Cleaning out the gutters.

[Black Orchid]

I was up the ladder on the roof (well reaching onto the roof not ON it) when I was 8 months pregnant, and I was huge, and a bush fire was raging towards our house. Most everyone else in the street had fled. Maybe stupid, but survival was more on my mind than anything and you just have to be sensible. People fall off ladders because they don't anchor them properly.

4 people died in that fire

If you aren't adventurous though get someone in and have them place leaf guards in the gutters so that leaves cannot collect there.

Simple!

[The Mechanic]

Ok. I'll think about it. Just like feeling self sufficient.

Do what the rest of us singles do, pay some bloke to come and clean out the gutters. Ditto the lawnmowing.

surely you can push a lawn mower...

and stop being sexist...

[Neferti]

Ok. I'll think about it. Just like feeling self sufficient.

Do what the rest of us singles do, pay some bloke to come and clean out the gutters. Ditto the lawnmowing.

surely you can push a lawn mower...

and stop being sexist...

Unfortunately, NO, I can't do it any more and it has nothing whatsoever to do with sexism .... should I begin carrying on about blokeism? I do NOT ask a male friend to do for me, I pay some bloke to do it. So there!

[The Mechanic]

Ok. I'll think about it. Just like feeling self sufficient.

Do what the rest of us singles do, pay some bloke to come and clean out the gutters. Ditto the lawnmowing.

surely you can push a lawn mower...

and stop being sexist...

Unfortunately, NO, I can't do it any more and it has nothing whatsoever to do with sexism .... should I begin carrying on about blokeism? I do NOT ask a male friend to do for me, I pay some bloke to do it. So there!

oh...

ok....

[mellie]

I grew up in a single parent household until my stepfather came along when I was 15/16 whereby my mother always mowed her own lawns, painted, cleaned gutters and even mucked out our stables. Of course I helped.

Was healthier and fitter for it


Mowing lawns is great for tightening flabby underarms.

Lol... my mum never needed a gym.

[sprintcyclist]

I grew up in a single parent household until my stepfather came along when I was 15/16 whereby my mother always mowed her own lawns, painted, cleaned gutters and even mucked out our stables. Of course I helped.

Was healthier and fitter for it


Mowing lawns is great for tightening flabby underarms.

Lol... my mum never needed a gym.

In hindsight, on a lowset house from a ladder on the ground is not too bad.
A garden trowel works well.

If you have experience on doing manual work, it is different.
I am very careful. Stabilise the ladder well, walk up 2 or 3 steps then give it a good rock from side to side and back and front

[mellie]

Thanks Sprint. Sound advice.
Shall do.

[mellie]

And to note, I'm not doing a spectacular job as though it were my house. Just enough to stop veranda flooding in heavy rain.

[Alinta]

What Sprint said Mellie.......works for me. I wear heavy duty gloves to also scoop out by hand.

[mellie]

Ok. Pretty happy with my craftswomanship, I got the bulk of the muck out, wasn't just leaves, but unfortunately, didn't find where polly (resident possum) is entering and leaving our roof.


Oh well. I tried, and hopefully now the veranda won't overflow with water during heavy rain.

Thanks for your tips.