Kärcher 20 m Pipe and Guttering Cleaning Kit, Pressure Washer Accessory

What a great piece of kit got this to do the gutters and ended up cleaning all the drain pipes two couldn’t believe the results

Never knew these existed until I was searching for a solution to unblock the waste pipe between the kitchen sink/dishwasher and the outside inspection hole; about 8 meter run. This worked out cheaper than a 15m hose plus it came with the gutter attachment. No brainer really but I thought the gutter thing would be a gimmick and any way probably wouldnt fit my Greek guttering. With my K2 pressure washer (the baby of the range) I managed to clear a solid block of hard lard type material from the middle of the pipe and get it all flowing sweet again so paid for itself right there! Thought I'd give the gutters a go as they get jammed solid with the needles from the over-hanging Pine trees. It's so long since I last tried to clear what I can reach they were like window boxes ready for planting. This was always going to be a gamble because of the aluminium gutter's decorative profile and the fact there are supporting ribs across the top that the shuttle needs to pass under. I could just lever the shuttle in at one end and slowly worked it along the gutters. To my amazment it worked and I only had to restep the ladder and clear any blockages that got pushed ahead and jammed under one or two of the support ribs. With the needles, sludge and rubble blasted out, the shuttle easily passed back and forth and for the first time ever I have clear gutters. Bit of advice. You should seriously consider face protection or at least eye protection and although possible on your own it is much easier with two people. I was suprised and impressed with this cleaning kit; it definitely beats working along the gutter inch by inch with a stick and a brush. From now on I should be able to do the whole lot from two easily reached access points.

The pipe cleaning tool is very effective and easy to use; used twice so far. It takes some time to set up, especially rolling it out but it's worth the effort and very quickly cleaned my waste pipes. I watched a YouTube video before using it which gave 2 handy tips (1) prepare a bucket of diluted bleach before you do any work so that it is ready to clean all your tools and gloves when you finish and (2) tape the trigger gun and use the on off switch on your Karcher for power so that you have both hands available to feed the pipe cleaner into the pipe. The gutter tool is not very effective. It barely fits my gutters, sends mess all over the place and is more hassle than cleaning it by hand and then clearing the pipe with the main pipe cleaner. That said, I've used the 'sieve' to block the down pipe when hand clearing the gutters which avoids any debris going down the pipe; so that accessory is still useful. One star deducted due to the gutter accessory. Also, I think the design of the jets could be improved either by having a forward facing jet, as this might more directly clear a blockage, or by mounting it on a swivelling head so that the jets would spin and better clean all sides of the pipe.

Fantastic, recently had some issues with our drains blocking, causing the gulley's to back up with waste, for the price of a call out, i decided to take a punt with this, and pleased to say this has worked a treat. Initially checking the main shared chamber was clear, it was obvious the blockage was on our property, attempts to use 9m rods were unsuccessful due to how far down the blockage was. In came the pressure washer attachment, with the use of a 32mm x 2m pipe to feed down into the chamber & the K4 compact, i was able to successfully get the line into our junction and started feeding the line down the pipe allowing it to pull with the jets pushing back. After a few meters i encountered some resistance, a little push and pull motion and the line started to move again, a a minute or so later the most disgusting smell emerged from the chamber, followed by a stream of vile muck which came barrelling out, i kept working the line back and forth until i reached the rear of the property and slowly removed the line, at which point the water was running clear. No damage to the line so the durability is good, much like that of the pressure washer hose itself, not much weight to the item, can be a little awkward to use whilst trying to keep the pressure washer firing, i opted for the 20m to give myself more than enough length for the job, and for others to borrow in future if required. Overall very happy with the purchase, and happier knowing that i've been able to do it myself.

Firstly, as some other reviewers have said, the gutter cleaning attachment is useless. It is too big for modern UK gutters. I can only imagine it would work on guttering with leaves in as it is also too light to plough through the moss in my gutters. That is fairly pointless as leaves tend to clear themselves. The hose is not very flexible so by itself doesn't lie in the gutter. So I inserted it into a length of 22mm copper pipe, fixing it with a washer at one end and a small jubilee clip at the other. This gave it enough weight to lie flat in the gutter. Like this I was able to send it down 20ft of guttering, pushing it along as it only partly drove itself and pulling it back. This properly cleared the soil and moss accumulation, even under the tiles. Lay out the hose first for a few hours to straighten it as out of the box it is very tightly coiled.

A Purchase worth every penny! I had a blocked up loo and after getting quotes, I wasn't going to pay £150 for someone to unblock it! So I went and purchased this kit and after a little bit of practice, resolved my problem with little stress. Not only did it help resolve the problem, it cleaned my loo and the drainage further down too! I've used this tool for all my pipework now, including the drainage behind the washing machine and tumble dryer! What can I say? It's now sitting in its box ready for summer to come so I can go and do the drainage outside too! Great product and shockingly useful for more than 1 function!

The hose is made from a very rigid plastic, this makes it almost useless. This hose can’t be unwound and laid in a straight line or even loosely coiled on the ground. It has a memory and always wants to be in a coil. It will even kink in a 100mm soil pipe. I would not recommend using this at all. If you have ever used a karcher pressure washer then you will know that the hose from the unit to the lance is notoriously difficult and constantly coils up on itself, well this hose is made of the same material. I would suggest searching for a rubber hosed version and avoid this. Furthermore, the product arrived in Amazon external packaging but the Karcher box was ripped and unsealed. (Not that this had any detrimental effect on the use of the product) but one expects it to look new and unused.

We have a drain that runs under our house which has always been a nightmare to maintain. It’s on a shallow gradient, runs approx. 10m under the house with bends, and has access at only the lower end within a manhole on the drive. This Karcher pipe cleaning device is incredible and has made unblocking this drain and jetting this drain an absolute breeze. I never usually leave reviews but this tool is just incredible!