TIFU : I cleaned my gutters.

[u/mdevietro]

This morning I was out in my yard and did a little usual weekend cleanup. Mowed the lawn , ran the weedwacker ect.

Well as I looked directly above my front door I saw a fucking sapling growing out of my gutter. Apparently one of the local trees had deposited its seed in my gutter and it took root in the decomposing leaves and shit.

So last year I bought this attachment for my shop vac to suck all the crap out of the gutters with hooked end so I can do it from the ground.

My dumbass self decides screw the vacuum I’ll just tape that attachment to my little leaf blower and blow the shit out of my gutters. Then sweep up the driveway of anything that land there.

This worked GREAT. Big clouds of leaves , pebbles from my Ashphalt shingles and everything else flew into the air but it all mostly went out of the way.

Felt a few get into what little hair I have left but no big deal.

Finally I get most of the way around the house and had drained that leaf blower battery so I grab another one. (It uses my Milwaukee tool batteries )

While I’m grabbing a new battery I decided to take a break since it’s close to 100deg out side. I stare at my phone and it won’t unlock with faceID. Odd , so I unlock with my passcode and use the selfie cam to figure out I basically gave myself suburban blackface from the clouds of dirt sticking to my sweaty ass face.

Needless to say I finished up and then immediately hit the shower. My wife was …….. confused when I walked into the house.

TL:DR Used leaf blower to empty my gutters. All the debris stuck to my sweaty face.

[u/ZaiberV]

So you cleaned and got dirty while doing it. Where's the fuck up?

[u/mdevietro → u/ZaiberV]

Original post wouldn’t let me use a photo.

Yes it’s just dirt. But I didn’t realize how much until it was late.

[u/degjo → u/mdevietro]

Your forehead up looks like a QR code

[u/5thhorseman_ → u/degjo]

"I know that website!"

[u/PopcornyColonel → u/mdevietro]

Oh my gosh, I'm dying! You have such a great sense of humor to post your photo and to also say, "suburban blackface." I bet your family and friends are so happy to have you in their lives.

[u/trexinthehouse → u/mdevietro]

Almost walked headfirst into a hornets nest mowing yesterday . Built the damn thing in a week. I wish I had seen my face.

[u/GothicGingerbread → u/trexinthehouse]

I think I'm going to have nightmares about this...

[u/august-west55 → u/mdevietro]

Creature from the Black Lagoon?

[u/Trekintosh → u/mdevietro]

You look like how I feel every time I have to do yard work lol. Shower for 5 hours and I swear I’m still finding brambles in my ass crack. 

[u/QuercusSambucus → u/mdevietro]

Are you Gru from Despicable Me?

[u/oldskoolraver85 → u/mdevietro]

In a weird way that actually looks cool on you lol

[u/WisteriaGlow_]

Bro you basically invented DIY warpaint outta gutter juice lmao imagine the neighbors peeking out like “ah yes suburban Rambo has arrived”

[u/Global-Fact7752]

You get E for effort. 🥰🥰

[u/MareV51]

Good for you that you did it!

When we bought our house the gutters were so full. We used my (late lamented) brownie spatula/turner. The stuff/mud was 4-5" thick.

[u/erietemperance]

Lmao suburban blackface had me dying 😂 at least you didn’t end up face-planting off a ladder, that’s a win in my book

[u/esuranme]

I just gotta figure the siding & windows look like shit now

[u/mdevietro → u/esuranme]

They do not.

Everything was dry in the gutters so it was just leaf litter on the driveway and the lawn.

Swept the driveway and the stuff on lawn will get picked up next time I mow.

[u/esuranme → u/mdevietro]

Lucky! Glad you didn't have to deal with it.

Without fail, even in the driest of 100+ summer heat, if I blow out a gutter I get globs of decomposing leaves all over the house and in my mouth. Guess I'm just blessed.

[u/ObjectReport]

Invest in leaf guards. It's worth every penny.

[u/Jiecut → u/ObjectReport]

Some people say they're a scam.

[u/Bigfrontwheel]

Messy hair look. Nailed it.

[u/ThistleNova]

Y’all too young if Clippy doesn’t haunt ur Office nightmares 😂

[u/argentcorvid]

FYI the hooked end attachment is intended to be used in the 'blow' mode. On my shop vac there is a port on the back so you can hook the hose to the exhaust.

[u/malthar76 → u/argentcorvid]

[u/uh_clemm → u/argentcorvid]

No. It's not. It's meant for suction. If u are using it as a blower, you end up like our friend here. I had the same attachment and my arms got real sore after 15 minutes, which is how long it took the shop vac to fill up

Personally, i climb on the roof and use my leaf blower to blow out the gutters. We have perforated screen gutter guards, so it's not as nasty as it was, but it still stinks like sewage when u do it!

[u/argentcorvid → u/uh_clemm]

no, mine definitely is for blowing.

It has the nozzle that necks down. you get higher flow velocity out of the same volume. the smaller opening clogs easier when attempting to suck.

[u/uh_clemm → u/argentcorvid]

Ohhh sorry. I have never seen that one.

[u/judgejuddhirsch]

I drilled out the rivet in my gutter end cap and stuck a brush on a stick through the end to clear junk from under my leaf guard.

Then I used a pull through rivet and some silicone to reattach the endcap.

[u/Sengfeng]

I did something like this. I used some pvc to make a sprayer for second floor gutters. It was working fine until I hit a really nasty spot and launched a pile of sewage smelling lead debris over the edge and got myself right in the face.

I gagged pretty bad, but managed to not toss my cookies.

[u/Bohanga]

Glad to know I am not alone. Thought I was using it wrong. I wear goggles and a face mask now

[u/Dodaddydont]

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[u/Different-Road-0213]

Suburban blackface. Lol Stealing that phrase. I love new ones.

[u/Intrepid_Bicycle7818]

It’s August by my calendar. You’ve should have cleaned the gutters at least twice before this.

[u/john_in_MI → u/Intrepid_Bicycle7818]

In 31 years I’ve cleaned my gutters zero times. The trees in the gutters are getting big. Also zero regrets.