Re: [BlindHandyMan] my notions about gutters

2010-02-23 Thread Lee A. Stone 

I also meant to say   that  I think those heat tapes for gutters are 
designed  if you so wish to run  part or all the way down the gutter. 
keep in mind I think they draw considerable electricity but when 
worried about ice backing up who is worried about electric costs.  Lee



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Re: [BlindHandyMan] my notions about gutters

2010-02-23 Thread Lee A. Stone 

Cliff, take that idea to to the engineers. maybe converting a  kitchen   
waste disposal system for the gutters?  I do not at this time have   
heat tapes set up but  Iknow of others who simply flip a light switch 
and  those gutters remain  ice free and hopefully the last of the leaves 
and junk   were  removed.  good luck. Lee


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Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 
09:51:18PM -0500, 
clifford wrote:
> Dear List Members:
> My gutters are rarely iced over, as Hillbilly country only gets snow in 
> significant amounts about one out of three years.  
> Listening to some of the posts relating to ice problems, I recall the 
> heat tape which is used to wrap above ground water lines, here in this area.  
> I am wondering how effective electrical heat tape would be to thaw
>  the gutters and keep them running?
> I have also wondered about the feasibility of installing a light weight 
> auger, similar to a widely spaced coil spring, which would be used to pull 
> the material which ends up in the gutter, in to a grinder located at the end 
> of the gutter at the down spout.  I am enjoying the process of cleaning 
> gutters less and less as I mature.  It would be nice to simply hit a button 
> to clean the gutters.
> 
> Yours Truly,
> 
> Clifford Wilson
> 
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] my notions about gutters

2010-02-22 Thread John Sherrer 
Get gutter helmets, they work great.

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  Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 10:25 PM
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  Aloha Clifford,
  Please hurry and invent such a cleaning system. I 
  am way tired of gutter cleaning. Everytime I 
  consider buying a gutter system such as a brush 
  like thing that is supposed to let the water flow 
  through it and the leaves sit on the top and 
  eventually blow away, or some sort of covers, I 
  hear so much about whether or not they work, that 
  I haven't done anything about it.
  Betsy
  At 04:51 PM 2/21/2010, you wrote:
  >
  >
  >Dear List Members:
  >My gutters are rarely iced over, as Hillbilly 
  >country only gets snow in significant amounts about one out of three years.
  >Listening to some of the posts relating to ice 
  >problems, I recall the heat tape which is used 
  >to wrap above ground water lines, here in this 
  >area. I am wondering how effective electrical heat tape would be to thaw
  >the gutters and keep them running?
  >I have also wondered about the feasibility of 
  >installing a light weight auger, similar to a 
  >widely spaced coil spring, which would be used 
  >to pull the material which ends up in the 
  >gutter, in to a grinder located at the end of 
  >the gutter at the down spout. I am enjoying the 
  >process of cleaning gutters less and less as I 
  >mature. It would be nice to simply hit a button to clean the gutters.
  >
  >Yours Truly,
  >
  >Clifford Wilson
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] my notions about gutters

2010-02-22 Thread Scott Howell 
I had a sample of a product called the Gutter Brush, 
http://www.gutterbrush.com. At the time I thought perhaps they were a little 
expensive, but I'm rethinking this and I am wondering how effective they were.  
I would say it looks like a giant bottle brush and all the big stuff is 
apparently flushed off the top, while the little bits that make it down through 
the brush will flush down the spout. I only had the one gutter with a small 
piece to test and I found all the little crap piled up at the point where the 
brush started. So, I have to assume it would not have made it there if I had 
the entire gutter loaded with the brush. I would be curious if anyone on the 
list has ever used one of these and especially anyone who lives where snow and 
ice are a regular event.
On Feb 21, 2010, at 9:51 PM, clifford wrote:

> Dear List Members:
> My gutters are rarely iced over, as Hillbilly country only gets snow in 
> significant amounts about one out of three years. 
> Listening to some of the posts relating to ice problems, I recall the heat 
> tape which is used to wrap above ground water lines, here in this area. I am 
> wondering how effective electrical heat tape would be to thaw
> the gutters and keep them running?
> I have also wondered about the feasibility of installing a light weight 
> auger, similar to a widely spaced coil spring, which would be used to pull 
> the material which ends up in the gutter, in to a grinder located at the end 
> of the gutter at the down spout. I am enjoying the process of cleaning 
> gutters less and less as I mature. It would be nice to simply hit a button to 
> clean the gutters.
> 
> Yours Truly,
> 
> Clifford Wilson
> 
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] my notions about gutters

2010-02-21 Thread Dale Leavens 
They do make heating tape for gutters and even to be snaked over the lower edge 
of the roof in an effort to control ice damming. I don't know of anyone who has 
installed it, it is far too cold here to be useful but I expect in more 
marginal areas it has it's uses.

