• Nils Loc
    1.5k
    My boss asked me to address a gutter issue on the second story of a building I help maintain. I'm basically a grounds keeper of sort, a janitor, gardener, light maintenance, with a contract.

    He advised that I purchase a ladder that can reach the height. I've yet to measure the height but I'm guessing I'll need to buy the max length of ladder (40ft). I advised we get a contractor (gutter cleaners) to do the job but he for some reason told that I must do it. I even offered to pay for it since if it's something I ought to be able to do because I must do, I should pay for it. I don't feel safe doing it because it's not something I've done. I also fell off a ladder once down a set of stairs in which I could've killed myself.

    So I'm guessing I'll still pursue a contractor even though my boss said that is something he doesn't want in order to fix the problem.
  • praxis
    6.8k
    Genius Asian to the rescue.

  • Nils Loc
    1.5k


    :strong: :cool:

    We'll see what I can whip up.
  • praxis
    6.8k


    So, did you Macgyver it, subcontract, or whip up some other means of solution to the dilemma?
  • Nils Loc
    1.5k


    The basic problem was that there was a water tapping noise within one of the gutters. So there maybe some debris inside the vertical gutter I can't access without dissembling.

    I put my cell phone on a poll and took video of the gutters which looked pristine. I ran some water down but couldn't fix the tapping noise.

    I ended up applying force to the metal where the water hits the metal to muffle the sound by means of a zip tie and some rubber. A temporary fix for an annoying noise (chinese water torture).

    I will try running the hose on a pole when I get a second man to help me.

    So temporarily fixed. Ideally I'd just get gutter cleaners. The roof is way to high. My boss is secretly trying to kill me. :sweat:
  • Changeling
    1.4k
    My boss is secretly trying to kill me.Nils Loc

    A story as old as time itself.
  • praxis
    6.8k
    My boss is secretly trying to kill me.Nils Loc

    Two can play that game. :naughty:
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