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.
Diy gutter cleaner leaf blower.
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2 or more aluminum downspout elbows or vinyl downspout elbows.
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Our gutter cleaning tool is simple to put together or take apart for storage in less than 5 10 minutes because there are only 4 6 parts depending on your leaf blower make and model and the height of your gutters from the ground and if you are working over an addition or trees.
Aluminum downpipe or vinyl downpipe.
With some basic hardware items and a little mechanical skill you can transform your leaf blower into a gutter cleaner.
If the manufacturer of your leaf blower has its own gutter cleaning attachment use that.
Here is a list of gutter cleaning kits that i know of.
The downpipe and elbows linked above measure 3 x 2 but these measurements will not fit all leaf blowers.
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.
If you don t have a leaf blower just switch your hose to the discharge on your vacuum.
With this tool the whole process becomes simple to do whenever you like.
They also tend to be the most powerful.
This is one of those universal fit variants i have talked about earlier.
Materials needed for a diy leaf blower gutter attachment.
My advice is this.
Worx wa4092 universal fit blowers gutter cleaning kit.
What i find that works better is to use a leaf blower with the same set up and to blow the leaves out of the gutters then pick them up on the ground with the rest of your leaves.
Gas and backpack leaf blowers are usually the easiest to modify.
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You ll get your gutter cleaning down to under a half hour.
If it doesn t just go for one of the universal fit attachments out there.
Leaves can clog up your gutters in the fall and cause serious problems if you don t take preventative measures.