Gutter Blower Diy

I got tired of grabbing my ladder every time i needed to get leaves out of my gutters.

Gutter blower diy.

I decided it was time to finagle something so to lowe s i went and af. So far so good. So i was tempted and almost pulled the trigger on the 50 60 echo gutter kit for my blower but figured i could basically make something just as good. With some basic hardware items and a little mechanical skill you can transform your leaf blower into a gutter cleaner.

A 2 1 2 inch to 1 1 2 inch rubber reducer extra extension for the shop vac to provide the necessary extension length to reach the roof from ground level. Took about 5 hours to remove the foam and install these guards. Gas and backpack leaf blowers are usually the easiest to modify. They also tend to be the most powerful.

Two inch sink trap to form the 180 degree bend for the gutter. 3 wacky tricks for cleaning gutters plus 1 good idea all in an effort to avoid climbing that ladder and cleaning those gutters homeowners have come up with some pretty unorthodox techniques. There are a couple of ways to do it depending on your leaf blower the size of its nozzle and the height of your roofline. Before you start please keep in mind that these methods work best on dry leaves.

Aluminum downpipe or vinyl downpipe. Generally speaking there are two ways to do it. Kevin and house hackspert david switalski show us an easy way to clean our gutters. The downpipe and elbows linked above measure 3 x 2 but these measurements will not fit all leaf blowers.

I installed 136 feet of this gutter guard on my house. This diy extension made of pvc piping will fit on a leaf blower or shop vac and. Prepare to be blown away. 2 or more aluminum downspout elbows or vinyl downspout elbows.

Materials needed for a diy leaf blower gutter attachment. You can either use a ladder and maybe climb onto your roof and use your leaf blower from there or you can use a gutter cleaning attachment and do it from the ground. Materials a length of two inch abs pipe. I had the foam inserts but they allowed debris to collect.