Best and Worst Gutter Guards from Lowes, Home Depot, Menards /
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00:00 Intro
00:10 How we're assessing gutter guards
01:43 "All gutter civers will fail sooner or later"
03:20 Best choice
06:28 Armour Lock Gutter Guard
07:48 Stay away from Future Foam Gutter Filter
09:58 LB Plastics Vinyl Gutter Cover = bad news
11:43 LeafGuard will do the job
12:30 Snap-In White Gutter Guard
14:01 Avoid plastic
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In 2014 when he started he have sold $350,000 worth of gutter work and many jobs were replacements of failed products.
Today his company does Roofing, Siding and Gutters are huge part of the business, because it is often connected and part of roofing system.
Gutter covers are the most confusing products on the market this time of the year: everyone makes claims that their product works best, but in reality 95% will fail within first few years!
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I installed the plastic ones you call "the worst of the worst" about ten years ago on my house and my garage. Still works great!
you must not have maple helicopters near your house.
@@nancywolf3786 I have plenty of pine needles.
I got an estimate from Leaf Filter for $7,900 for 200ft. He started dwindling the price down and was at $3,300 at the end. So that tells you what their profit margins are.
A rep just left my home.
Saying he can give me a great price if I act on it today.
REALLY Sir?!
I own my own small contractor company and do many different jobs, including installing gutter guards. I found the best price for the homeowner and for me to make a little bit of money, (since they are pretty easy to put on I don’t kill them on the labor as much as a much more intensive project) I charge 110$ per box of gutter guard, they are about 90$ at Home Depot, and 3$ per piece to put on. I just did a house last week that cost the home owner $440 for the 4 boxes and I charge 4$ per piece to put on. So I’m profiting about $160 per box. The average home in my area has about 160ft of gutters. The cost will go up slightly on homes that are 2-3 stories as it takes me more time to do the job. The prices I quoted are on a ranch style home. With material included it costs this home owner around $1100. Not a bad price and I made that money in about 3.5 hours. So to your point…. They jack the price WAY up and their profit margins are outrageously higher than a 3 man company can do it for that doesn’t try to rip anyone off.
@@danmorse2002 at 1100 for 160 ft thatshould legally be minimum wage
Don't pay the least and expect the most.your 3 man team verse one of my best guys. Get a job and invest wiser
@@juschill1 really every quote on average last for 7 days. Quotes go up cuz material cost goes up thats life
Wow nothing like wasting money 💰
Thank you for creating this video . I’m a contractor and I appreciate it. The only issue I have with the video is that is a new shingled roof system that hasn’t adhered to the structure yet. Most roofs are not able to lift up the edges like you do in your video making installation much different.
Love the honesty! Fresh to hear negatives on products and not just down playing.
Thank you for providing such detailed info on them all. Understanding the reasons why they fail is a big help!!
I've been saying this for years. I used to work in the aluminum industry and installing gutters was one of many products I installed. I have seen all the issues with these gutter guards. It usually just makes more problems. Just buy a gutter nozzle attachment for your hose and give your gutters a periodic spray down. You can even get one with an extension and clean your gutters from the ground.
Seems like even with gutter guards, you're still doing work, may as well just clear them out every year. In our case, it's definitely not as easy. We live on a hill, so our house is such that the only way to do that is to get on the roof. It's technically 4 stories tall from the back (3 levels with main floor access from the front, but lower level still elevated by about 1 level from the rear). There's no way a gutter nozzle attachment is gonna work for us in the back of the house, so... to the roof it is!
Your solution makes a lot of sense 👌🏿.
They help keep things like French drains clear
Someone's speaking common sense! I am surrounded by trees and I clean mine twice a year (in spring and fall). It takes me less than an hour to do my house, car port and workshop. If you are using gutter guards in a cold climate you are setting yourself up for ice damming and potentially thousands of dollars of damage to your roof. Even if you do find guards that work for you, you will spend thousands of dollars on something that could have been accomplished with simple maintenance.
Wow. I've seen a lot of how to videos and reviews, but this is one of the best ones. Great job comparing everything without selling anything and not throwing companies under the bus. Great video.
