How to clean Gutters and Downpipes: Gutter Tongs

When it comes to gutter cleaning, it's easy to overlook the importance of cleaning the downpipes. However, the real troublemakers are the unexpected hard objects that fall down to the first bend of the downpipes.

The Hidden Dangers of Downpipe Blockages

Broken tile shards, nails, roofing offcuts, plastic packaging, and even the odd golf ball can create significant issues. These items often don’t wash away and end up jammed in a downpipe. This can lead to expensive blockages, overflow, flooding, or even a call to the plumber.

That’s where the XPRT Gutter Tongs come in.

The Problem With Standard Gutter Tools

Professional gutter cleaners have long relied on tongs, but they often use kitchen or BBQ ones. These tools are either too flimsy and snap after a few jobs or too bulky and awkward to use properly. For tight spaces, you need the right length, spring tension, and strength. Unfortunately, standard tongs are not designed for this purpose.

The XPRT Gutter Tongs were made specifically to reach into narrow, awkward, or partly covered gutters. Whether you’re pulling debris from a half-covered gutter or reaching deep into a downpipe that your hand can’t fit into, these tongs provide the reach and precision that most tools lack.

Designed for Real-World Gutter and Downpipe Work

The XPRT Gutter Tongs offer several advantages:

• They fit inside most downpipes, even where your hand can’t reach.

• They effectively grab hard debris like tile fragments, nails, or old plastic wrap.

• They clear out narrow spreaders that are usually left untouched.

• They help you work under roof overhangs without lifting sheets.

• They allow you to tap-test downpipes for blockages (a hollow echo indicates a clear pipe).

  
  

reaching into downpipe with gutter tongs

gutter tongs shown in hand

gutter tongs, the best way to clean downpipes

We’ve even used them to reach around delicate trees. One job involved a gutter surrounded by frangipani branches that break easily. The tongs allowed us to clean thoroughly from both ends of the gutter without damaging a single branch, much to the delight of the customer.

Built for Gutter Pros, Handy for DIYers

Whether you’re a handyman, gutter cleaner, roofer, or just doing your own house maintenance, these tongs are the kind of tool you’ll keep using. They are made from food-grade stainless steel, so if they end up in the kitchen or by the BBQ, we won’t judge.

If you’re here looking for ways to:

• Clean gutters without getting on the roof

• Remove debris from blocked downpipes

• Find the best gutter cleaning tools in Australia

• Clear spreaders or overhanging roof gutters

  
  

…then you’re in the right place.

Conclusion: The Essential Tool for Gutter Maintenance

In conclusion, the XPRT Gutter Tongs are an essential tool for anyone involved in gutter maintenance. They provide the precision and strength needed to tackle tough blockages. With their unique design, they make gutter cleaning safer and more efficient.

For more information, check out the Gutter Tongs - Extra Long (50).