My dad always kept them under cover when not in use by placing them beneath a small disc shape platform.
Running a garden hose over the roof.
The top of the ladder should extend 2 or 3 feet beyond the roof line.
Be sure to call in a roofing or gutter professional for more stubborn clogs or if you re uncomfortable on a ladder.
Over time the ultra violet rays of the sun can also damage and disintegrate a garden hose.
Clogs are clear if you can run garden hose water from the roof to the ground below.
I got this working as follows.
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Thread a 15 pounds per square inch psi.
A sun damaged tube can develop kinks and bulged areas that look like a snake swallowing an orange.
To check for a cleared line insert the garden hose down into the roof vent opening ask a helper on the ground to turn on the water and watch to see if water seems to be flowing freely into the main drain.
From there work in small sections to scoop up debris along gutters and downspouts then drop the waste into a bucket or onto a tarp below.
Slide a barbed drip to hose thread coupler with a 1 2 inch diameter into the end of the 1 2 inch diameter drip tubing that is closest to the water source.