How You Should Be Using These Gutter Vac Attachements!
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- This Video Shows What Are These Gutter Vac Attachements Are For And How To Use Them.
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Well done only person I've seen on any platform to actually describe each tool and what job
Thank you
Nice. Thanks! Loads more detailed help now in my training courses.😜👍🏼
Hi Ash, thanks for the video on the tool attachments, We used our Skyvac Interceptor today on 2 houses with very narrow roof to gutter access and this was brilliant with your tips and guidance on how you use them. We did the two lowset house in under an hour, at 200 per house and it really is amazing with the right information how much your service to clients improves and gives a great job. Thanks again from us Down Under in Australia
Trevor Spary That’s great! Thanks for the feedback. I’m glad you get on so well with the vac. It really is a great asset to your business. Thanks for your comments!😃👍🏼
I have an Atom, absolutely love it. Perfect just to leave in my van on my window cleaning round as it's small and if I get asked to clear some while I'm there I can do it! Hard to believe I went so many years working off of a ladder to clear them! Well worth the investment 👌 Hope you're managing to still get some work done at the moment mate.
I use to have a window cleaning business but now have a full time job so just looking to do a couple of gutters a week I'm very rural in Devon and can pick up a few jobs to suit so Atom may be way to go
@@chrisbaxter5041 you won't be disappointed mate. It's a great little machine
Thanks for your comments. Yes, the Atom is so convenient, and it’s surprising what it can tackle! Great machine indeed!😃👍🏼
I've had a atom for a few weeks now and used it for a few jobs.def a learning curve to it but I find the thinner suction attachment to work really well on most things.
One job I had was some old aluminium ogee guttering with the clips running across the top every few foot or so and it made it hard work so I just done it by hand .but done a bungalow which was really narrow all around and it was spot on for that along with clearing out the lead valley too.
Def takes getting used to but safer than getting up a ladder and holding a bucket etc.
Yes, it’s a great bit of kit and it’s not long before you become very proficient with it and those awkward jobs will be no problem at all.😃👍🏼
Great attachments
I’m struggling with many blocked down pipes, and I often have to get the ladder out.
I wonder if you may have any ideas for the Atom that may help to clean out the down pipe?
Many thanks
Michael
It’s those kind of situations where a more powerful machine comes in handy.😉👍🏼
I bought the skyvac industrial 85 recently with the elite poles because of your videos ash, I did message you for your opinion on it but guess you’re busy 🤣 I am very impressed with the vacuum though, although it’s taking me longer packing away etc but it’s pride in having such a great machine making my life so much easier
Thanks for your comments. Sorry, it’s difficult keeping up with questions on different platforms sometimes. Glad you like the vac. I think it helps your business come across more professional, and you will soon get quicker at setting it up and packing it away.😃👍🏼
Not got a sky vac yet looking into it at the moment some great tips on how to use the tools.
Its pretty obvious now youve said turn the attachments so they suck up more effectively and efficiently but I would of used it the way you said before opening straight towards me great Content Ashley thanks
Old School Window cleaner Thanks! A gutter vac is a great investment and comes across very professional.😃👍🏼
Hi All. I've found if you grind out, say, thumb tip crescent shapes around the end of the various fittings, you will allow an updraft to assist in the vacuuming. Kinda like scoffing down down a beer out of a bottle. Leave a little gap in the corner of your mouth, & you can scoff down the whole thing without stopping. Same principle.
Ive just got a new tool similar to what you are saying. I will remember that next time I’m having a pint.😜👍🏼
Thank you can’t wait to get one
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I just use a titan wet and dry vacuum from Screwfix, some shed down pipe 2", 3d printed some pole joiners, 10 metres of 2" vacuum hose. Works great plus you can buy cheap WiFi cameras that can connect to your phone so you can see what your cleaning. 😉👍
Simon Wheeler Sounds like an interesting diy setup. Nice.😃👍🏼
My kit never came with the longer attachment for the downpipes annoyingly il have to get one seems useful.
You might not end up using it too often but it will be so handy on those occasions when you do need it.😃👍🏼
another great one ash thanks mate stay safe glenn
GLENN STOTT Thanks for your comments. All the best.😃👍🏼
Great advice. Thanks Ash👍
Squeaky Clean Dave Thanks!😃👍🏼
Hi Ash. Did you have the video with a special gutter vac gooseneck that was widened on the curve for taking pine needles easier? Thanks for all the info you give out.
Thanks. In this video I use the wider gooseneck: ruclips.net/video/5QdCCLNLptU/видео.html
There are more in the gutter cleaning playlist on my channel.😃👍🏼
Sky vacs are great, some times you need to get a ladder out, I found pine pins to be a pain to hoover
David Deacon They do an attachment for pine needles not shown in this video actually. I find that I very rarely need to get the ladder out.😃👍🏼
A.E.Mackintosh Cleaning Services I stopped using ladders in 2015 when I changed to WFP, but it’s good to have some on the van just in case for windows an gutters. Slipped tiles or detailing first cleans. I didn’t know skyvac do an attachment for pine pins, will save a few f’s and jeffs 😄 I’ll look out for it cheers 👍
Yes, it’s definitely good to have a ladder for backup! That new attachment hasn’t been around very long, I haven’t actually tried it yet.😃👍🏼
I’ve put a link in the description.😃👍🏼
Top man Thankyou
Nice superbike m8
I'm undecided on the Atom or the bigger gutter vac systems one twice the size and power for same money but drawn to the atom as whole package looks better
Skyvac are on ebay picked up the commercial with 40ft elite poles for £1550
I pondered for about 6 months, went with the Atom, it easily clears 3 storey buildings, I've use it internally too, it's light and hardly takes up any room
Atom is a little power house. I haven't had any issues with mine yet. I guess if you're solely gutter cleaning then spend more and get a larger machine, but the Atom is lightweight, small, good power so it's great to just leave in the van. I have used mine 7 poles high and it still clears them easily. I think spinaclean have a discount going on the packages too at the moment
The commercial is a great choice too! And the Elite poles are a great upgrade! Having the stiff gooseneck at the top makes such a difference, especially for tugging out tufts of grass.😃👍🏼
@@aemackintosh You can buy the kit 'carbon gooseneck + clamps' for Atom.... ; ideally a 50mm hose + 50mm inlet would reduce the risk of blockage ; for down pipes, a high pressure cleaner with 15 m pipe cleaning will help...