Video too long but very informative. None work WELL. They move around. Larger downspouts is a very good idea to help.
Some products and companies need to be under the bus. If you don’t tell the brand why do the video. It’s amazing people can’t call crap ,,, what it is,,, crap.
Thanks, a very good presentation. You answered all the questions I had pertaining to the differences between gutter guard types and how they'd preform compared to each other.
On my house 33 years ago the gutter installers used a 1/4" screen material as a leaf guard. Still in use. I still have to clean the gutters time to time but after watching this I'm probably going to keep what I have. I was considering spending money on plastic or metal covers. This video was very helpful. Seems no system is perfect.
I probably have 75 feet of gutters.
You saved me a lot of money.
Thanks
Is this the honest and up-front man on RUclips? Good info.
Thank you for your input and for taking the time to put this video together, it’s hard to find honest opinions.
Glad I found you. I was going to install a leaf guard system on my new gutters to keep the pine needles out as they slide off the metal roof. Saw the black metal ones and the plastic ones at Lowe's. Decided to wait. Sure glad I did. I did buy the little cages for the down spouts. Thank you for your candor. I loved it!
I was sold on the foam insert gutter filter by Future Foam from Menards. After 1 year it has proven to be a massive failure. It is as if there is no gutter installed. The rain flows right over the gutter because the filter is plugged with small debri and creates a plugged effect. Water comes in the basement again. Total waste of money. I have given up on the idea of any guard or filter. Back to the days of cleaning the gutters twice a year!
I bought one of the cheap white plastic guards he was talking about at 14:45. I tried it out on my garage. There are two giant maple trees that throw out tons of debris and leaves on the garage. Let me tell you...they work awesome! I'm totally blown away. They have been on there for 8 years and I've yet to have to clean my gutter once. I look into them every year and they are clear, no issues. I live in Minnesota and these gutters see every weather scenario you can throw at them: heavy thunderstorms, hail, snow, ice, leaves, seeding trees in the spring, leaves in the fall. The only thing they haven't seen in 8 years is a tornado or straight line winds. They are still in good shape. The ones I have do look cheap and kinda flimsy but I've gotta say, if they failed tomorrow I'd go out and buy the same thing again because I think I paid $5 bucks for a 3 foot section. I did my whole garage for less than $40 bucks. Maybe I got lucky and there are similar products that do suck? Not sure.
Same with me. I bought them on sale (Menards) and they were less than you paid. And I am in MN also. I had them for 5 years and just sold the house and inspector passed them. I need some on my new house and will go with the same cheapos on sale at Menards.
But I need gutters on my walkout wide which is 2 floors up. For these I will get some LeafGuard or similar as I don't do tall ladders anymore (nor roofs).
I used those kind as well here in CT. We have lots of maple trees around. They were installed about 20 years ago, and only were taken down because we put a new roof on. We get a LOT of leaves and maple helicopters around. Every couple of years, I need to clean out the helicopter bits.
So glad to hear this. I just bought these plastic ones at Menards, but they had the hole grid and mesh. I'm not cheap but for what most people charge to install leaf guards, this cost me a couple hundred bucks and that was including paying a local handyman to install them on the second story that I couldn't get to. Easy install, snaps right in, no screws.... Seemed like a no brainer to me.
Excellent video! Thank you for your professional opinion on all the products carried by the major chain stores. This is exactly what I was interested in hearing.
Thank you for this cogent overview and thoughtful analysis. I dig your style.
I only have a one story house, but I've never seen any gutter guard that has convinced me that it is less trouble than just cleaning the gutters once in a while.
Living in Ontario Canada we experience all nature throws at our treed property into our gutters. Each late fall I climb a ladder to the high side of the slope with garden hose in hand and rinse the gutters out. For safety I have my wife down at the bottom of the ladder to give me something soft to land on should I slip. Gutter guards,save your money.
@@happyrecluse2849 Here's a pro tip. Have your wife wear a bright green safety vest so you can always see where your landing spot is out of the corner of your eye. 😆
Hahaha, And to think green is her favorite color.
