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Bagging Gutters?

Aug 17, 2009

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Iannacchione · Guest

Yes,

Alot of guys will bag the gutters to avoid the LOVE hitting the landscape and such. You will end up with alot less than what you put on the roof, however.

Many dispose of it or reuse it quickly on another job.

Algae*Free Roof Cleaning · Aug 17, 2009

So thats how you get soapy roofs. Reuse the LOVE ?

Guest

The last job I did required about 35 gallons of mix and I had 10 downspouts to bag. When I completed the job, I had less than 5 combined gallons of runoff in my bags.

Sometimes I reuse the runoff if it is pretty clean, but I usually count it as water because it has lost so much of it's potency after it has cleaned the roof.

Brian

Aug 18, 2009

theroofcleaners wrote:

The last job I did required about 35 gallons of mix and I had 10 downspouts to bag. When I completed the job, I had less than 5 combined gallons of runoff in my bags.

Sometimes I reuse the runoff if it is pretty clean, but I usually count it as water because it has lost so much of it's potency after it has cleaned the roof.

Brian

Try that on a Tile Roof...I've had to empty bags in the middle of a job and refilled them. Not on all but some. Shingle Roofs seem to have almost no runnoff in the bags. Unless of course your talking about a reall steep roof

Guest

I'm glad we don't get much in the way of tile up here smile

Run off is a pain in the A*S when you have too much!

Brian

Roof Cleaning Collegeville PA · Guest

I know that Brian Freil has a little filtering system in order to reclaim some of the run-off but, I wonder if someone could post a link as to where to purchase the filters and/or post some pictures of your set-up??

Sup Brian?

idontknow · Guest

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Where I am we have strict regulations about a lot of stuff, no chemicals, dirt, moss mould can enter stormwater drains, big fines apply if they see it happening so I have been thinking about ways to do it all.

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