Clog In The Elbow Of The Gutter

Step 2 take apart your gutter downspout if spraying the clog with your hose proves unsuccessful use a screwdriver to take apart your downspout at the bends.

Clog in the elbow of the gutter. If you see water flowing over the edges of your gutters and not through your downspouts your downspouts are most likely clogged with a small object or leaves and twigs. Start by cleaning the bottom downspout opening. Late autumn or early winter or whenever the trees are bare is the right time to clean out your gutters. This is especially important if the downspout is connected to an underground drain.

Water sprays like a fountain from gutter seams and elbow joints. With your gloves on insert a garden trowel into the downspout and remove any leaves or debris you can reach. When it rains here are the telltale signs of a clogged gutter. Remove the downspout from a connecting drain place a garden hose inside the downspout and turn the water on.

If you wait until spring or summer the downspouts elbows and drop outlets are usually already clogged. To unclog a gutter downspout try your easiest options first. Water spills over the edges of a gutter. If you see water backing up you have a clog.

Expose the bottom downspout opening divert the flow away from any landscape drain and then use a garden trowel to reach up into the opening and remove any clogged leaves and debris that could have accumulated there. Otherwise trying to remove the clog may simply push it further down. Once you ve located the source of the clog don a pair of rubber gloves and carefully fish it out with your hands.