Oh my I’m glad we have them with lots of trees but the right kind must be used or they clog up. He’s right. They do help a lot so get the best one. Raptor rail with aluminum rails and a special stainless steel mesh. I’ve learned from others that this is very good. And you use screws to attach on both running rails and it helps strengthen. There is another kind….Leaf filter. Good reviews too.
I built an extension for my wet/dry portable shop vac out of central-vac pipe. I used 90° & 45° sweep fittings at the top to get the right angle for the last short piece of pipe that I cut to fit flat in the gutter. Works great! NO leaf guard, NO ladder!
Extremely great information. I have over a 15 year time of owning my home I have gone to big box stores and tried different products. Currently I am using the lowest rated of the good table of products. I had a gutter company come by (Leaf Filter) I liked their product but as high pressure sale would go I did not like the price. I am now committed to installing something my self that is of better quality and filtration that would last 5 or more years not 1-3 years as the product on the bad table have.
I LOVE this guy. No BS. No pulled punches. Awesome.
Great to hear the actual cons (and some pros) about the various products. Thanks for the explanations.
Excellent. I almost purchased the foam gutter guards for ease of install. I wasn't thinking about dirt roof debris clogging them. Thanks for the video.
I DID just buy them and back to the store tomorrow
Loved your comparisons. I think you are spot on with assessments for residential roofs. However, I have an almost flat commercial building metal roof in which I had guards like your second best you recommend with small holes. I have found these horrible for my roof because they can’t pass enough water through the small holes when there is a half decent rain (large roof area collects lots of water). The water then pools on top of the guard (particularly with some leaves on top also), and it flows over the gutter edge and into my building creating a leak that actually pools water! I have no doubt my building is poorly designed (and it’s old too), but in my case the small hole guards (flat AL with too few and too small hole) are causing leaks instead of helping to prevent them. I had the spout guards before but they would clog with leaves and then gutters overflow, again with leaks. I’m going to remove the small hole guards and replace them with a large hole mesh type. Since I have a metal roof, I’m not concerned about aggregate collecting, and I can spray out debris every couple years: I just need to keep leaves from clogging the spouts. Bottom line is one size doesn’t fit all. Thanks for the comparison!
I was looking for a solution as a diy and stumbled upon this. I will just keep using my pressure washer with an angled head and extension. Works every season and clear out the gutters. Only thing I've done was put screens on the downspouts. Thank you for the video, it was very helpful
We just had our entire exterior refinished and when it came to gutter guards, I am happy to say... I chose the one you just mentioned as your favorite style. Now I feel better! Thanks for sharing :)
LOL!
Great video! Very educational! Thank you! New roof installed in 2011 with gutters and gutter guards. I cleaned mine a few days ago (I normally pay someone else to do it, but they are no longer available) and pretty sure I have style #3. Yes, the stuff builds up and sits on the guard and that lip on the front was a real pain to clean. It required a lot of extra effort to dig out all the gunk stuck in there. My contractor was singing the praises of this guard when he quoted the job and claimed it was the best and only one he would recommend. Perhaps it WAS the best in 2011, I'm not sure. I shared this video. Everyone should watch it!
You have to be aware that if the contractor is bidding on a job, they will recommend the cheapist ones they can install the fastest to increase their bottom line.
Good review. I would be interested in knowing the impact of these gutter covers when there is snow and when it freezes . and how that might actually cause damning that might push ice back up under your shingles. My personal opinion is that in the winter months in areas of snow and ice it is important to get sun shining into the gutters to help melt the snow and ice.
I recently installed new open gutters on my home, but I opted for the 5 inch larger gutters and downspouts and that sure has helped with keeping out debris.
Thank you! Your tips are so helpful. I just fixed a 4 foot section where the valley empties. Now I know to have the cover pieces join up at the gutter hangers!
Thank you for the educational video and all the research and advice you gave. I gave you a thumbs up and subscribed. I just got a quote for my 800 sq ft house from Leaf Guard and it was 10,500! So, I’m thinking of doing something myself!
I have actually had great success with the cheap plastic ones with the round holes and mircoscreen. I have had them on my house for 12 years. I removed them this year to paint the gutters and fascia. The only gutter that had any build up was a 40 footer with only one downspout and not enough pitch,
I mean this seriously, I like the way you talk. Also thanks for the videos this is helping me make decisions.
thank you, appreciate it
Excellent demo and explanation of which is better! Thank you for doing this!!
