Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair 1 Jan 10, 2011 1:28 am Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: A gutter too far 2Jan 10, 2011 5:03 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: A gutter too far 3Jan 11, 2011 3:12 am Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: A gutter too far 6Jan 11, 2011 10:24 am Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: A gutter too far 8Jan 14, 2011 7:49 pm Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: A gutter too far 11Jan 29, 2012 12:40 am housewash I have not come across a gutter guard that works in 12 years of working on roofs/houses. They all have there failings over time.. As a former roof plumber I agree 100%. No matter what type of gutter guard you choose its the smaller foliage and dirt/moss etc from the roof over time that slips through the guard and remains in the gutter. The ONLY successful way is to get someone up a ladder, which is a problem on some 2 storey homes, and clean them manually Arfur Re: A gutter too far 12Jan 29, 2012 10:00 am Yes Arfur, thinking along those lines. I'm thinking an unrestricted flow to a catchment point near the tanks is the logical thing. I also might (after the build is finished) work out some type of extension pole for my hose that could reach (and I can move along) the 2nd floor gutters and put some pressure on the surfaces during dry spells. Just running thoughts around in my grey matter at present. Re: A gutter too far 13Jan 30, 2012 10:09 pm Just pulled all the gutter guards off my Mums house to clean up the accumulation of silt , moss & grass that was growing in there. Job took ten times longer than if the guards weren't there in the first place. It saved someone having to routinely clean them out but after five years you have to spend half a day up there doing this job - I can't say I recommend it. The OP has gone The latch and striker are definitely not aligned but there was no point trying to help the OP understand that. Hence the reason they are no longer with us. 12 5678 No, I even have sections of narrowness where the tiles won't slide up any further. When I manage some spare time, I might play around with the first DIY part of my… 7 4926 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair This is a very challenging situation, made much harder by not being on site. Firstly, I think that I originally… 10 8965 |