on 8/2/2009 3:04 AM (ET) ShadowTek wrote the following:
On 2009-08-02, Wayne Boatwright wrote:


I haven't tried either of the first two. When we lived in NE Ohio, our
gutter guards were similar if not identical to the mesh type in picture #3.
We lived in a heavily wooded area that included both broadleaf and
evergreen trees. The guards were very effective. However, no matter what
you put on your gutters, the guards themselves require periodic cleaning.
In our case we generally cleaned them in late Fall after all the leaves had
fallen. In truth, there really wasn't much to clean up, but just making
sure that the guards didn't have an accumulcation of leaves.


Did you install them over or under the shingles?

Did they lay flat or did they bow one way or the other?


I had #3 for a number of years. They worked well. The only problems
were; they could be seen from the street and they are not too pretty,
and if they are placed over the shingles, a wind can lift them, so they
hang down in front of the gutters and have to be put back. I tacked them
down to the shingles to keep them from blowing open, but then they are
harder to clean of accumulated debris. When they are just laying on the
shingles, you can lift them off and over the gutter to drop the debris
off. When they are tacked down, you cant lift them off, so you have to
clean them by hand. I have nothing up there now, but I am in the market
for others.


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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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