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Many roof cleaners also offer professional gutter cleaning as a great add on to a roof cleaning business. Many times a gutter cleaning call leads to a full roof cleaning business opportunity.
Here is a cool looking gutter sucker.

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Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa FL (813) 655-8777 wrote:

Many roof cleaners also offer professional gutter cleaning as a great add on to a roof cleaning business. Many times a gutter cleaning call leads to a full roof cleaning business opportunity.
Here is a cool looking gutter sucker.



where is the gutter sucker?

 



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Here ya go, LOL

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come on Chris, I thought you was on to something. Your being a wise guy this morning. lol

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come on Chris, I thought you was on to something. Your being a wise guy this morning. lol




Here ya go Clyde, I think Mike Sullivan told me about this gutter cleaning machine as an add on for a roof cleaning business ?



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LMAO, Chris I liked the first one, that was good. Second not bad, lol.

-- Edited by Roof Cleaning of Virginia Beach, VA 757-650-7456. on Monday 26th of July 2010 12:35:54 PM

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I like the first one. LMAO The 2nd look to much like work.

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For a roof cleaning business, gutter debris and leaf removal is a natural add on.
We advertise the cleaning of gutters as a stand alone. Many times we wind up cleaning the roof as well!
There are a lot more videos out there about gutter cleaning machines, even some make your own stuff. Mike Sullivan posted a great video about the gutter cleaning machine from hell. It even bagged for you. The more related things you can add to your roof cleaning business the better your chances of survival in this messed up economy.

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Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa FL (813) 655-8777 wrote:

Here ya go, LOL



That video was hysterical!  biggrin



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HAHA that was great Chris.

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That was buds best commerical

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Here is some home made gutter cleaning thing you can make for cheap that uses a leaf blower. I think a vacuum would be more professional for adding gutter cleaning to a roof cleaning business. Many customers don't want gutter debris all over their screen rooms and yards.











Gutter
Cleaning
Made EASY




 












gutter cleaning tool gutters cleaning






Gutter Cleaning Secret Revealed!



Gutter Cleaning can be Safe,
Easy & Cheap
- If You Learn the Secret !
Our
gutter cleaning tool is easy to put together or take apart in less than 5 minutes. All the parts to
make it yourself can be found at Home Depot, Lowes
or
Ace Hardware. It
costs
less than $35 for most homes. It works on gutters up to 30 feet off the
ground which no other tool on the market today can do! It will work with any leaf blower & if
you are not 100% satisfied, we offer a money back guarantee. Cleaning gutters with this tool takes just a
fraction of the time it would take if you were using a ladder.



WITH THIS TOOL & YOUR LEAF BLOWER YOU WILL NEVER NEED A LADDER TO CLEAN YOUR GUTTERS
AGAIN!











(Please hit the play button & then the pause button in the
lower left corner of the video just above. If you wait for a minute and allow it to load completely,
it will eliminate any pauses or skips and making it more
enjoyable.)










Our gutter cleaning tool is
lifesaver for homeowners & a Goldmine for contractors, handymen & roofers
BECAUSE:


It is SAFE - Work
from the ground without a ladder



It is FASTNo heavy ladder to move
=
More time on your hands!



It is Light
&
Strong
- It weighs less than 5
pounds
& it will last for years (if not forever). It is waterproof, easy to move
& hides easily



Bottom Line - Less Money, Much Safer Than
Before, Simple, More Time to do what you want, Lasts for years, Works with ALL Leaf Blowers!








All of these benefits leave you with
much more time to do what you want
-
instead of a whole day or
weekend of gutter cleaning. And you save a fortune year after year!



 



What would you do with some extra free time this
weekend?



see a movie or clean gutters the old way ride a bike or clean gutters the old waygo bowling or clean gutters the old wayshoot hoops or clean gutters the old wayhorse back riding or cleaning gutters the old waywatch the big game or clean gutters the old wayplay golf or clean gutters with a ladderplay cards or clean gutters the old waywatch a race or clean gutters the old way ?



or maybe just get in some family
time ?



Simply put, this Gutter Cleaning Tool is an
amazing break through & time saver for home owners and a GOLDMINE for Gutter Cleaning Professionals or Roofing
Contractors.



Here is the story about how and why I invented
this gutter cleaning tool...



