rains too often. Soggy mess is hard to blow off. I suppose getting an attachment and just doing it every other yard work day would be sufficient.
it's like 6x's a year in my case. The garage doesn't have them atm since I put on a metal roof; it does a great job of keeping debris off but nothing about soaking the foundation. I'm thinking even if I get seeds in the gutters, the first heavy rain should push them out. That is if they don't sprout.
I've used the "Stainless Steel, micro mesh gutter guards by Raptor" on my last two homes, and have added them to the front of the home we are remodeling (backs will be done once the new framing is complete and gutters reinstalled). They work great, and have not clogged over the years....Sure beats climbing the ladder every 4-5 months to hand clean the old setup. Figure $125/per 50 feet (Amazon). Watch the installation videos, and follow their directions, 130 feet went up in under 2 hours, three corners and two ends needing to be cut, along with 3 specialty cuts for sizing during their runs. Small, cordless driver, tape measure, and tin snips...Oh, and a pair of work gloves, as the ends are sharp.I've got a large maple that sheds large leaves in the fall, twigs all year, and tiny flowers and seeds in the spring. This unfortunately hinders one design over another. Which gutter guard design has kept you from having to do anything besides leaf blow/vacuum the surfaces if they pile on? I'd want something as low maintenance as possible so am ruling out the foam types for now.
Considering this but worry about clogging:
that's good to know. I was ruling the foam out because I'd figure they'd last a couple of months before they rotted away from moisture or the sun.
those were the ones I was looking at but sure are spendy. There's this design that's a third of the price but it's powder coated steel instead of stainless:
oh believe me, I wouldn't pay over 300$ in labor to have it done, I'm DIY'ing it; it's a very simple ranch.
those were the ones I was looking at but sure are spendy. There's this design that's a third of the price but it's powder coated steel instead of stainless:
The slip under the leading edge shingle, then you place a screw in the top into the top of the outer edge of the gutter. I advise installing on a warm day, as the shingles are easier to raise up and slip them under.
Can't say I've ever even seen them, for me at least, I wanted to install them, then forget about them. I have maple trees, several variations of pine, water oaks, and regular oak trees in and around our property....The pine needles are the killer for the type you attached, as they can drop and actually fall in between the larger mesh......Ours are a finer mesh, and do not allow this, or granuals from the shingles themselves from getting through.....Three years on our current house, and the inside of the gutter itself is still clean as a whistle.....I'll assume anything small enough to get through, gets washed out when it rains.those were the ones I was looking at but sure are spendy. There's this design that's a third of the price but it's powder coated steel instead of stainless:
That looks like a really good idea. I have to assume that it would vanish after a while and that's okay.
Our "leaf eaters" for water collection have those typical screens over them. In the few below freezing days we get every year, they will definitely dam up with ice. Remaining water just overflows.
people put up a heated wire that zigzags near the edge of the roof around here.
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