Thanks for the video! I was at Home Depot with the gutter foam in my cart, but found your video just in time!
Great video sir, NO, “BS” just straight facts. Many of those you have shown, I have seen at the stores, your thoughts mirror mine. One thing I will add, that big sponge one “STINKS BAD”.
Thank you, appreciate feedback!
Roofing Insights - Thank you too, have a great day, every day.🙂
campmein - really good point about the smell........
I really like the Black metal leaf cover from homedepot. For me as an installer is quick to install and durable.
Thank you for the product review on gutter guards, really informative and helped me a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
Great review on a very important topic. Many people waste a lot of money on the wrong gutters. Thanks for the clear information!
I used the black aluminum ones from Loews on a house with a metal roof. They slid under the metal and snapped tightly to the lip of the gutter. I have 2 large trees in the front and 1 monster in the back we will see. They are very strong when pushed 2 in under the metal.
I used the rounded vinyl gutter cover very successfuly for 8 years before it needed attention. I like it personally. At 1 dollar a foot can't beat it. Not junk as you say.
Excellent Reviews. Thank You
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing and comparing.
Thanks, you just saved me a lot of time and money. Think I'll just keep cleaning my gutters by hand.
Glad I could help!
We tried the foam inserts and they worked great in light rains, HOWEVER, they were useless in the first heavy downpour and the overflow washed out or flower garden, pulled them out when it was over, we only installed them in the back gutters, and the gutters had a nice layer of roofing granules underneath. So we ended up cleaning out the gutters anyway. Live and learn.
i have have had foam in my 5 inch gutters for over 15 years and no problems and i am surrounded with maple trees which used to clog my downspouts. sometimes the leaves stem will stick in the foam but the wind will blow it free.
Awesome info. I actually have two test pieces I bought that you had on your 'crap' table. The micro mesh seems interesting and the only way to go. Might have to check that out.
You guys just saved me, my time, my money from buying the foam and plastic gutter guards. I was ready to buy from Amazon. Good thing I decided to look for reviews. Huge thank you!
+mdml glad to help!!!!
I use the downspout screens and they work just fine for a year. I like to clean the gutters every year so that I know what is going on up there.
Update - the first gutter guard recommended is made very good, but it also has a serious issue in one of my customers who has this installed. The screen has actually started to become one big muddy mat. In other words, the screen is so fine that little grains of mud or asphalt are starting to fill in the screens and water is now running over those areas. For 2 years now I have gone out to her home and manually brushed the screens where the muddy matting is occurring.
HOW is mud getting on a roof?
ground gets dry, dust blows in wind, rain washes it into the gutters.@@terencehennessy1145
@@terencehennessy1145decomposing organic matter
Dust/dirt/sand blown by wind
good video, good advice. keep up the good work
One of the best instructional ,informative and honest review of products for DIY. Great detail and well explained. He sure helped me in choosing the best product . Well done
Thank you very much!
For my one story house I duct tape an eight foot pvc section and elbow on my leaf blower, works great. My neighbor paid LeafFilter six thousand dollars to install on his one story house. I told him he was nuts.
Located in Canada. Found your video AFTER looking for a clogging solution. Leaf filter came to my place, offered TWO senior discounts and a FB discount and it was still $28/ft installed !!!!. Hard to believe they sell so much at that price. Way more than I am willing to pay, especially when I did a previous place DIY for $3/ft
They're counting on a homeowner not being able to do 2 or 3 story roofs. Hell, you could rent a cherry picker and do it yourself for a quarter of what they charge! Highway robbery.
thanks for your experienced input.
GREAT video. Rarely seen honesty. Thanks!
I’ve been called out to clean the leaf guard gutter, at every house the warranty had been voided out because the owner didn’t keep the gutters clean. However I did find a way to clean them out with all the leaves inside.
The owners were very upset , especially with what they had paid.
