Leafguard or other non clog gutters?

[AdamH]

we have Leaf Guard on our house. I live on Mt Island lake so I am surrounded by pine trees. Here's what I can tell you from 5 years experience:

Gutters themselves stay clean as a whistle. I've pulled up a few guards here and there to check over the years and not a thing in them. Great right?

However, for some reason the pine needles themselves seem to "stick" to the guards preventing water from going into the gutter in a few places. so when it rains I have mini waterfalls at various points on my house. So I find myself 2-3 times a year getting a ladder out and cleaning the needles off those specific places. still quicker than having to clean out all the gutters but a pain in the arse knowing what we paid for the leafguard thinking i'd never be on a ladder again.

 

[shawn]

I haven’t found any gutter guards that are worth the $. Every one I’ve seen still cloggs up and needs cleaning.

I found that it’s easiest and cheaper to take a few hours on a weekend in the late fall or early winter after th leaves have fallen and clean them out quickly before they become a problem.

I usually use a blower and a hose. Quick and easy and much cheaper.

We have the helmets like post #3 on a rental house. Long story short, a tree limb hit the house a month or so ago, and the helmets had to be removed and replaced. The gutters were half full of organic debris that had gotten through the holes.

 

[mommucked]

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[rodney eppes]

I've got the same thing on my house as @rodney eppes does, Richard. I like them a lot...work good. Only knock would be when it's raining hard it will just flow right over the gutters near a valley on the roof.

I do have 1 valley, steeper than the others, that will over-shot, with a Very Hard rain. I asked the Rep about putting a divert-er there. He said that would fix the over-shot problem, but then the divert-er, would collect debris behind it. No Perfect solution!