They sell long handled hose fittings something like a long crooked cane for 
washing out gutters from the ground. Unfortunately mine are over 14 feet in the 
air and though I had thought of constructing something that would reach I 
decided that is just too high, too long to be manipulated. Probably though they 
would work well on a single story house.


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  Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 9:51 PM
  Subject: [BlindHandyMan] my notions about gutters



  Dear List Members:
  My gutters are rarely iced over, as Hillbilly country only gets snow in 
significant amounts about one out of three years. 
  Listening to some of the posts relating to ice problems, I recall the heat 
tape which is used to wrap above ground water lines, here in this area. I am 
wondering how effective electrical heat tape would be to thaw
  the gutters and keep them running?
  I have also wondered about the feasibility of installing a light weight 
auger, similar to a widely spaced coil spring, which would be used to pull the 
material which ends up in the gutter, in to a grinder located at the end of the 
gutter at the down spout. I am enjoying the process of cleaning gutters less 
and less as I mature. It would be nice to simply hit a button to clean the 
gutters.

  Yours Truly,

  Clifford Wilson

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Re: [BlindHandyMan] my notions about gutters

2010-02-21 Thread Lenny McHugh 
Hi Clifford,
Actually they do sell heat tapes  for that purpose. On the back of my 
townhouse there is a tape that goes across the top roof down the downspout 
across the back roof and finally down that downspout.
Most people that have them installed do not use them correctly. The most 
important time to use them is after sundown when some water from melting 
snow is still running and starting to freeze. This summer I will replace 
mine, I replace it every few years to prevent any other unwelcome problems.
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Subject: [BlindHandyMan] my notions about gutters


Dear List Members:
My gutters are rarely iced over, as Hillbilly country only gets snow in 
significant amounts about one out of three years.
Listening to some of the posts relating to ice problems, I recall the 
heat tape which is used to wrap above ground water lines, here in this area. 
I am wondering how effective electrical heat tape would be to thaw
 the gutters and keep them running?
I have also wondered about the feasibility of installing a light weight 
auger, similar to a widely spaced coil spring, which would be used to pull 
the material which ends up in the gutter, in to a grinder located at the end 
of the gutter at the down spout.  I am enjoying the process of cleaning 
gutters less and less as I mature.  It would be nice to simply hit a button 
to clean the gutters.

Yours Truly,

Clifford Wilson


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Re: [BlindHandyMan] my notions about gutters

2010-02-21 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press 
Aloha Clifford,
Please hurry and invent such a cleaning system. I 
am way tired of gutter cleaning. Everytime I 
consider buying a gutter system such as a brush 
like thing that is supposed to let the water flow 
through it and the leaves sit on the top and 
eventually blow away, or some sort of covers, I 
hear so much about whether or not they work, that 
I haven't done anything about it.
Betsy
At 04:51 PM 2/21/2010, you wrote:
>
>
>Dear List Members:
>My gutters are rarely iced over, as Hillbilly 
>country only gets snow in significant amounts about one out of three years.
>Listening to some of the posts relating to ice 
>problems, I recall the heat tape which is used 
>to wrap above ground water lines, here in this 
>area. I am wondering how effective electrical heat tape would be to thaw
>the gutters and keep them running?
>I have also wondered about the feasibility of 
>installing a light weight auger, similar to a 
>widely spaced coil spring, which would be used 
>to pull the material which ends up in the 
>gutter, in to a grinder located at the end of 
>the gutter at the down spout. I am enjoying the 
>process of cleaning gutters less and less as I 
>mature. It would be nice to simply hit a button to clean the gutters.
>
>Yours Truly,
>
>Clifford Wilson
>
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[BlindHandyMan] my notions about gutters

2010-02-21 Thread clifford 
Dear List Members:
My gutters are rarely iced over, as Hillbilly country only gets snow in 
significant amounts about one out of three years.  
Listening to some of the posts relating to ice problems, I recall the heat 
tape which is used to wrap above ground water lines, here in this area.  I am 
wondering how effective electrical heat tape would be to thaw
 the gutters and keep them running?
I have also wondered about the feasibility of installing a light weight 
auger, similar to a widely spaced coil spring, which would be used to pull the 
material which ends up in the gutter, in to a grinder located at the end of the 
gutter at the down spout.  I am enjoying the process of cleaning gutters less 
and less as I mature.  It would be nice to simply hit a button to clean the 
gutters.

Yours Truly,

Clifford Wilson


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