During the winter of 2008, I fell off a ladder and
managed to dis-locate my knee. It was the second time in my lifetime that I have done this and frankly it is
extremely painful. To my surprise, I soon learned that I was not alone.



According to Medical News Today, "nonfatal
ladder injuries treated in emergency rooms jumped by 50 percent between 1990 and 2005"
. Falls from ladders
can result in serious injury and affect people of all ages. Hurting my knee was likely much less serious than
the injuries people got that caused a hospital visit. Ouch !! Broken Bones !!



According to the American Academy of Orthopedic
Surgeons, Over 500,000
Americans
are treated
every year from injuries from ladders. As I have lived
through the same injury more than once, I didn't even go to the hospital or doctor which was probably a mistake. So
imagine how many others are out there like me, who get hurt from a ladder, and never visit a doctor. Basically
500,000 injuries a year is probably far less than the number of ladder accidents that REALLY happen each and
every year in the United States.



When you dis-locate your knee (and go to the emergency room or a
doctor), you are bed ridden for about 4 days & then you hobble around for the next 3 weeks. You
cringe with every step because your knee is weak and tender and usually swollen to the size of a watermelon. You
wear a brace that locks your whole leg in place as straight as a board so that showering and sitting on the
toilet become a
pain in the butt
(literally)
!
You get to wrap a big plastic garbage bag
around your leg for showers. To go to the bathroom, you fall backwards on to the seat keeping your leg perfectly
straight all while hoping not to hurt yourself as you fall backwards.



You don't exercise, play sports or do anything athletic or strenuous.
Basically you cringe every time you walk hoping that your knee is strong enough to support your body
weight.



It really stinks (I am being polite here). So after limping around
for several months, I vowed to stay off ladders as much as possible for the rest of my
life.



Then this spring, the chore of cleaning the gutters of my house came
as it does every year. The gutters on my house are
25
feet
off the ground on the front and 30 feet off the ground in
the rear and usually
REQUIRE a ladder to clean them properly.



The roof is steep and made from slate so you can't walk on it. Gutter
Cleaning is also a job that usually takes several hours as moving a tall ladder that weighs close to 50
pounds around the house 5 or 6 feet at a time takes either all day or all weekend.



I have always carried my leaf blower up the ladder with me which adds
that additional risk of injury from a fall. A leaf blower gets everything out of a gutter and doesn't get you wet
or dirty. It is better than using your hands with gloves and better than using a hose. It gets EVERYTHING and
really is the best tool for the job.



Well after my injury from just 3 months earlier and my promise to
myself to stay off ladders, I was left with only two choices. Hire a gutter cleaning service or find a tool that
allowed me to clean gutters without a ladder.



I searched the internet for a couple of weeks and found a couple of
tools but
NONE of them went higher than about 13 feet off the ground. My gutters are 25 to 30 feet
off the ground!



Try searching for "gutter cleaning
tool"
in Google. Let me briefly explain the details of the results you will find to save you the
trouble:




































Gutter Robots Get Stuck



 



gutter cleaning robot You will find a gutter cleaning robot which still require a ladder to put them in the gutter. They are
expensive and can easily get stuck or have a mechanical problem. When they get stuck, you must
figure out where they are stuck and head up the ladder to free it and send it on its way to
get stuck again! also these devices have a rechargeable battery which means if there is water
in your gutters, the chance of electrical shock or failure is present.



gutter tongs leave behind silt seeds twigs and more



Gutter Cleaning Tongs You will find gutter cleaning tongs that act like hands. Problem here is they just grab leaves and sticks,
not asphalt grit, seeds, needles & they can't take care of standing water. Also like other
tools, they don't work past 13 - 15 feet gutters.



 



vacuum attachments get clogged easily



Gutter Cleaning Vaccuum Attachment You will find gutter cleaning vacuum attachment. Once
again, they aren't for two story homes & if your gutters are clogged with wet leaves and
water, they get clogged VERY easily and can burn out the motor of your shop vac. Cleaning out
the tube clogs can add an extra 2 - 3 hours to the job. Our tool works with shop vacs as well
but we suggest using this method after all the big stuff is out and there isn't any standing
water what so ever.



