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Gutter covers - anything work? RichK 06-13-2005
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Posted by John Keith on June 14, 2005, 10:37 pm

>> You can buy an attachment for your leaf blower that reaches into the gutters
>> and blows them out. Sounds interesting. Anybody try these gizmos?
>
>Yeah, blows the crap right on your head.


Wear a hat :-) At least the gunk is not in the gutters.

I've had expended metal screens over mine for the past several years
and while they worked early in their life their performance is getting
unaccepable now (I was just up cleaning the other day.) The screen is
getting bent, it is hard to reinsert under the shingles and I'm still
getting a lot of gunk coming in under the screen, which means the
screen needs to be lifted to get to it, which makes its effectiveness
even worse. I'd be willing to try the blower attachment.


John Keith
kd0gd@juno.com

Posted by Dan Espen on June 15, 2005, 8:43 am

>>> You can buy an attachment for your leaf blower that reaches into the gutters
>>> and blows them out. Sounds interesting. Anybody try these gizmos?
>>
>>Yeah, blows the crap right on your head.
>
>
> Wear a hat :-) At least the gunk is not in the gutters.

Maybe I don't clean my gutters enough, but I'd have to throw
the hat out, along with all my clothes.

(No, I'm not going to clean my gutters naked.)

> I've had expended metal screens over mine for the past several years
> and while they worked early in their life their performance is getting
> unaccepable now (I was just up cleaning the other day.) The screen is
> getting bent, it is hard to reinsert under the shingles and I'm still
> getting a lot of gunk coming in under the screen, which means the
> screen needs to be lifted to get to it, which makes its effectiveness
> even worse. I'd be willing to try the blower attachment.

I have the screens with similar problems.

My neighbor swears by his system, there is no gutter at all
just these deflectors. The water runs off the roof, hits the
deflectors and the water sprays out over a few feet instead
of dropping directly on the ground.

Leaves fall right thru.

Posted by Ronald Carter on June 18, 2005, 7:15 pm
In a previous posting, Usenet was endowed with the following text from

> I've had expended metal screens over mine for the past several years
> and while they worked early in their life their performance is getting
> unaccepable now (I was just up cleaning the other day.) The screen is
> getting bent, it is hard to reinsert under the shingles and I'm still
> getting a lot of gunk coming in under the screen, which means the
> screen needs to be lifted to get to it, which makes its effectiveness
> even worse.


The expanded metal screens are junk. Take a look at Steelco screens:
http://www.gutterscreen.net. Galvanized steel, reinforced edges. Quality
product. Whatever settles in the gutters can easily be washed out with a
water hose without having to remove the screens.


RC



Posted by Bobby_M on June 21, 2005, 1:41 pm
No one mentioned Gutter Helmet? http://www.gutterhelmet.com/

Conceptually, this is the only product I imagine working. I don't have
any deciduous trees tall enough to get leaves in my gutters, but if I
did, I'd install gutter helmet. The problem with screens is they get
clogged.


Posted by Ronald Carter on July 3, 2005, 2:37 pm
In a previous posting, Usenet was endowed with the following text from

> No one mentioned Gutter Helmet? http://www.gutterhelmet.com/
>
> Conceptually, this is the only product I imagine working. I don't have
> any deciduous trees tall enough to get leaves in my gutters, but if I
> did, I'd install gutter helmet. The problem with screens is they get
> clogged.


LOL The problem with Gutter Helmet is that it's more of a gimmick than
a solution.

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