![Cleaning the gutters with a "Guttercleaner" telescopic wand](/content/images/archive/07sept-gutters-pat.jpg "Cleaning the gutters with a "Guttercleaner" telescopic wand")
Anything that keeps you off a ladder has to be useful. Gutter cleaning hose extensions (a long pole with a hooked-over end) allow you to hose out your gutters without ladder climbing.
We tried a "GutterCleaner" telescopic wand, $38.77 from Mitre10.
We attached a hose and tried to clean out some gutters that were fully clogged with mainly pine needles. The wand flicked out a few needles but would not dislodge the main tangled mass - that had to be removed manually.
Once the main clumps of decaying twigs, leaves and needles were removed, the wand was tried again on the loose debris remaining in the gutters. This time the wand had no trouble sluicing the debris away.
If you were disciplined enough to regularly flush your gutters, we think one of these wands could reduce the need for hand-cleaning.
The model we bought was only long enough to reach the gutters of a single-story building. You need to wear full wet-weather gear - and to keep the aluminium pole well away from overhead power wires.
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