Looking for what will hopefully be a simple solution that just hasn't occurred to me.
My neighbour and I have sectional concrete garages alongside each other, with a gap of about 10 inches between. Over the years leaf litter and other rubbish has accumulated between the garages to a depth of a few inches, so having moved in about 2 years ago, I thought I'd have a go at removing it. The gap is too narrow for me to squeeze in and use a brush, so I took a extending roller pole, taped a scraper to the end ( the gap closes to about 8 inches at the bottom and is too narrow for a brush) and used that to scrape out most of the rubbish from halfway down the 20ft length of the garage. Sadly I can't do the same from the other end because there's a full water butt and a fence post in the way.
OK, I could wait till summer, empty the butt, move it, temporarily uproot the fence post and tackle the other half of the rubbish using the same method, but I wonder whether anyone can suggest a solution in the meantime? I can get about 10ft into the gap with the extending pole, but obviously the more bits I tape to the pole, the less secure it becomes and the less efficient a scraper on the end would be. The gap is too long for me to be able to blast everything out with a leaf blower.
Any constructive suggestions welcome.
My neighbour and I have sectional concrete garages alongside each other, with a gap of about 10 inches between. Over the years leaf litter and other rubbish has accumulated between the garages to a depth of a few inches, so having moved in about 2 years ago, I thought I'd have a go at removing it. The gap is too narrow for me to squeeze in and use a brush, so I took a extending roller pole, taped a scraper to the end ( the gap closes to about 8 inches at the bottom and is too narrow for a brush) and used that to scrape out most of the rubbish from halfway down the 20ft length of the garage. Sadly I can't do the same from the other end because there's a full water butt and a fence post in the way.
OK, I could wait till summer, empty the butt, move it, temporarily uproot the fence post and tackle the other half of the rubbish using the same method, but I wonder whether anyone can suggest a solution in the meantime? I can get about 10ft into the gap with the extending pole, but obviously the more bits I tape to the pole, the less secure it becomes and the less efficient a scraper on the end would be. The gap is too long for me to be able to blast everything out with a leaf blower.
Any constructive suggestions welcome.