What did you use to catch all the chems coming out of the down spouts. Seems like a plastic bag would be awkward to move after it was full??

The thing to use is 42 gallon contractor heavy duty 3mm thick trash bags. These bags are the thickest and most durable that you can pick up at your local Lowes or HD. Other bags that are 3mm thick but not contractor grade have a tendencies to bust the bottoms out when there is more than 3 or 4 gallons of solution in them. Use pull tight bungy cords, pull the bag through then slip it over the end of the downspout, and pull tight. Then when you're done put your heavy duty trash bags in 5gal buckets to transport.

It's defenitely the way to go when bagging gutters.

PrestigePressure wrote:

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Just started doing this the other day, we were about to have a short but heavy rain right after a few roof cleanings in the retirement community we were in. We always bag the gutters to catch the run off, I think it makes life easier, well before we left and it rained, we flushed the gutters out. This cleared all the solution out so when it rained it was not flushed into the yards. This retirement community is super picky about the flowers and grass so this was just another precaution.
Most vetern roof cleaners know how to properly dilute everything to insure nothing dies, so this little trick is kind of for the newbies who don't want to take any chances when starting out.  Also for later in the day roof cleanings when the sun is going down and you may have a heavy dew in the moring with some still potent solution on the roof or in the gutters.

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OK yall Im gona give up the goods again and drop a bomb! Its good for the industry so it needs to be shared.



This is a gutter cane and is used to attach at the end of a hose and hang from a gutter. There are three ways we used it.

1. Rinse the gutters after the job.

2. Hang from the gutter and let the water free flow out the downspout diluting the roof chem till its not an issue.

3. Hang from the gutter, plug all the downspouts with wads of plastic, then turn on the water. The wter would then fill the gutters and flow over the edge of the gutters. That would dilute any and all chem as well as rinse the plants at the same time.

These are aluminum and 40" long. Threaded at the end so you can attach a quick disconect or alike. They have a piece of clear braid hose covering the bend so that the alum wont leave black streaks on the gutters.

I sell them and will have many at the South Carolina NCE event the end of Sept. However if you need one now they are $50.00 shipped! A bit pricie but you wont have to buy one ever again unless its lost or stolen.

Thanks,

AC

 

-- Edited by AC Lockyer on Wednesday 11th of August 2010 07:56:15 AM

Great tool. Thanks for the info. Got to get one of these. I like the idea of plugging the downspout and let the over flow do it's part.

Shawn, when you bag gutters, where are you disposing of the contents?

Do most folks acutally bag like that, or are we to soak the area near the gutters for 10 minutes or so while we set up?

What's best?

I still bag gutters, gives more time to the ground guy to make sure the landscaping is plenty watered. Why take the chance of solution getting into the ground, grass, or landscape. Usually wait til the end of the week and take it all to the waste water treatment facility. You can even reuse it if it's within a couple of hours, the solution is pretty dirty so make sure you have a good filter and probably clean the tank afterwards. Or use it as weed killer. lol.

Thanks much, Gary and Shawn.  Very helpful.



Learned my lesson the hard way on that one... flush them all now.  By the way, another way to transport a heavy bag.  I use one of my tarps.  Just lay it on the tarp and drag it to the drain.