass when it stops raining and when the remaining sludge dries out. I’ve done it this job the old fashioned way by using a ladder with a hose, hand’s and a bucket. Never again. This is faster and safer. These gadgets which you present are unfortunately only that. -Cheers 😊

[@tools-zone]

That's a great idea! Thanks for sharing with us.

[@gardengurl1971]

would you mind sharing the link to this video

[@TheFarCenter]

That idea is like cleaning the kitchen while you’re out in the yard, using an extension pole, with your eyes shut. Everyone wants a shortcut.

[@michaelt1349]

None of these tools will remove one inch thick sludge and shingle granules.

[@tools-zone]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[@Stearsguttercleaning]

Put a contractor sponge in the gutter push it towards the downspout, if you have sludge

[@johnjones9387]

What about pinestraw

[@michaelt1349]

@@Stearsguttercleaning What exactly does a "contractor's" sponge look like and where someone find one? How is it different from any other sponge?

[@JohnS-er7jh]

very true. I don't even have trees near close to my house. When I hired someone to clean the gutters last season. I couldn't believe how much mud/sludge he was removing from the gutters. He used his hands with proper gloves to dig in and get the mud out. You would need a pressure washer system to clean out the sludge. Even having the gutter guar screens wouldnt' prevent build up of dirt and small twigs/other debris from getting inside the gutters.

[@jamesrecknor6752]

Just wait until my patented Gutter Gunk Grabber model 500 hits the market...yes, the first 499 designs were a failure.

[@tools-zone]

Thanks for sharing.

[@tlc12070]

@@jamesrecknor6752 I think they’re meant to grab larger objects like twigs and small branches.

[@TafurLLC]

I prefer to setup the ladder and pressure wash the gutter.. so I can make sure the water flows well

[@tools-zone]

Good idea!

[@ibanezgreen13]

All your tools shown relate to leaves. What about pine needles from over the winter when it’s time to come up North for spring cleaning the gutters out?

[@ThierryC2373]

Actually not all these tools related to leaves, most were just to wash the gutters. There is no way the tools using water can remove any red oak leaves from a gutter! Even blowing with the telescopic tubing system is a chore. The most efficient way to remove leaves from the ground is to use a shop vac with a wet filter and extension pipes with a U at the end.

[@Mor2know-qm7pe]

Can I use any of these as a selfie stick to see what's in the gutter?

[@tools-zone]

If your selfie stick is strong enough to carry the load then you can.

[@abduljabar2776]

Good vids, Specially Gutter Sense tool kit

[@tools-zone]

Thanks 👍

[@Joe-em3iw]

So, mold and mildew is still a hand job unless you want to take a chance of blasting water under your roofing with a pressure washer.

[@tools-zone]

Right on!

[@Nikolai.007]

Hey i was just wondering about how the insurance side of things works. Are you insured? And if not do people ask you often if you are?

[@WelsHomEx]

If you aren’t you need to be. If you mess up on the job it isn’t just your ass on the line, you’ll most likely damage your client’s property and most of your clients will probably be elderly. Dishonest working practices erodes trust in the labor market as a whole and makes it more difficult for all to get work. It costs like $60/mo for insurance depending on your trade. Don’t cheap out and potentially ruin somebody’s property and your reputation over it. If you’re in that level of scarcity mindset you won’t do well in business anyway.

[@Nikolai.007]

@ thanks!

[@navylaks2]

Sorry I am from another country, so I may not get all the English/American names for each and everything correct, I honestly called them roof drain pipes for years 🙃🙃 Anyway, where I work, we simply mount a small camera on the top of the telescope and connect it via Bluetooth to the phone which is mounted via tape to one of the carbon fibre tubes we're holding, then we connect the tubes to a vacuum cleaner and suck the gutters clean when done we take a picture of the clean gutter

[@tools-zone]

Nice idea!

[@123Goldhunter11]

Why is all the debris small and dry in these films.?

[@montanasojourn]

Thanks for posting.

[@tools-zone]

You're welcome

[@rosewoodsteel6656]

I just used a leaf blower. -Got up on the roof and walked around the perimeter.

[@AJRobb-nd4qd]

As long as it hasn't rained in a week or two this is the way to go. Then you can go around the property and clean up.

[@tools-zone]

good idea!

[@rosewoodsteel6656]

@@tools-zone Yep. It is quick and easy. You do have clean-up below after you do it this way, but you are off of the roof and it's much safer.

[@NelsonWilson-z7n]

What leaf blower. Certain sludge doesn’t even move with mine😭

[@rosewoodsteel6656]

@@NelsonWilson-z7n I'm using an Echo gas powered, stick type blower. Back pack blowers should never be used on a roof. With a stick blower if you slip or have any problems, you just drop the blower.

[@scottreast]

The script in this video is really weird at times

[@tools-zone]

why?

[@francinecorry633]

I just pay the $100.No climbing anything and no clean up.This a younger persons job who is licensed,bonded and insured.

[@tools-zone]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@endicotto]

No

[@HollyArghiere]

Lots of dry soft fluff in videos. Even w/ regular attention, gutters get gloppy wet sludge along w/ the small particles that come off shingles and land in the gutters. Leaves and needles blow into gutters and rain follows. If it rarely storms where you live, these products seem to have some merit.

[@tools-zone]

Great point!

[@ColinStudentoflife]

Not effective in rain or winter

[@tools-zone]

You can suggest if there is any works great in rain or winter.

[@LaurenYork-jg6yj]

Not effective in rain or winter

[@tools-zone]

Point!

[@TheFarCenter]

All professionals are laughing at these ‘tools’. Absolute trash. Sorry folks there’s no shortcut to using a ladder and cleaning them out by hand, blower, power washer, or hose. Sometimes a combination of methods. If you can’t do it hire a professional.

[@tonyd4346]

No thanks. I feel these tools aren’t as effective as by hand. If your afraid of ladders and heights. Hire someone. IMO

[@tools-zone]

Good suggestion.

[@joq702]

If you have a professional clean out your gutters well, you can use the sprayer or blower method (should be a dry week) fairly effective if you do it at least every other month. Otherwise you are going to see build up and the professional using his/her tools and hands to get the gutters cleaned properly is best. Not to mention the inability to see how effective you did nd any damage you might cause from not being able to be there close to your work.