Cleaning of gutters can wait until autumn. But why wait, if the weather is good, on the ladder you don’t have to be in your jacket and your fingers will not freeze now? In addition, you can make your work easier but practical aid. Reach for pool noodles.
Do you have grown storms over the roof of the crowns?
? For example, if a nice pair of linden rises over your roof, then you will have a rhine full of twigs, leaves and flowers.
Gutters are often an overlooked part of the house, but the neglected Rhine will be heard over time. It can cause a nice mischief. If tall trees grow around you or even rose above the roof and small twigs, leaves and needles will accumulate during the autumn and dry out during the winter, there is a risk that water or rain will not flow properly.
This can damage the facade and the foundation of the house. Therefore, it is good to take advantage of nice weather and start prevention. The end of summer and autumn are ideal.
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Especially safe!
The biggest problem is how to get to the eaves. It is essential to a sufficiently long and stable ladder or steps and possibly a helper that will secure you. Problems occur primarily in the situation when the surroundings of the house are sloping.
Also prepare a hook on which you hang a bucket on the waste. It is essential to wear gloves so that you do not get dirty or caused by small abrasions. Good shoes also play significance, which should not only hold on the leg. Never climb the ladder in the flip flops! The hardness and structure of the sole is also important. It will play a role in how stable and comfortable will be climbing.
Although at first glance it may seem that gardening blade will be necessary to clean the Rhine, work with it is sometimes not possible at all. Especially when the eaves are submerged deeper and are partially covered with the roof.
But there is one simple trick that makes the work much easier. Atypical but effective aid can be ordinary foam noodles in the pool. Use the noodles whole or cut it longitudinally. Attention! Some improved noodles have wires inside, thanks to which it keeps the shape better.
Clear eaves using pool noodles
It works as a soft scraper or rather a perfect soft gutter fill. Report the leaves further to places that you can comfortably clean with your hands. It fits comfortably into almost everyone, it is soft and does not damage even more fragile materials, couplings and rivets.
Thanks to it you do not have to scab with your hands or cream in the eaves, but Quite conveniently move all the waste to the meter to the meter and a half. The noodles can have different lengths.
In the place where you have risen the waste in the Rhine, then you will build a ladder. You can clean the waste and put it in a bucket. Again, you will use the noodles to continue to flock from this cleaned point in front of you all the contents of the eaves to prevent water outflow. This way you continue to the end of the eaves. At the end, be careful not to push the dirt into a outflow that is vertically connected to the eaves.
In order to prevent the eaves in the future, it is worth checking their inclination and slope. The water must drain without obstacles. You can also consider protective nets or metal or plastic leaves against leaves. They work very well, but the condition should be checked. It lasts for several years and can be replaced in parts.
