Homemade Gutter Blower

The leaves usually pass through the blades of the compeller which doubles as a chipper shredder and reduces the leaves to mulch.

Homemade gutter blower. There had to be a better way. Simply attach the pieces together using screws glue or duct tape. Using a leaf blower however can be an effective gutter cleaning device and more portable than a long hose attached to a spigot. This diy extension made of pvc piping will fit on a leaf blower or shop vac and.

Materials needed for a diy leaf blower gutter attachment. There are a number of gutter cleaning kits available on the market today so choosing one can be confusing. Gutter cleaning kits for leaf blowers. Leaves can clog up your gutters in the fall and cause serious problems if you don t take preventative measures.

One of the periodic chores i really do not relish doing is to clear gutters of leaves and sticks in the fall. If the manufacturer of your leaf blower has its own gutter cleaning attachment use that. If it doesn t just go for one of the universal fit attachments out there. Flexible hose the best source for a flexible hose to attach to a leaf blower is the accessory section for shop vac vacuum cleaners found in most department and hardware store.

My advice is this. Before you go there are some key measurements you should take such as. However if you are using something like this to clean a gutter since you can t see into the gutter from the ground you won t. In either case you can make your own homemade blower attachment very inexpensively.

2 or more aluminum downspout elbows or vinyl downspout elbows. Blowing the leaves out on top of the roof made a big mess and cost me more time that i felt was needed.