 



hose attachments leave you soaked and wish you hadn't wasted your money



Gutter Cleaning Hose Attachment You will find a gutter cleaning hose
attachment
. These are great if you don't mind
getting soaking wet & they don't extend very high. They aren't long enough to get you away
from all the now wet debris that is falling on top of you as you walk around your home. As you
can see the water also just shoots straight down and doesn't force debris in one direction or
the other the way a leaf blower does.



 



gutter screens let through everything but the leaves


Gutter Helmet Gutter Guards & yes... You will find gutter guards, helmets, screens and other gutter covering products. The cheap ones still let
in everything except BIG leaves. Others
can
cost
THOUSANDS of dollars for your home and still collect the small stuff
like
shingle grit, seeds, needles, silt
and
small parts of branches. So you will still have to have them cleaned every couple of years. The gutter
cleaning service will also charge you
more as they have
to remove the covers before cleaning them
and then
re-install them.


any way back to my story...



I called a gutter cleaning service and got an estimate of $300. I
was blown away
. I am not sure if I have mentioned it yet here, but I am
CHEAP and there is no way I am going to pay
$300 every year to have my gutters cleaned. After 10 years that is $3000 dollars not including
inflation.



So I put on my thinking cap and after many different experiments and
$200 in various parts that did not work or help, I invented a tool that does the job perfectly every single time.
& now it is Patent Pending !! My tool works with every leaf blower on the market and not just my Toro electric
model.



 










 



Here is the BEST part:
all
the
parts
cost me less than $20
&




I can buy them all at Home
Depot or Lowes.



If any parts ever get broken, I can replace them
easily!



 







The gutters in the video on this page
are
completely filled with
leaves
and standing water
. When our tool is put
together properly as I show in our 5 minute "How To" video series that you get with your purchase,
it will clean gutters filled with water, leaves, debris, sticks, silt & more...



.....and yes it takes just 5 minutes to put it
together



& comes apart easily in under 2 minutes for compact storage in a basement or garage or for
transporting in your car to my parents house



The tool has the potential to save
you
thousands of dollars over the coming years! We are so confident it will work for you and your leaf blower, we
have begun the process of having it patented. We will also give you a
30 Day Money Back Guarantee if our tool won't work with your existing leaf blower.



If you don't own a leaf blower, you can buy a leaf blower, our
instructions and videos and all the parts for less than $100 and that could be all you need for the next 20
years!



We have tested the gutter cleaning tool on dozens of leaf blower models both new
and old. We have successfully used the tool on gutters between 10 feet and 30 feet off the
ground.
That's right 30 feet.



The least expensive versions of the tool work best with cheap electric blowers
that cost less than $60 such as my Toro.... but the tool will still work well with gas models, rechargeable
models and big gas backpack blowers.... and with just about any sized shop vac system out there!



Most (if not all) gutter cleaning tools on the market today, just work if your
gutters are 10 to 15 feet off the ground. The gutters on my home are 30 feet off the ground and this tool works
like a charm! Imagine if a homeowner owned a shop vac tool and have 25 foot gutters filled with water. I would bet
that if the 25 foot tube filled with water on the way down, it would instantly weigh about 20 to 30 pounds and you
would be forced to drop it and potentially damage your gutters or get injured. Leaf blowers really do work the best
at ANY height.



If you are a homeowner like myself think about it for a moment... you will never
pay a gutter cleaning service or handy man for gutter cleaning again!. Depending on your home, you could save
anywhere between $100 to $1000 every year
!



My neighbor was just quoted $250 last fall for a small two story home! Yes that is
each and every year.
That's $2500 over the next 10 years! and
that doesn't event come close to the cost for a top of the line gutter guard or covering
system!



Our gutter cleaning tool works with all types of uncovered gutters including
aluminum, copper, vinyl & seamless gutters.



... According to
Bob Vila, a well known home improvement guru
and TRUE
expert in the field....







"No matter what type of gutter system you have, it must
be kept clear to do its job."



 



He
continues....
"There are all kinds of screens,
grilles, louvres, and caps that claim to do the trick.



These gizmos may keep the leaves out, but small particles, like silt and the surface granules
from roof shingles, slip through, creating a heavy sludge that clogs
spouts.



So don't think
installing one of these systems relieves you of your twice-a-year responsibility to clean out your
gutters."



