They totally enclose the rain gutter, so you might as
well not have gutters in a heavy rain when you need
them the most.

I watched a TV show several months ago (either "This Old House Classic"
or "Inside This Old House"). In that show, they were showing a
gutter-cover-type gutter guard that the water was supposed to stay on
the surface of the gutter guard and flow on to the gutter when the
gutter guard surface bended downward. But when they hosed the roof
with water (not a large stream of water), I saw that almost 50% of the
water fell off the gutter guard and onto the ground (instead of falling
into the gutter). The TV show host didn't say anything about this and
continued saying things like the gutter guard was working well. I
found that show was very funny.

I am currently using metal gutter screens in my house. They work quite
well.

Jay Chan

At least it is easier to clean leaves out of a screen than from an
elbow on the downspout.

My son-in-law just installed these:

http://www.rainhandler.com/

I am not yet certain that I like them or not but no more leaf problem

wrote in message
oups.com...
At least it is easier to clean leaves out of a screen than from an
elbow on the downspout.

"Ronald Carter" wrote in message
...
That's a load of crap. By the time it reaches the edge of the
roof, the volume and velocity of rain water running down the roof in a
heavy rain can't possibly reverse it's direction to enter into the
gutter as claimed by the people who sell them. The little running water
display they use to sell the product is a gimmick. It looks good until
you figure out what the gimmick is. It's simply a load of crap.
Additionally, they still get small debris accumulations, yet
the volume of rain water that enters is not enough to wash it to the
downspout. Then, when you want to get inside the damn things, you have
to do major disassembly.
If you paid a fortune for gutter guards, then you can try to
justify the expense if you want, but don't insult my intelligence with
comments like the one above.
On a cost versus performance basis, Steelco screens win, hands
down!


http://www.gutterscreen.net/
with steelco screens, when, or as they say,
" If the gutters ever need cleaning, a water hose can be used without having
to remove the screens."


http://www.gutterscreen.net/screens_...difference.htm
"there certainly are circumstances where hooded products may be
preferential, such as homes with very low-pitch roofs, without basements, or
homes not prone to puddling around the foundation. If these conditions apply
to you, and you just feel like you need to pay more for your gutter
protection, then you may want to consider expensive gutter hoods"