On Friday, June 4, 2021 at 10:29:14 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-06-03 9:28 p.m., cshenk wrote:
> > John Kuthe wrote:
> >
> >> On Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 8:02:02 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
> >> ....
> >>> Hope you are ok John.
> >>
> >> Better every day, thanks! :-)
> >>
> >> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
> >
> > Glad of it. Don gave me a scare yesterday when I heard a thump on the
> > roof he'd insisted in climbing to clean the gutters. Today, he got out
> > the Shepard's hook unit I got him that he'd forgotten about and tucked
> > it on the porch for next time.
> >
> I had an accident while cleaning out the gutters a while back. I put the
> ladder up against the side of the house and was careful to set it at an
> appropriate angle. Luckily, it was at the lowest roof level on the
> entire house, an eave overhanging a front corner. I got almost to the
> roof level where I could climb over to it to clear that one and reach up
> to the roof above. I didn't make it. The bottom of the ladder kicked out
> ad went down. One leg went between the rungs while the other foot was
> firmly on the rung. When I hit the ground the weight from one leg on
> forced the rung harder against the one that had slipped through.
>
> It hurt like hell. I was afraid to step up to go through the front door,
> seriously concerned that I might have broken a bone in my lower leg. I
> spent a few hours in the ER before they determined it was no broken and
> they gave me some much needed pain medication. The next time I was up
> on the roof was to install gutter guards. They keep all the leaves and
> crap out of the eaves trough and I will never have to go up and clean
> them again.

Which is why we bought a ranch house.

We have gutter guards, but they still collect a little stuff. A walk around
the house with the leaf blower and a Schedule 80 PVC "snorkel" that my
husband made does the trick.

Now that the maple trees are done, we'll have to get the "helicopters"
out of the gutters.

Cindy Hamilton