You can’t keep the grit out of the gutters so get the one that stops the limbs, leaves and nuts 🥜, and every 3 to 4 years the grits can be washed out because of the larger holes
Thanks for sharing, appreciate your feedback
I use the foam inserts for my gutter hydroponics system. works great for growing plant lousy for draining rain.
we just did video on them today: they lead the way of worst gutter products fro sure!
hahaha
that is funny LOL
They have to be taken out every two years and cleaned.
He bashes the foam inserts, but I see a problem: At about the 8:15 mark, it appears he is starting an install of the foam and it is backward! The wide edge goes against the REAR of the gutter and the thin "knife-edge" goes into the groove in the FRONT of the gutter. If I am correct, then he cannot assess the efficacy of these foam inserts fairly ... right? I installed about 20 feet of these just a few days ago, so I cannot comment yet, but a neighbor who has had them in his same-configuration gutters for five years and says they work quite well ... when install correctly.
This is a really great review, thank you so much for doing this, I learned a lot! Plus you are funny dude!
Thank you for the advice about the foam guards! I was researching that product and found myself here.
Thanks you for taking time to comment! Appreciated!
Great, thorough presentation! Thanks. I just go up on my roof and either blow the debris out or squat down and pull it out manually.
My ranch house roof has very small slant. I get on the roof and use my leaf blower, very easy.
@@1voiceofstl,
I've been using my garden hose, and since it just rained, I be using it tomorrow, however, the next time I have to clean the gutter, I'lll try my leaf blower. It sounds like it might be better than my hose, less messy, anyway.
I have a ranch house and have my young son( now 22 ) get on the roof and clean out the gutters. He can do the whole house in 15 minutes. I used to do it myself but am too old and fat to do it now. If you can not find anyone to do it, then use a j shaped extension on a blower and blow out the gutters. Then get on ladder and inspect in a few places. If you can not do any of this you will have to hire someone. Leaf covers are crap.
Excellent video! Thank you for you’re information.
Glad it was helpful!
I put in plastic gutter covers about 20 years ago. I think I got them at Menard's. They had a fine nylon mesh covering over the bigger holes. They were very cheap only costing about $20 to do my entire house. They worked very good but now I need to replace some of them because the nylon mesh covering wore away. They did allow some roof granules to enter the gutter so I still had to spray out my gutters about 1x a year. That was a huge improvement when previously I had to clean my gutters 5-6x's a year, as I have a lot of trees around my house. They were very easy to install and reasonably effective.
I had installed the brown plastic guards about 15 years. They actually did a decent job though they do catch stems and twigs in the holes.
My company uses SheerFlow 3 foot sections box of 50 from Menards. good quality vinyl screens with a layer of nylon mesh adhered to the top. After sliding them under the first row of shingles and clipping them to the front lip of the gutter, we put 3 zip screws in each screen on the lip (start, middle, end) and we have yet to be called back to fix a job where we installed covers in this manner. If you don’t want to have to go back and fix rejects, do it right the first time. The outlet strainer is way outdated and is just another excuse for companies to make money when they get called back to clean the debris out of the inevitably blocked gutters. No disrespect just trying to help y’all out
I put the micro mesh Leaf Filter guards on my house 5 years ago & there is NO sand or anything in them. I just used the sticky tape on them to hold them down but, cleaned the edge with alcohol 1st. I have huge maple trees around my house & live in Michigan. I LOVE THEM!!!!
Thank you for posting i am ready to install new gutters and gaurds now i know what i want .
Glad I could help
For the plastic one that's supposed to fail and the worst one that has the water turning over and going down the slots and leaves sliding off, It's amazing I have had them installed for over 5 years and they never failed ONCE! No leaves inside and virtually all rain INSIDE the gutter instead of running over in torrential downpours and no pine needles either. They may not work for him but they sure work HERE!
you must live in a desert
How effective are they in the winter, freezing temps, Ice accumulation (ice dams) etc??
I've had the white "garbage" plastic gutter covers with the mesh from Menards installed for 2.5 years now. They have done the job perfectly well, have not been damaged at all. I live in Minnesota with the harshest winters, hot summers, heavy storms, etc... they work just fine.
Your example is one home. He has seen many hundreds.
Thanks for the info. We just moved into a other house, had to put gutters up, been wondering what kind of guards to put onto gutter, but thinking cleaning and the little strainer at the down spout is all we need. Saves us lots of money!
