Amazing, well done. Love the GoPro construction. I think I would use a cheaper action cam, because my GoPro would definitely end up somewhere in the gutter.
I wasted $100 at Home Depot. I could not find schedule 20 so I used what you'd built in although it looks cool. It weighs probably 75 pounds when you're trying to hold it straight up in the gutters and the vacuum I'll be it. It's pretty big will not suck out the Pineneedles. Thanks for the video. I appreciate it, but it won't work for me.
I like the male to female connection. Is the male component part of the top half and the female component part of the lower half of the device? Thanks!
I get heavy sludge. I use 3/4” pvc about 24’ long with a hook or “U” at the end that I form using a heat gun. Also using a heat gun, I pinch the end so I get a sludge busting spray. I attach a garden hose to the other end using adapters found at any hardware store.
I found a way to order the lighter schedule 20 pvc pipe but am still waiting for it to get here--was supposed to have already been delivered last Monday or Tuesday, Oct 30 or 31, 2023. Still waiting for UPS to update me on what has happened to my items. Supposedly they have already arrived in San Jose on Oct 30 but I have no updated information on that. Since I heard there is rain coming this weekend, I thought I'd try your method. You mentioned that the snout or actual sucker part was made from 10 inches of pipe. Looks like, in the video, maybe the length of the pipe from the edge of the 45 degree elbow is 10 inches--looks longer than mine looks so I'm just wondering. Did you cut 10 inches or a little longer to make the length from the edge of the 45 degree elbow 10 inches? Anyway, I like your design--I think the 45 degree elbow with the 10 inch pipe is better than the other design where the guy used the lighter pipe and he used 2 90 degree elbows for his. Now I'm working on getting the camera on this tool so I can see what's going on. Thanks for the great video!
Curious how taking the filter out didnt damaged the motor? The filter is there to protect the motor so how comes it didnt get sucked up into the motor and damage it? Ive got a similar setup here in australia but too scared to take the filter out in case something solid like a bit of roof tool flies into the motor etc
I built something similar and the vacuuming just didn’t work for me. My gutters mostly collect pine needles and they would frequently clog things up at the nozzle. I later went in the opposite direction and got a gutter blowing kit. No more clogs and it blows all that stuff out. Yes, it does rain down on me and the flower beds, but it beats dragging a ladder around. However, it only works for loose, dry accumulations of debris. Once it gets wet and compacted, grab that ladder.
This little baby packs a punch for the price (just over 30 bucks). I'm comparing it to an old Craftsman blower that recently died after about 15 years. So far I've used it four times ru-vid.comUgkx9IdbewMd3eOaX3SS_kV4wC73v6yWG2KY and it's done an excellent job. It's light, and it moves leaves and debris very well. It's a little shorter than the craftsman, but it's fairly easy to manage. I don't ever use the front grip (requiring both hands). If I did, it would increase the distance between the blower and the debris, or it would require me to bend over awkwardly. I'm 6' 3", so I just hold it (since it's light enough) with one hand down at my side and it's a perfect fit. It's also back-heavy, making it easy to maneuver up/down/left/right motions of the blower end. As a final perk, I can actually appreciate the safety cord lock feature, since my other blower's lack of a decent one caused my power cord connector to start falling apart, due to all of the pulling, etc. If you're not ready to spend 200 - 400 on a gas leaf blower, and you don't mind messing with a cord 2 to 4 times a month, then this thing is for you.
Great recommendations and video....especially the angled snout design.....BUT..... Sch 40 PVC is awfully heavy when building a unit like this, and you are better off with less weight using Sch 20.... used for in-home-wall vacuum systems and other areas.Available locally usually at electrical supply shops or from Amazon
Two ways - my wife holds the phone and acts as my guide. I have also used a clamp to attach the phone to the pole so I can see it. The assistant method works the best.
This is brilliant. My 76yo father scales a ladder onto the roof of his 2 story house to clean his gutters. It'll be the end of him one day I'm sure. Going to make this for him!
I found your video after searching for both DIY and powered blowers. Not wanting to spend $200+ for another yard tool to deal with, I decided to to try the gutter sucker. I had 2 inch PVC pipe left over from a previous project, and picked up 45 and 90 degree elbows and a 4x2 inch rubber coupling at the hardware store. In about half an hour, I had the gutter sucker ready for trial. I have a 16 gal Rigid shopvac with a 2 inch hose and the coupling fit perfectly. The 45 degree angle for the nozzle provided a good standoff, which I needed in my case. It worked great! Dry leaves did occasionally collect on the inlet nozzle and required me to drop it down and pull them off, but most went to the shopvac. I tried putting the hose on the discharge side of the shopvac to blew the dry leaves out first, then sucked up the balance of the debris from the gutters. Weight was not an issue for me as the main tube is only 6 ft in length. The two 3 ft sections of tubing that came with the shopvac extends that to 9 or 12 ft if needed. For less than $25, the roof dance and ladder climbs are history. Thank you for a great design, and a very well done video.
It really depends on the power of your ShopVac. I have since used it to suck some wetter material. If I were to rebuild, I would use the lighter pipe. Even though I have added a strap to the device since this video it is still kind of heavy.
Very impressive! Our super gutter cannot be accessed from the ground, so we have to clean it from the roof, so I would like to figure out a way to have a Shop Vac on the ground with the hose somehow extended so that a person standing on the roof can walk the length of the roof and vacuum up the leaves.
Wow, your method is amazing. I've not seen people use the male and female connection adaptor as well. Will you mind providing some type of link where I can purchase the GoPro and its adaptor so I can smoothly work and see what I'm doing? Thank you again for providing this awesome video!
