How to clean your eavestroughs by yourself in Calgary: 4 checkpoints

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Another article from the best gutter cleaners in Calgary

Follow these checkpoints:
1. Pick the right equipment: Ladder, thick rubber gloves, bucket.
2. Pick the right time.
3. Pick the right weather.
4. The cleaning.

1. Pick the right equipment.
Your local home hardware store will have everything you need. Make sure your ladder is the correct size. A 1-story house needs a pretty short ladder, just make sure not to set it too steep and level it properly. A 2-story house is a more serious job, and you will need a 30 ft ladder, so make sure you know how to handle it before you start. Maybe you should use a helper for this one? A 2-story house with a walk-out? You will need a 40 ft ladder, that is a big job even for the professionals, we usually use 2 technicians to do that.
Get thick rubber gloves, as eavestroughs and roof have a lot of sharp edges and nails.
A plain bucket will make your job so much easier. Collect dirt and debris from the eavestroughs into the bucket and dump it into a garbage bag after.
There is one more tool that we use every single day, but my colleague calls it a ‘job security’ because it makes the cleaning go faster, so we are not ready to tell you about it just yet. Maybe in one of the next posts 🙂

2. Pick the right time.
Right time of the year – fall season when leaves dropped down already, right time of the day – any time in the daylight.

3. Pick the right weather.
Never work in windy weather, and make sure there are no precipitations.

4. The cleaning.
A. Check and clean the eavestroughs around the house.
B. Make sure all downspouts flow freely and unclog them if needed.
C. Cleanup after yourself.

Now you can take a quick look at How Lowe’s wants you to do it.

If you are still not comfortable, give A-Team: gutter cleaning a call, we’ll be happy to help.