Best Way To Clean Gutters

Multiple Options & Methods To Clean Gutters

Having problems with your gutters getting clogged?

Many homes in the United States are either surrounding by trees or they have planted a couple trees that are now causing their gutters to get clogged.

Unclogging the gutters is really important in order to prevent damage to your house, pest problems, water damage to basements, landscape erosion and more.

So what is the best way to clean gutters?

This article was written by a professional Atlanta gutter cleaning company. (Guru Gutter Cleaning)

We will organize these methods in a couple categories. It will also show the options to dispose of the debris with the method.

Cleaning Gutters From A Ladder

Method: Scooping Them Out With Your Hand

Disposal: Drop it on the ground or a bucket
Positives: Little equipment required, You can pull out roots and lodged in stuff

Negatives: If the ladder is placed on the gutter, it can cause damage, If there are bugs, hornets, snakes, etc, it could hurt the person cleaning or spook them and cause them to fall off the ladder, un secure ladders can fall and cause serious injury and or death

Method: Using A Plastic Hand Held Scoop

Disposal: Drop it on the ground or into a bucket
Positives:
Little equipment required
you can pull out roots and lodged in stuff
hands won’t get as beat up with the tool.

Negatives: You have to buy a scoop or maybe find something that will work from you.If the ladder is placed on the gutter, it can cause damage. If there are bugs, hornets, snakes, etc, it could hurt the person cleaning or spook them and cause them to fall off the ladder, un secure ladders can fall and cause serious injury and or death.

Method: Blowing It Out With A Blower

Disposal: Drop it on the ground or into a bucket

Positives: Little equipment required, it is quicker, hands won’t get as beat up since the blower is doing the work.

Negatives:

Blowers on ladder can make it harder to keep balance and increase chances of falling off. , It will make a mess on your roof and ground. , A lot of the debris will end up on your roof and then if it isn’t cleaned off it will go back in your gutter. , If the ladder is placed on the gutter, it can cause damage. , If there are bugs, hornets, snakes, etc, it could hurt the person cleaning or spook them and cause them to fall off the ladder, un secure ladders can fall and cause serious injury and or death.

Method: Blowing It Out With A Pressure Washer

Disposal: Drop it on the ground or into a bucket
Positives: It is quicker, hands won’t get as beat up since the blower is doing the work.

Negatives: Pressure washers have a kick to them and you might lose your balance and fall off the ladder, pressure washers are powerful and if it hits your shingles you could easily damage your roof. , You could end up causing water damage to your home. , It makes a huge mess of mud and debris that could hit cars, go in pools, splatter on windows, walk ways, etc. , It will make a mess on your roof and ground. , A lot of the debris will end up on your roof and then if it isn’t cleaned off it will go back in your gutter. , If the ladder is placed on the gutter, it can cause damage. , If there are bugs, hornets, snakes, etc, it could hurt the person cleaning or spook them and cause them to fall off the ladder, un secure ladders

Cleaning Gutters From The Roof

Method: Blowing It Out With A High Power Blower

Disposal: Blow it off the roof onto the ground
Positives: It is quicker, easy to tell nothing is left in the gutters

Negatives: Walking on shingles can cause damage, you can easily fall off the roof and get seriously hurt or die, the debris ends up everywhere, you often blow debris down the downspouts, you could blow your shingles up and cause them to rip or tare, you can trip over pipe boots or other items on roof and damage them or hurt yourself.

Method: Blowing It Out With A High Power Pressure Washer

Disposal: Blow it off the roof onto the ground
Positives: It is quicker, easy to tell nothing is left in the gutters

Negatives: Walking on shingles can cause damage, you can easily fall off the roof and get seriously hurt or die, the debris ends up everywhere, you often blow debris down the downspouts, you could blow your shingles up and cause them to rip or tare, you can trip over pipe boots or other items on roof and damage them or hurt yourself, if the pressure washer hits your shingles you will cause roof damage

Cleaning Gutters From The Ground

Method: Blowing It Out With A High Power Blower with a hose and pole system

Disposal: Blow it off the roof onto the ground
Positives: You are not on the roof or ladders and basically get rid of all the risk

Negatives: It can be harder to tell if debris is left in the gutters, the debris is blown everywhere including the roof which means they will clog again sooner, you have to have a really powerful blower and expensive or DIY system that might or might not work, it takes longer.

Method: Blowing It Out With A High Power Pressure Washer

Disposal: Blow it off the roof onto the ground
Positives: You are not on the roof or ladders and basically get rid of all the risk

Negatives: It can be harder to tell if debris is left in the gutters, the debris is blown everywhere including the roof which means they will clog again sooner, you have to have a really powerful blower and expensive or DIY system that might or might not work, it takes longer, you might not be able to reach all the gutters.

Method: Suck Them Out With A Vacuum System

Disposal: Goes into a vacuum barrel and is easy to dispose of
Positives: You are not on the roof or ladders and basically get rid of all the risk, it is clean, you can reach almost 100% of gutters on almost any house, it is 100% safe.

Negatives: It takes longer to perfect the method, it is expensive to buy the equipment or even make the equipment that might work or might not really work,