On May 11, 9:03*am, Frnak McKenney
wrote:

How do you use the extension pole? Vertically ("ladderless"), or
horizontally ("less ladder-shifting")? What to you use at the end of
it?

Frank McKenney

I made gutter hangers that don't block the top out of 1/8" aluminum
strips. The scoop is a Home Depot 'Gutter Getter", which they don't
seem to carry now, bolted crosswise to the end of the pole with a
diagonal brace to the handle of the scoop. The top section of pole is
a wooden broomstick since the wires hang close to the gutter.

My front gutters are two stories up and often clogged with catkins and
leaves from the overhanging oaks. Leaves aren't too bad but when the
gutters are half full of muck I can only scoop out a foot or two at a
time.

The gutters wrap around the ends of the roof overhang to reach the
downspouts, which are straight. I ran short pieces of gutter straight
through the downspout tee fittings and cut a large drain hole in the
bottom. There are no end caps so I can push debris out the end.

The downspouts are screwed to and supported by wall brackets at the
lower end only so they are simple to remove from the ground when they
clog at the top. I had to loosen the fit at the tee to make them go
back on easily enough.

jsw