Ladder hire?

tealady

If you get no luck I find it's often worth putting a shout out on local WhatsApp and Facebook groups.

Le_Kirk

tacpot12 said:

If you have no space, another option to consider is a deal with a neighbour who also wants access to a ladder, and has got the space to store one. You might buy it together, and have an agreement that you can collect it from his property when you need it for jobs.

We (apparently) had this arrangement some years ago but I never saw any ladders (apart from my own) and one neighbour kept going round asking all the other neighbours where they were. Just be careful!

jennifernil

We have a very long 3 section aluminium ladder as bits of our woodwork are really high up, we also have some aluminium scaffold which has been used extensively.  Cannot think that hiring would be more sensible than buying.

The long ladder used to stand upright in our 1.5 height integral garage, but getting it out and in was not easy for OH on his own.  The flat wall space was just too short to hang it horizontally, so we  now have it hanging outside round the back of the house, on special lockable ladder brackets using high security padlocks
Cannot be seen from anywhere and not easy access, presume it is still there, but we have not needed to use it recently!

chris_n

Don't know how much debris you have seen in there but the first thing for me would be to disconnect the downpipe and push something  maybe telescopic up to clear the pipe. It's even possible your problem is below ground. 

Bookworm105

there must be dozens of gutter cleaning tradespeople in your area. There sure are in my area at £40 - 70 per job.
Look on social media as will be full of tradespeople wanting work: local FB group, Nextdoor, X , etc

Alternatively loads of plant hire / building merchants / supplies places will hire ladders - use a search engine 

moneysaver1978

chris_n said:

Don't know how much debris you have seen in there but the first thing for me would be to disconnect the downpipe and push something  maybe telescopic up to clear the pipe. It's even possible your problem is below ground. 

This gutter goes to the corner where it meets a downpipe - there's another gutter that goes to the same downpipe, no issue there.

Bookworm105 said:

there must be dozens of gutter cleaning tradespeople in your area. There sure are in my area at £40 - 70 per job.
Look on social media as will be full of tradespeople wanting work: local FB group, Nextdoor, X , etc

Alternatively loads of plant hire / building merchants / supplies places will hire ladders - use a search engine 

Yes, I had already found some thanks to a search engine but my OP was mostly about the personal experience of hiring ladders.