Bung: You can use them to make 2 trestles to support a plank but the 1 formed by the centre section will have quite narrow footing.

Technofreak:

Bung: You can use them to make 2 trestles to support a plank but the 1 formed by the centre section will have quite narrow footing.

The footings on one I have are more than adequate. Certainly not narrower that it's ever an issue.

Replying to Eva888, I don't have arthritis but I do have small hands and all the ladders I looked at in Mitre 10 near where I live were all packaged which was a bummer. 

Bung: 
You cling to that idea. I still use another step ladder as the other end unless just using lower rungs indoors.

The ladder you're thinking of must be very different to the one I have. The brand I have from memory is Gorilla, but I've seen exactly the same ladder with other branding. From the pictures the Werner ones look pretty well identical. There is absolutely no problem with the stability when used as I described. I know from personal experience. 

neb:

mattwnz:

Would having them lower create more splashing from water dropping onto the grill from a higher level onto them? I thank only seen them installed higher up. 

 

 

Good question, I'll investigate at the next downpour.

We have scaffolding up for painting so our 2.5 story house and separate garage now has easy access to the gutters.  I'd like to take the opportunity to put on some type of gutter guard to save me clearing the gutters out and am looking for recommendations of firms/products to use in the Auckland area.  

Our main enemy is ti tree, it drops very fine debris, but I am not sure any solution is going to counter that.

We've tried most products from Bunnings/Mitre10 and they don't work well for us, we're after solutions like the ones I have listed below.   Our next door neighbour has something like this and think it's the best they've had so far so I think its worth trying it.   They don't recall who installed in unfortunately.

So far I have found the following.  If anyone recommends one of these over the others (eg metal vs plastic) that would be useful, or perhaps someone/something different.

• https://fourseasonsgutterpro.co.nz/
• https://www.guttersolutionz.co.nz/  <-- this has an additional flushing system that installs under the mesh, that could be good for ti tree
• https://www.leafscreen.co.nz/

All help or comments welcomed.

duckDecoy: Our main enemy is ti tree, it drops very fine debris, but I am not sure any solution is going to counter that.

The filter parts all look like they work best on a corrugated sheet profile if that is what you have.

Even in that case, looks like decomposing fines will build up on the top edge, and need occasional blasting off. If tea tree is your only problem and your neighbor has the same problem and the solution has survived there with minimal maintenance it's probably ok.

It could take a long time to happen if tea tree is the only problem you have, no severe lichens to grow over it etc.

What is your existing cleaning interval now without the covers?

gzt:

 

duckDecoy: Our main enemy is ti tree, it drops very fine debris, but I am not sure any solution is going to counter that.

 

The filter parts all look like they work best on a corrugated sheet profile if that is what you have.

 

Even in that case, looks like decomposing fines will build up on the top edge, and need occasional blasting off. If tea tree is your only problem and your neighbor has the same problem and the solution has survived there with minimal maintenance it's probably ok.

 

It could take a long time to happen if tea tree is the only problem you have, no severe lichens to grow over it etc.

 

What is your existing cleaning interval now without the covers?

 

we also have leaves so I have some plastic mesh  covers over the gutters from somewhere (think online) but they don’t fit well so protude out and often fall inside the gutter

the holes are not that fine so I have to clean them out every 2-3 months.

Bung: That might take some experimenting. I've found that my gutters fill with sand regardless of fall. You need a hose to get the sand moving. Sewer pipes have a recommended fall because you can have situations where the water leaves the solids behind. Rain isn't rationed like toilet flushing but something similar could happen. More fall on the gutter also would remove the protection the face of the gutter gives to the end of the roofing iron. I have relatively flat roofs so have used Flowline for its high front face. I have some Classic that dropped low enough to need an extra bit glued on.

A couple of weeks of southerlies finally made us lose patience with the macrocarpa that's on the neighbours section overlooking our house. This tree was eventually going to be cleared before a new house is built but that doesn’t look like happening any time soon. We can make it happen now if we pay.

Even without dead leaves from this tree the gutters will still collect silt and the sparrows will crap grass seeds into it so there'll always be some cleaning required.

Bung:

 

 That might take some experimenting. I've found that my gutters fill with sand regardless of fall. You need a hose to get the sand moving. Sewer pipes have a recommended fall because you can have situations where the water leaves the solids behind.

 

gutters have a required fall like sewer pipes for the same reason. if water goes to fast, it leaves the solids behind. with a steep pitched roof, water velocity can be a problem. gutters need to be sized to the angle of the roof.

duckDecoy:

 

We have scaffolding up for painting so our 2.5 story house and separate garage now has easy access to the gutters.  I'd like to take the opportunity to put on some type of gutter guard to save me clearing the gutters out and am looking for recommendations of firms/products to use in the Auckland area.  

 

Our main enemy is ti tree, it drops very fine debris, but I am not sure any solution is going to counter that.

 

We've tried most products from Bunnings/Mitre10 and they don't work well for us, we're after solutions like the ones I have listed below.   Our next door neighbour has something like this and think it's the best they've had so far so I think its worth trying it.   They don't recall who installed in unfortunately.

 

So far I have found the following.  If anyone recommends one of these over the others (eg metal vs plastic) that would be useful, or perhaps someone/something different.

 

• https://fourseasonsgutterpro.co.nz/
• https://www.guttersolutionz.co.nz/  <-- this has an additional flushing system that installs under the mesh, that could be good for ti tree
• https://www.leafscreen.co.nz/

All help or comments welcomed.

 

I have been looking at the same solutions, did you end up installing one? Any feedback?