Do large downspouts with a clean-out drain/filter at 3' from ground.
The brown one on the “garbage table” has been on my house gutters for twelve years. Works great.
This presenter has worked on hundreds if not thousands of homes. Your one-home anecdote has basically 1/1000th of the value of his advice.
We've been using guards similar to the plastic brown ones in the video and they worked great for several years but are now starting to warp due to sun exposure. For some reason they don't make this style in aluminum which would solve the warping problem.
Great video, we were actually thinking of the Leaf Filter so I am very glad to get your input. We had the metal version of the one with the large holes, it had a very rough top and bottom and had no lip or edge it was just cut to fit. We took it out a couple of years ago, all it did was trap the leaves and was total junk. Now we have nothing and just clean our gutters every couple of months. We did make a small catcher like you suggested.
Leaf Filter is a scam and very bad quality. Keep doing research until you find the best suitable ones. And keep us updated.
@@gheerock4077 how is it a scam?
First get an estimate on cutting down the trees, it may be a much wiser option, especially since heavy downpours often fly right off these guards and damage perimeter landscaping.
I’m scheduled to have Leaf Filter come tomorrow. 180 feet for $2,354.00
Please respond!
Great video, thanks for posting this!
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Good Video, I think the info was very helpful!
I got a quote from leaf gutter for nine thousand dollars. The salesman said they only do the best work. That is just way to expensive for the job when another contractor gave a quote for two thousand. Big difference for sure.
Watch our video on leaf filter pricing. I bet you could get it down to $4,000
@@RoofingInsights3.0 I can do the work for way less. The manufactures use the do not sell to customers to force them to pay big money using cuntractors. Just can not see paying the thousands for something that I can do in two to three day after work. Thanks.
I installed the white plastic slotted ones from HD about 15 years ago and they worked great until last winter when squirrels chewed through the ends and built nests. When I replaced them with metal mesh type the gutters were clean and in 15 years I had never cleaned them, so the design is great but needs to be metal. Also, I live in New England with lots of overhanging maple trees and snowy winters and the white plastic slotted ones held up great until the squirrel attack.
Which metal ones are you saying that work really well?
I have one of the white covers from your no good table. I found in home depot. They went up no problem and still up over 5 years without a problem
I was well
Great video! After 30 years of installing every (leafproof) or (Gutter cover) known to mankind, and after watching customers pay 2 dollars a foot all the way up into the Thousands with a finance plan. There is( no) great gutter guards or covers(in my opinion,after 20 years as an installer/owner and retired home inspector) No such thing as maintenance free either(that is all in the fine print)You are spot on with you great video also! Thanks for informing the people. There are so many things that can cause gutter failures. Pitch, length,Trees,landscaping.(i just replaced what i was told was ice damaged gutters, long story short the new landscape tubes were full/crushed under ground causing the gutters not to drain therefore gutters simply got heavy from the weight of the frozen water) There are cheaper (affordable for most working families) I recommend metal brands that are at the least attached by screws to the gutter, so they do not blow off and yet consider the slotted guards,maybe with the homeowner being fully aware that they will still need maintained or cleaned/checked yearly.(just my opinion) Thanks again for your videos!
Thank you very much for this honest review! Saved me from buying the black sponge. Actually im not going to buy a guard at all now because my roof is 10 years old and most of the granules are already in the gutter, and i only have one 20ft gutter to clean needles out of.
+Lukas Vaznonis you are welcome!!! Thanks for watching!
Great vid, thanks for posting.
Thanks for the info, super helpful!
Properly sized gutters and leader pipes with proper pitch will wash out most of the roofing granules in the gutters. Don't sweat the small stuff, if you can keep the large debris out yet allow good water flow into the gutter you can go many years without even looking up there to check them. I personally use 22 gage sheets of perforated stainless steel, it has 1/8" holes on 3/16" centers. Basically nothing gets through except shingle granules, even pine needles stay out because they would have to land vertically and hit the hole perfectly to make it in. I have a 6 inch gutter so i cut 8 inch pieces 10 foot long and put a 2 inch kick (bend) on them to match the pitch of the roof, then slide the 2 inch kick under the shingles, and use 3/4" stainless tek screws to fasten the perf to the top side flange of the gutter. I like using tek screws because they can be taken in and out several times and reused if the guards need to be removed for any reason. Had them up there for 4 years so far and they are clean as a whistle. Cost for material broke down to $3.30 per linear foot. Of course you have to shear and bend the pieces and install yourself. Fortunately i am a sheetmetal worker and was able to get this task done fairly easily. This setup will last a lifetime.
