I never found any.

 

i haven't found a plastic/vinyl guard that i like

i use leaf relief works for me

 

I think all most gutter guards do is make it easier to clean your gutters. You still need to get the leaves off the gutter guard.

 

Kinda the responses i expected, think im going to just scrap them and clean the gutters couple times a year.

 

There has been quite a few times people call us out to look at their drainage... they think their gutter drain lines are clogged or something. When we walk up to look at the area where their basement is getting wet, you can see the drip line on the ground where the gutters are just overflowing. Even if there are no trees around, the little 1 inch hole in the gutter can't keep up with hundreds of gallons of water. This is a serious design flaw, I don't think the guy who invented the gutter took into account the insane monsoon rains we have been having the last couple years. Not to mention the gutter guards just slow down the water even more... >.< I would just eliminate your guards and maintain your gutters since I have never heard of a good gutter guard yet :sad:

Home of the pipe ninja --> Rochester Excavating <-- :thumbsup:

 

I've wondered about those things that attach to the edge of the boxing that look like the bottom of door weatherstripping. Its supposed to dissapate the water. I just cant see that being any better than gutters but it sure wouldnt be a problem with leaves.

 

You're talking about the thing that looks like a set of louvers? My neighbor has that, and it works well to "dissipate" the water so you don't get that ugly drip line on the ground. An unforseen negative is that it can continue dripping for hours after the rain has stopped. It also does nothing to get the water well away from your foundation.

But it never clogs!

 

http://www.gutterhelmet.com/

I don't have them but, clients do and like them.

 

leaf blaster from amazon 2.65 per foot stainless steel

 

ooo that sounds dangerous:blink:

 

Tom, I was skeptical until I put them on a rental house, best I've seen yet.

 

no ofence:jester:i always like the names these kind of poducts get

blaster/defier:thumbup:

i think ''leaf sniper'' would be a great name:clap:

 

My experience with gutter guards is... they all suck (and I have seen most).

That last one posted "leaf blaster" looks like it would be at the top of the list of crappy guards. We are in the land of pines here, so none seem to work well.

To be honest the best I have seen at keeping crap out while still catching all the water are the cheap domed mesh ones that are clipped to the face of the gutter with a hinge that can be tilted forward to dump the debris off of the top.

 

Any gutter guard will reduce the amount of water your gutter can handle. Pay someone $35 a year to clean your gutters and never have to worry about over flowing gutters.

I with you guys that have yet to find a good system that actually works without over flowing the gutters a few times a year.

 

Not to turn this into a pricing thread but $35? Is this a guy who lives in a van down by the river?:laughing:

I think the surrounding trees determine whether or not you should use gutter guards and which guard you should use. Pretty much every guard is still going to let crud in to accumulate and some of them are really hard to work around for cleaning. If there are birch trees or something else that drops fine seeds then you're better off without. It takes a lot of years without cleaning to pay for most of these systems.

 

Roof Granules wont go through the leaf blaster, its a mesh. I have these on a house that has been problematic with leaves. These actually worked, I was surprised too, believe me.

 

Regardless it still reduces the amount of water that can flow into the gutters.

 

Anyone use the Gutter Gaurd stuff, I think that is the name of it? The black plastic, triangle shaped stuff, that fits into the gutter? Have a lady that wants it. Not cheap at approx. $4/ft.

 

Had a customer that had it. Was rotting and falling apart after 3 years.
Looks like some sort of black foam if its the same stuff

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5WTV8iDKYo

 

well...slows it down yea but most cover type guards can handle 2-6'' of rain an hour

 

That is in prime conditions. I live in the real world, where the leaves and debris sit on top of the guard versus being washed down the gutter and out the D/S. I have been called to a few gutter guard jobs of various makes and models and have seen the same issue time after time.

Also, there are some funky roofs that create areas of concentrated flow that no gutter guard can keep up with. Hell the gutters have a hard time keeping up.

And the garden hose demo doesn't come close to real world volume.

I still say that $35-$50 a year is money better spent on a clean out service.

 

Robby Robby Robby,cleaning your gutters once a year ain't going to do it:no:,unless there are no trees in your real world:clap:

 

I never liked gutter guards either Rob, if the leaves cant get in they sit on top and the water cant get in. 20-30 bucks to clean out aint a bad investment. Besides I got to have something for the neighbor kid to do instead of following my daughter around oogleing her.

 

Not to turn this into a pricing thread but $35? Is this a guy who lives in a van down by the river?:laughing:
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I would guess that'd be for someone with 15ft of gutter.

 

I wouldn't even drive to someones house for that.:blink: The money that is, not the gutter.

 

The house I put the leaf blaster,( actually called gutter helmet by franchisers in protected sales areas)…….needed leaves cleaned 7 to 10 times a year. I've seen the hard rain with the leaves piled up at the roof eave and water came out of the spouts clean as a whistle. I'm not sure why TNT can't accept a testimonial on a product. And once a year leaf cleaning……really!

 

Did you watch the video link you posted?

Even in their own promo video shingle granules were forming in the mesh/slots. I have dealt with all the different types of gutter guards and I have seen some very similiar to those. Full of shingle dust and water just poured over the edge.

These cheap ones below work just as good as any and they are easy to clean out when they get debris in them.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_157336-205-...+leaf+guard&pl=1&currentURL=/pl__4294934297__s?Ntt=gutter+leaf+guard&facetInfo=

 

I would love to see some neighborhood kid clean some of the house gutters around here. Ain't no way their scaling 32's and 40 footers to get to some of these things - and $25 or 35$ doesn't come close to one visit if I'm doing it.

I'm with Tom on this...Leaf Relief is what I've currently been using and no complaints. Cheap vinyl just collapses over time and the holes are usually too big to be effective anyway.

A clean system will handle the heaviest rainfall per hour ever recorded -or so their brochure says :whistling

All houses are different and some tweaking of the system should be expected if overflow is a problem. Usually it corrected using valley diverters and alike to solve the issues.

Still have to clean them once in awhile, but much improvement in most cases IMO and some people simply need them.

 

got em on my house,6'' gutter 3x4 leader, gutter is never frozen with packed snow they are always clear

 

Leaf guard gutter system is the best there is and it works.

 

www.leafguard.com my folks have had them on there house for 8 years and no clogs and they actually catch water.

 

leafguard all the way. have had them on an old house ,my parents have them. they are the best