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I no longer get on a 12 foot or higher ladder and have a gutter on the back of the house on the 2d floor & the downspout always fills with debris in the fall. Additionally there is a gutter on the garage side of the house that I can get to with a step ladder.

Anyways, I'm tired of spending $85 to have someone schedule & come out to clean out the 2d floor gutter & elbow. Thought there has to be a something that I can make that would do the job well without a lot of jerry rigging.

So, I came up with this.

Used 4 pieces, 5 foot in length of 1.5 inch ABS DWV pipe which is lightweight & coupled 2 sections with ABS cement; making one 10 foot section (couldn't find longer 10 foot sections of ABS DWV pipe). Did the same with the remaining two 5 foot sections.

Added a flange to the end of one pipe which would be the used to connect to the shop vac hose & other end to the Stihl blower. To secure the hose at both ends I used duct tape. The 2d pipe would have a 45 degree elbow and a couple 22.5 degree elbows on one end that would be pointed down into the gutter -- blow the leaves out, etc.

Pictures shows the apparatus used to tackle the garage side gutter which is up about 10-12 feet & second shows tackling the 2d floor gutter.

Another picture shows the two 10 foot sections connected and reaching the 2d level. I used one inch white PVC (measure 1.25 inches wide) which I slid into the 1.5 inch ABS DWV and secured with four 2 inch screws (2 into one section & 2 into the other -- approx. 3 feet of white PVC is used). The use of the white PVC inside stabilizes & sturdies the temporary coupling of the two 10 foot ABS DWV sections, to reach the 2d level. To store in garage, remove the 4 screws/bolts connecting the two 10 foot sections together & slide the white PVC out of the ABS DWV pipe.

Cost: approx. $60

Bob