(excerpted from Bob Vila's American Home on
Homearts.com)



Protect Your Home From a Wet & Leaky Foundation or Water Damage



If you think like I do, your home is an asset and protecting it is a
priority. Homeowners who neglect the responsibility of cleaning gutters at least twice a year face the following
issues which could cause thousands of dollars of repair bills:



































Water
leaks through spike and bracket holes and rots facia boards
Water
gets into attic and causes mold and mildew
Overflowing waters causes flooding in your basement
Heavy
gutters from clogging and water fall off your house
Mosquitoes breed in gutter and carry disease such as West Nile
Virus





Of all of these issues, the potentially most
damaging are
Foundation Problems - Continued water leakage down the
side of your home into your foundation will create cracks in the walls and leaks as well. In climates where
the ground freezes and then expands constantly the problem can be even worse.



Once water leaks into your basement, you could have expensive mold and mildew problems...
& you run the risk of ruining storage or worse yet, your finished
basement.



In the event one of these
problems does occur, do you think your homeowners insurance will cover the repair?

Here are some surprising
answers....

















Water seeps from the ground into your basement, damaging
your foundation and interior. Are you covered? No.
Seepage is considered a maintenance problem, not "sudden and accidental" damage, and is excluded
from home insurance coverage. Source: Property & Casualty Insurers Association of
America





Does homeowners insurance cover water damage caused by
gutter or downspout failure? Answer: No. Because it was a failure on your part to
maintain the home. They are more likely to cover water damage caused by weather conditions beyond
your control. Source: Wiki Answers


This is what your one time $25 investment gets you:





















































15 Page E Book with Detailed Instructions, Pictures and Customization
Options
Shopping List For Home Depot or Lowes
Detailed Step By Step Video Instructions on how to put the tool together in less than
5 minutes
Video Instruction on How To Customize the Tool for YOU
Video Demonstration of the Tool Being Used
Videos of Making the Tool work with a Shop Vac
Video Instruction on Customizing the Tool for different homes or
properties
Serial Numbers, Part Numbers, Manufacturers Web Sites, Pictures &
More


 












& If you are not 100% satisfied with your $25 investment, we offer an
unconditional 30 day money back guarantee if our tool does not fit your leaf blower or you are not
satisfied!



You have NOTHING to lose & so much to
gain!








We are giving $1 from every purchase to help a young 17 year old girl
from Westminster Maryland named Megan who has been diagnosed with brain cancer. To read all the details about Megan
(and we encourage you to help her as well), visit
www.hopeformegan.com or www.hopeformegan.com/blog



Hope For Megan Campaign





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Hmmmmm!  I saw a company cleaning gutters with sections of downspout with 2 elbows taped to the end to form a u.  They would place the elbow end over the gutter and then using a back pack blower, blow into the end of the section of downspout.  For taller gutters they would add on another section of downspout.  I can see this working rather well if the customer was on a maintenance program and had their gutters cleaned twice a year.  But for the one time cleaning or the gutters that have trees growing in them, not so well.



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Agreed Mike, those one time clean outs seem to always be too compacted for any machine.

Chris congrats on the longest RCIA post ever!!  aww





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Just purchased the info and didn't get access to the site? Got an email into the company hopefully will know something in a day or so.

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How iRobot Looj works:
  • Just under 2 1/4" high and 3 1/4" wide, Looj propels itself through your gutters, under gutter straps and over downspout holes.
  • Using a three-stage auger, Looj breaks up clogs, lifts out the debris and brushes your gutters clean.
  • Spinning at 500 RPM, the high velocity auger delivers the power needed to dislodge, lift and toss wet leaves, pine needles and other debris out of your gutters.
  • Looj cleans a 60-foot section of gutter in just 10 minutes!
  • Designed for use in wet gutters, Looj is waterproof in up to 1 foot of water. Cleanup is fast and easy; simply hose the robot off.
  • The detachable handle is also a wireless remote control.
  • Looj moves in both forward and backward directions. You control the direction of the robot and the auger, so debris is propelled out of the gutter and away from your home.


-- Edited by Roof Cleaning Raleigh NC on Sunday 19th of December 2010 01:26:45 AM

-- Edited by Roof Cleaning Raleigh NC on Sunday 19th of December 2010 01:31:37 AM

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