pressure247
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I have some ideas for same day reuse. Clean down spouts, reservior at the downspouts, pour back into tank. No chem at downspouts, less damage, save money. I'll be trying some things. Anyone doing this?
Is anyone reclaiming chemical from downspouts?
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Chris Francis
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alot pple in florida use trach bags on downspout never heard them reclaim the chems
cajun cleanin
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Sunlight degrades the chlorine to the point where I doubt it would be strong enough to reuse.On top of that the crap that washes off the shingle would be a bear to pump.My .02
Some guys on here don't rinse their roofs I sure if you ask they will give you a couple of reasons why.HE HE
Some guys on here don't rinse their roofs I sure if you ask they will give you a couple of reasons why.HE HE
We bag the downspouts. The problem with trying to reuse is once in a bag or other receptacle, the sun degrades it rapidly. On top of that while running off of the roof and down the spouts, it picks up contaminates which could ruin pumps depending on what you're using.
You would be suprised at how little is actually reclaimed. I thought we would go through a box of trash bags per job, but we usually only get like a cup or 2 from each spout. Sometimes not even that much...
You would be suprised at how little is actually reclaimed. I thought we would go through a box of trash bags per job, but we usually only get like a cup or 2 from each spout. Sometimes not even that much...
cajun cleanin
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Great minds
pressure247
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what about gutter guards attached to the gutters blocking over spray? Like painters use?
You would double your cleaning time having to move the gutter gaurds, and then you probably still wouldnt get all of the overspray and would need to water anyways....
A thorough watering before during and after does the trick fine, and doesn't take much time.
howarddoug
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If you're reclaiming that much after applying chemicals I would say you are using too much. I bag the down spouts and never get over a qt. or two runoff. I remove bags before rinsing. Reclaiming during rinsing would be wasting time chemicals would be too weak for reuse.
Larry Millette
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On most TILE Roofs this is almost unavoidable unless the Roof Tiles are 90+ deg. The bagged runoff in most all cases is garbage and UN-reusable anyway.
814jeffw
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Good point Larry!! I never see tile so I was speaking only of shingles,..good catch and clarification!!
Jeff
pressure247
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good answers, more questions
The sun may decrease the strength, I guess it depends on % of your mix, I would filter the reclaimed. I sometimes get significant runnoff, depends on the gutter system. Bagging gutters is great but what do YOU do with it. Some guys down here, leave it for the customer claiming 100% runoff capture. Others take it with them. Hear no evil see no evil! South FL ALGEA is on Steroids these days. Contractors have forgot to install adequate gutters and sometimes run onto neighboring properties when zero lot lines are present. I'm not new to the game, just creating useful conversation for thought. Guttter guards would be timely if they were difficult, but what if they were easy and fast? hmmmm. What if they could work like gutters when gutters were not present and an extra gutter when they were, with a guard? Hey we all know everybody would make more money if we could send one guy out. Or do it yourself, alone. MAny people on this board act like business is booming and for some it may be, but the economy has hurt us in many ways. An extra guy on the ground running another machine and using gallons of water when we should be conserving, doesn't seem like the best decision. I have set up sprinklers, misters, used the homeowners garden hose and have tried many strategies to save that 500 dollars a week I pay for someone to water plants. Sometimes more. I'm not trying to devalue his work just think a worker could be more profitable if they were doing something to eliminate landscape damage.
The sun may decrease the strength, I guess it depends on % of your mix, I would filter the reclaimed. I sometimes get significant runnoff, depends on the gutter system. Bagging gutters is great but what do YOU do with it. Some guys down here, leave it for the customer claiming 100% runoff capture. Others take it with them. Hear no evil see no evil! South FL ALGEA is on Steroids these days. Contractors have forgot to install adequate gutters and sometimes run onto neighboring properties when zero lot lines are present. I'm not new to the game, just creating useful conversation for thought. Guttter guards would be timely if they were difficult, but what if they were easy and fast? hmmmm. What if they could work like gutters when gutters were not present and an extra gutter when they were, with a guard? Hey we all know everybody would make more money if we could send one guy out. Or do it yourself, alone. MAny people on this board act like business is booming and for some it may be, but the economy has hurt us in many ways. An extra guy on the ground running another machine and using gallons of water when we should be conserving, doesn't seem like the best decision. I have set up sprinklers, misters, used the homeowners garden hose and have tried many strategies to save that 500 dollars a week I pay for someone to water plants. Sometimes more. I'm not trying to devalue his work just think a worker could be more profitable if they were doing something to eliminate landscape damage.
814jeffw
Active member
I personally don't have a need to block any product from getting over the gutter edge, could be because I spray from the ladder at the roof edge most of the time,...or it could just be a more controlled delivery system. If you control your application you should be able to achieve very little kicking off the roof. The only place where this is of any real concern is at the is shooting the vertical part of the roof where there isn't anything to prevent at least some from going out over the edge. But, with a controlled method still isn't a real issue.
Jeff
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