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: Place the ladder on solid, level ground and maintain a 4:1 ratio (for every 4 ft up, move 1 ft out from the wall).

: Once clear, use a garden hose to flush the system. This verifies the flow and clears out any remaining fine particles. Specialized Tools & Alternatives

She’d been ignoring the telltale sign for a month—a small, optimistic maple seedling sprouting from the downspout corner. Now, as she hauled the aluminum ladder from the garage, a fat drop of water landed on her nose. The sky had decided to stop threatening.

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That’s when the rain finally arrived—not a storm, just a steady, honest shower. Lena climbed down, soaked but triumphant. She watched the gutters do their quiet work: channeling the chaos away from the house, into the waiting barrel below.

“Classic,” she muttered, climbing the rungs with a putty knife clenched in her teeth.