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Yorkie · Premium Member Roof Cleaning Institute of America

Homemade Gutter Canes

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I am gonna be making one hopefully in the next few weeks, when I do I will take some step by step pictures.

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just use pvc piping with all the correct fittings

Roof Cleaning Tallahassee · Guest

A gallon of water weighs 8.35 pounds and from gutter to the ground it should be more than one gallon filling the hose and pvc hanging from the gutter. Has anyone had any issues with bending the gutters or having them pull off the facia?

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Nothin' to it. Click here

Yorkie · Premium Member Roof Cleaning Institute of America

Awesome as usual fellas, thanks muchly, here`s to a good safe day today and a few cold Coronas tonight cheers !!

Ugly Shingles LLC · Feb 17, 2012

Roof Cleaning Northern Virginia (571) 250 9650 wrote:

Nothin' to it. Click here

Great Job Ted, I was just heading to find that link... biggrin

Liberty SoftWash · Feb 21, 2012

I put a cap on one side of the tee fitting so i have a left and right one, i made 4 of them just in case.

-- Edited by Roof Cleaning By A&E on Tuesday 21st of February 2012 05:16:09 PM

Roof Cleaning Tallahassee · Guest

"with smaller pipe for harder shooting streams"

Chuck, you could glue caps on both sides of the T and drill a hole in each side to get a strong stream. Is that what you were talking about a harder stream?

-- Edited by Roof Cleaning Tallahassee on Tuesday 21st of February 2012 07:51:13 PM

Feb 22, 2012

Yorkie wrote:
Anyone know how to make a Gutter cane for hosepipe?

Here a picture of one I made about 10 years ago. It's been outside my garage in "MY PILE O' STUFF" for about 3 years.

It all comes from Home Depot. This just got too short to use. Why? Because the pvc garden hose connectors crack and leak, so I have to keep cutting the pipe back to put new ones on. This was 7' tall 10 years ago, now it's about 5'. I carry a 7' and a 10'er in my truck.

Feb 22, 2012

Roof Cleaning By A&E wrote:
I put a cap on one side of the tee fitting so i have a left and right one, i made 4 of them just in case.

-- Edited by Roof Cleaning By A&E on Tuesday 21st of February 2012 05:16:09 PM

Hi Eric smile

Ya, I did that for a while, but I was running Home Depot out of caps! wink

Kept losing them. Now I just let it shoot both ways all the time.

I move it up and down a long gutter as needed too.

I wish I had kept some of my fancier concoctions to show pictures of, with shut off valves and downsized couplings with smaller pipe for harder shooting streams. I even had one I made with an injector added, to stream at 1 to 16 Miracid, which lowers PH [ to counteract the very high PH of SH ]

I like tinkering and have made all kinds of gutter canes etc. In the end, it's the KISS philosophy that wins out with me! biggrin

Mr Maintenance · Feb 22, 2012

Bought everything i needed at HD. Cost $26 and took 30 min to glue up

Feb 22, 2012

Mr Maintenance wrote:
Bought everything i needed at HD. Cost $26 and took 30 min to glue up

WOW! You made the fancier ones with shut off valves!

I recommend trying a T on the end-you don't have to glue it on to try it.

Liberty SoftWash · Feb 22, 2012

Bergman Roof Cleaning Port Charlotte FL 941-698-1959 wrote:
Roof Cleaning By A&E wrote:
I put a cap on one side of the tee fitting so i have a left and right one, i made 4 of them just in case.

-- Edited by Roof Cleaning By A&E on Tuesday 21st of February 2012 05:16:09 PM
Hi Eric
Ya, I did that for a while, but I was running Home Depot out of caps!
Kept losing them. Now I just let it shoot both ways all the time.
I move it up and down a long gutter as needed too.
I wish I had kept some of my fancier concoctions to show pictures of, with shut off valves and downsized couplings with smaller pipe for harder shooting streams. I even had one I made with an injector added, to stream at 1 to 16 Miracid, which lowers PH [ to counteract the very high PH of SH ]
I like tinkering and have made all kinds of gutter canes etc. In the end, it's the KISS philosophy that wins out with me!

I just glue mine on so they dont come off.

Liberty SoftWash · Feb 22, 2012

Mr Maintenance wrote:
Bought everything i needed at HD. Cost $26 and took 30 min to glue up

Looking good Brain!

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Nice Brian, I have to whip some of those up.

Feb 22, 2012

Roof Cleaning Tallahassee wrote:
"with smaller pipe for harder shooting streams"

Chuck, you could glue caps on both sides of the T and drill a hole in each side to get a strong stream. Is that what you were talking about a harder stream?

-- Edited by Roof Cleaning Tallahassee on Tuesday 21st of February 2012 07:51:13 PM

Hi Ray smile

That would work too.

But no, I was saying that I used to tinker with making different gutter canes and I downsized with couplings with smaller pipe for harder shooting streams. I now just use a T on one end and a PVC garden hose connection on the other.

Mr Maintenance · Feb 22, 2012

Bergman Roof Cleaning Port Charlotte FL 941-698-1959 wrote:
Mr Maintenance wrote:
Bought everything i needed at HD. Cost $26 and took 30 min to glue up
WOW! You made the fancier ones with shut off valves!
I recommend trying a T on the end-you don't have to glue it on to try it.

Dont want to hijack this thread!! Two of the gutter canes are straight two of the gutter canes have Tees. Sorry i should have taken a better picture.

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