wrote:
Liz wrote:
After 34 years of cleaning our gutters, my DH has decided to call it quits
and check into gutter covers/guards. I remember reading somewhere that
they're good for trapping leaves but no good for keeping out the small tree
debris that falls from some trees in the spring. On our property we have
two humungous oak trees that drop that tree crap in the spring, and in
addition we also get the stuff that falls from our neighbor's linden tree
(also known in this house as the tree from hell). Can anyone give me some
feedback on whether these guards are a good idea? And if so, any
recommendations on one brand over another?

Thanks.

--
Liz, Philly 'burbs

Read this article:

http://www.askthebuilder.com/541-Gut...le-Truth.shtml

Save your money.

Boy, he hit the nail on the head. I've tried the expensive kind with
the slits and besides not being able to see/access the inside of the
gutter, in the winter they freeze up so that the melt can't get in, and
you end up with stalactite icicles all down the gutter. going to kill
somebody when they fall off.
But the ones that work best for me are, as he said, the mesh kind,
which are the absolute cheapest. I use the slightly more expensive kind
that come in like 2 foot lengths that snap under the shingles and onto
the edge of the gutter, but if I didn't have shingles I'd use the even
cheaper kind that come in a roll and sort of arches up with the edges
wedged under the lips on both sides of the gutter. Anyway, cheap as it
is, it performs better than the expensive stuff.