Ladders for guttering

ChilliBob

Jonboy_1984 said:

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….

Yeah I could try that, I think we live in more of an "I'm too busy to do anything" type neighbourhood though, so I think most people get people in! 

grumbler

stuart45 said:

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?

Yes - "FREE DELIVERY when you spend £100 or more". I didn't check and relied on google.

mi-key

Look on your local area facebook for handymen. This is just the sort of job they are happy to do. Either that or guttering cleaners ( can get them to clean them while they are up there clipping it back in ). Will cost you less than a ladder, and save you the hassle of doing it yourself

TELLIT01

If you aren't comfortable with heights I would look at all other options before buying a ladder you may well discover you are unable to use, or are unable to let go of at the top to do the required repair/maintenance work.

ChilliBob

Yeah, that is a good point to be fair! I think I might try the extendable ladder I have, which does go fairly high, see how comfortable I feel near the top of it and go from there :0

FreeBear

If you have the cash, and a lot of work to do at any height, a scaffold tower is well worth having. I have a 5m Super DIY - At times, I could do with an extra metre or two, especially if I'm doing anything at the roof line. That said, much of the time, I'm just using a 1m section to give me that little extra boost when working on ceilings or in a stairwell. Ladders are just too dangerous for working at height.

Nobbie1967

Having once tried clipping back plastic guttering into place, I couldn’t recommend it. You need both hands to do the job and it can require a fair bit of force. Easy for hands to slip and unbalance you.

ChilliBob

Nobbie1967 said:

Having once tried clipping back plastic guttering into place, I couldn’t recommend it. You need both hands to do the job and it can require a fair bit of force. Easy for hands to slip and unbalance you.

Thanks, that's really quite useful, I had assumed that part would be trivial and quick.. 

ChilliBob

FreeBear said:

If you have the cash, and a lot of work to do at any height, a scaffold tower is well worth having. I have a 5m Super DIY - At times, I could do with an extra metre or two, especially if I'm doing anything at the roof line. That said, much of the time, I'm just using a 1m section to give me that little extra boost when working on ceilings or in a stairwell. Ladders are just too dangerous for working at height.

Yeah, I did consider those but for the height I would need I think it's 5-600 quid. I suppose if I was going go take all the render off the house myself and repaint it then it may be good value but otherwise I guess £500 = *a lot* of 'drinks' 

Martin_the_Unjust

ChilliBob said:

FreeBear said:

If you have the cash, and a lot of work to do at any height, a scaffold tower is well worth having. I have a 5m Super DIY - At times, I could do with an extra metre or two, especially if I'm doing anything at the roof line. That said, much of the time, I'm just using a 1m section to give me that little extra boost when working on ceilings or in a stairwell. Ladders are just too dangerous for working at height.

Yeah, I did consider those but for the height I would need I think it's 5-600 quid. I suppose if I was going go take all the render off the house myself and repaint it then it may be good value but otherwise I guess £500 = *a lot* of 'drinks' 

Plenty available for hire, here’s an example  https://www.nationaltoolhireshops.co.uk/product/alloy-scaffold-tower-hire/