Ladders for guttering

ChilliBob

Hey guys, there are a couple of areas of guttering which I *think* just need to be clipped back on. We've tried to get people round but as its such a small job they keep putting us off, which I gusss is understandable.

We're considering doing it ourselves instead, I've just measured, the guttering is sbout 5.5m from the ground.

Neither of us are brilliant with heights but I think we could probably just sbout do it. 

I had a quick look at ladders and could see a triple tread one from Werner for about £200 which looks like it would fit the bill.

Having not done this before I thought I'd see if anyone had any advice on, I guess, ladder selection, storage and security, and indeed if just clipping this guttering back on is simple. Last thing I want is we shell out £200 for a ladder we can't really store then find we can't do it! 

stuart45

Get a stand off for the ladder.

kipsterno1

Do you use the services of a window cleaner? Ours is more than happy with jobs like this and as someone who is not good with heights I'm more than happy to pay him for his time.

FreeBear

ChilliBob said:

Hey guys, there are a couple of areas of guttering which I *think* just need to be clipped back on. We've tried to get people round but as its such a small job they keep putting us off, which I gusss is understandable.

What sort of "people" have you tried ?

Round here, window cleaners will often clear out gutters and also undertake minor repairs - If you haven't already tried, might be worth giving one a call. May well be cheaper than a handyman/roofer/builder that wants to charge a day rate.

Jonboy_1984

Ask a few of your neighbours, one of ours has one they happily lend to the entire street, mostly for cleaning moss out of gutters round here…

The next street over have another similar arrangement, you can see theirs stored upright against the house….

grumbler

I see 5.65m for £150 at Homebase (+£12.50 delivered).

And yes, a stand-off attachment will make the job much easier and safer. The cheapest I see is £19 at a Amazon.

victor2

Another vote for asking a window cleaner, even if you don't normally use one, get your windows cleaned and guttering fixed for less than the cost of buying ladders. And no risk to yourself. 

stuart45

grumbler said:

I see 5.65m for £150 at Homebase (+£12.50 delivered).

And yes, a stand-off attachment will make the job much easier and safer. The cheapest I see is £19 at a Amazon.

It looks like free delivery to me, or am I reading it wrong?

ChilliBob

stuart45 said:

Get a stand off for the ladder.

Nice, I've seen people use them but didn't know what they were called, cheers

ChilliBob

kipsterno1 said:

Do you use the services of a window cleaner? Ours is more than happy with jobs like this and as someone who is not good with heights I'm more than happy to pay him for his time.

We don't actually! And our property doesn't have side access, so if we did I think we'd still want to find a way to clean the back ones ourselves. We can nearly do them all - ground floor are fine, two sets upstairs, one is extension roof, the other is the tricky one, 3/4s,of it we can do leaning out lol

ChilliBob

FreeBear said:

ChilliBob said:

Hey guys, there are a couple of areas of guttering which I *think* just need to be clipped back on. We've tried to get people round but as its such a small job they keep putting us off, which I gusss is understandable.

What sort of "people" have you tried ?

Round here, window cleaners will often clear out gutters and also undertake minor repairs - If you haven't already tried, might be worth giving one a call. May well be cheaper than a handyman/roofer/builder that wants to charge a day rate.

Roofer we used before, who said he'd do it 'for a drink', he popped in to visit but that was about a month ago. I guess everyone prefers to get a new roof in summer!

I guess I didn't think sbout those sort of people you mention as we already had a roofer we knew and finding people who are decent seems tricky so I like to use the ones we've already found where we can!