Hi Ash, my SkyVac 85 arrived last week and I completed by first customer the other day. I know that all three motors switched on is usually for lifting heavy debris, but how many motors do you have running just for general light debris clearance like in your video? Thanks again
I usually just put all three motors on. There is also the power mix lever which you can keep in the light debris position.😃👍🏼
hi i have an older skyvac you push a little button on one poll slides into a hole on the next pole do you know if there is a moss scraper to fit please
I haven’t actually seen those type of poles before?
@@aemackintosh just had a look it is a spacevac my bad sorry
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I bought the elite, largely because of Ashley's recommendation. I have been extremely disappointed. I love this channel; it's one of my favorites. But I caution anyone against this product. I have been cleaning gutters for 15 years and using the SkyVac tripled and quadrupled my time at each house and did a very poor job (I know because I started getting up and checking what was happening. I can clean gutters much faster by hand, on ladder or roof. The system is not efficient and easy to use. I had to buy a 200 lb generator to run the vacuum and the total set up is extremely difficult to use. Buyer beware.
Dave W Thanks for your comments. I can see where your coming from. There is definitely an element of technique to be effective with this tool, as with any tool. Also, I found that the more I use it, the more efficient I became at setting it up, moving it around, and packing it away, hence reducing my time at the job. You May find it helpful to use an inspection camera? I find that the vac comes across very professional and is a lot safer in most instances too.😃👍🏼
Dave W I have to agree with you. By ladder and hand is far easier but obviously not as safe. It’s a lot faster to get the ladders out on a straight forward gutter clean on a house. Others will argue the vac is faster but I have to disagree. By the time you set up, clean the vac and poles and pack away it’s just much quicker with ladders and less awkward but some people don’t like using ladders so each to their own. The vac always comes in handy above conservatory roofs and some extensions. The vacs can be a pain but its worth having a vac in your Arsenal as an exterior cleaner. I won a window cleaning contract on a school including add on services partly because my vac could reach 3 story gutters from the ground safely. The school wanted a company that could do the lot. Windows, gutters, jet washing etc and not just a window cleaner. They seen the vac on my website and were impressed and this was also one of the reasons why they called me and they wanted to cut cost by not having to bring in a cherry picker or scaffolding. I also clean 2 large industrial units on a 3 monthly which is a really good earner and I wouldn’t have got these without the vac. Both units are the same company and roughly 100 yards from each other so as soon as we finish the first one we move straight onto the next. I couldn’t clean these units without the vac as parts of the building are awkward and far too dangerous by ladder and there’s parts where you can’t set up scaffolding or a cherry picker to get at some of the gutters plus the vac saves the client money. The vacs have their place and as Ashley said they look professional but exterior cleaners need to have different tools/equipment depending on the job and the vacs are handy to have 👍🏻
@@smartcleaningservices7450 Yes like anything, all tools / equipment have pros and cons, I find cleaning gutters by hand does a better job but takes longer if you get more confident with gutter vac it does a pretty good job too. I also admit I get up on ladder for inspection just to double check as cameras are quite expensive add on. Larger houses with lots of gutters full of dead leaves and stagnant water there is no better job than a gutter vac as it will suck it all out so easily, try this by hand it would take far longer. Obliviously price comes into it as they are not cheap but a great investment all the same, I would definitely recommend investing in one, doesn't have to be sky vac as these are very expensive but do come with more features. I use the Nilfisk maxi 2.
Adrian Mcglynn yes I agree with the vac sucking out all the water 100%. You just have to take each job as it comes and work out the best and most efficient way to tackle it 👍🏻
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W&W Window Cleaning Thanks.😃👍🏼
Do you find any situation that a sky vac doesn’t clear the gutter?
Robert Goosen It’s very rare that I can’t sort it with the vac. The most awkward is when there is a conservatory roof that comes down to meet a tiled roof and there is a gully/gutter where they meet. But they have a new 90degree angle goose neck now to make that easier.😃👍🏼
Thanks 👍
I cleaned gutters last week on a semi detached house with the sky vac industrial and both down pipes were completely full and rock solid. Not a chance the vac was clearing them even with different attachments or accessories. Sometimes we come across jobs like this. I had to get the ladders off the van and disconnect the down pipes to clear them out. The gutter vacs are a great bit of kit but you can’t rely on the vac to clear all gutter jobs 100%. Sometimes you need to use ladders to finish some jobs properly or we sometimes use a pressure washer with a telescopic lance and an attachment that fits into the down pipe which works well to unblock them. You don’t need the pressure washer on full power. If you come across slipped tiles in the gutter, this can be a problem for a vac and ladders might be needed to remove them. Like I said vacs are good but not suited to complete every gutter job.
There are always going to be certain instances that require a ladder, but on the whole, I find the vac is much safer and easier.😃👍🏼
@@smartcleaningservices7450 hi, what lance and attachment do you use? I've got a blocked downpipe that my gutter vac can't clear and I can't get a ladder up there due to the dangerous floor below so adding an attachment to my pressure washer would be ideal