It s possible to get up on a ladder and clear your gutters or sweep away needle clumps from the roof yourself but it s a messy and risky job.
How to get pine needles off roof.
Step 2 using your rake rake up and bag all the remaining pine needles.
Additionally pine needles blow around just like leaves so even if the branches aren t directly over your roof needles might be blown over on a breeze and accumulate in risky quantities.
Before i leave you here are two quick tips for handling pine needle pick up.
There will still be pine needles left on the lawn.
To remove the pine needles from a lawn you will need to bag mow it.
Its unique lightweight design will help you remove leaves pine needles and other debris from your roof while standing safely on the ground.
The shop vac hose and a crevice tool are also the least messy method i ve found for cleaning gutters.
Unfortunately the shape of pine needles makes them resistant to mulch mowing so that will not work.
For cleaning pine needles off the roof vents i use a shop vac with a long hose and an extension wand duct taped to a 1x3.
As counterintuitive as it sounds before using a vacuum to clean up pine needles empty the canister or bag.
Left alone needles can be wedged in these small cracks for months compromising your roof.
It s somewhat awkward to use while standing on a ladder but probably no more so than a rake or broom.
I know they don t look.
First we bagged up some of the bulk pine needles then we blew the rest off and then later cleaned it up on the ground.
But just keep in mind and just so you know those pine needles and those leaves will have zero impact on the roof.
Well you don t want to rake it off because if you rake it off you can damage the shingles.
Once raked and bagged you can use them as mulch in.
Easy way to sweep pine needles off roof with phantom 4 pro duration.