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I love the fall. I love the colors in the trees. I love the blue sky. I love the crisp temperatures
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low humidity. Love everything about it except one thing. That's the leaves. Leaves, they get
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everywhere. They get on your sidewalks, patios, driveways, your lawn, and they get up on your
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roof and in your gutters. Now, there are several ways to clean leaves out of gutters in case you
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don't happen to have the gutter guards. One of the ways it works pretty well, but it takes a lot of
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time, is to go ahead and set up a ladder, climb the ladder, reach for the leaves, pull them out
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maybe put them in a bucket, and make sure you don't overreach, because if you reach too far
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you might tip the ladder over and you can fall. And of course, you have to move the ladder very
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frequently to do it that way. If your roof is also low-pitched, you can actually get up on the roof
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slide along and either collect the leaves and put them in a bag or in a bucket
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or just throw the leaves over the roof and clean those up later Or you can use a power blower You know these power blowers are fantastic for getting leaves out of gutters and off of roofs
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and I'll tell you why. They blow high speed air out of this nozzle and it just pushes the leaves
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effortlessly out of the gutters and downspouts and off all the roof areas. Now you got to make
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Make sure that the roof is dry and safe to walk on and use gym shoes, not hard-soled
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leather shoes. Always try to work from upper roofs down to lower roofs so that you don't have to do double work
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Just aim the nozzle right into the gutter and just blow the leaves right out of your way
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It works best, of course, if the leaves are dry. As you can see, these nifty backpack blowers make the job a lot easier and faster
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