Naj Mohammed, who filmed the action and posted it on You Tube said of the clip: "Because of the heavy snow and freezing conditions, ice had frozen in all the gutters. The weight causing the pipes to sag and the brackets to break. This was us in the process of damage limitation!"

Diyweek.net does not advise this as a method for clearing guttering but it certainly did the job and gave a lot of people laugh in the process.