So instead of paying you what you think your worth. We should assume your sheet metal work is over priced??
@@prd7955 what are you getting at?
I must be lucky. I installed plastic snap in grates with large holes from a big box store over 10 years ago and never had an issue.
Thanks for the heads-up!
Excellent presentation!
Owning a house is a lot of work if you want to do it right. I'm up the ladder twice a year (spring and fall) to inspect and clean. It takes me half an hour to do the job. I also use the cheap little strainers that stick in the downspouts. All those other products are garbage. If you are too old to climb then get a family member to go up there. Buy him a case of beer for the trouble.
Chris, i totally agree with you. I am 42 and i inspect 2 to 3 times per year. At 6:33, i recently purchased those. They wrk fine and fit my gutters well. I have 6 oak trees in my backyard and must check my gutters everso often. My neighbors just spent thousands on leaf guard, the prob is, she has trees hanging over her house. The leaves pile up on the gutters/guards and becomes stuck. I would never scew dwn my guards, too much wrk if there is a need to remove them. I dn't care how great the gaurd is, overtime, small particules build up. Leaf Filters are thieves....and yes, very aggresive.
***Plastics are no good if you have squirrels, like i do. I have a few plastic on the backside, need to change them (can only blame laziness).
Never, never put screws that near and low on the roof's edge, ice will cause water to back up under the shingles and leak into the roof.
Most gutter guards that screw into the fascia come with rubber washers for the screws to prevent this.
20 years in business I've never had this happen.
Thank you so much for the tips!
Thanks for the great videa. I saw the gutter covers at Home Depa.
I use flip gutters. In literally one or two minutes I can flip over and reset all the gutters on my house. Everything falls out.
I installed seamless gutters for many years. I am qualified to tell you that using any kind of "Gutter Guard" is like putting Armor All on your valve stem caps! Lolol Just a way to get more $$$ from you pocket to someone else's pocket. Strainers do keep birds from building nests in the downspouts, but can block and fill gutters to very heavy weights. I don't sell gutter guards of any kind, I don't install it, I don't recommend it. Inspect your gutters and remove twigs and branches, then blow gutters out 2 or 3 times a year with a leaf blower and a gutter blower attachment, it's that easy. 2nd story gutters usually get enough wind to clear leaves when they are dry. The shingle granules are flushed by heavy rain provided your gutters have the proper pitch to the outlet drains. Flushing with a hose works verywell. The best gutters were the copper half round ones on old farmhouses, as they ever clog, the wind cleaned em just fine, they lasted for many, many years. Everything now is just made poorly. No magic cure, clean your gutters or have someone do it for you.
I have gutters that are 3 stories high in the back and size of my house
... I can't clean them multiple times a year. I'm getting too old for that. I want to try some chicken wire with say about 1/4 to 1/2 inch holes to try. Do they sell rolls of this?
@@rickwhoo1 look into valor gutter guards they have put in scientific builds into the screen. Works great. Check them out
I totally agree. No more filters or guards. Just clean the gutters twice a year. Must practice major safety procedures!
Rick Sievers what you’re talking about is called hail screen or hardware cloth..comes in 1/2 or 1/4 squares but it’s gonna be hard to anchor it to the gutter and roof. you can cut it with tin snips but i don’t think you would be happy. 1/4” squares will let tree seeds like maple get caught and wet leaves will probably dry and attach to the mesh..good luck with what ever you chose, if someone would make a good reliable sysgem they could sell it cheap and still make a fortune..
So do you have any suggestions for the best gutters in today's market being that you said they are off lower quality than in past times? I ask because I'm getting a house built but didn't trust the builders to give me good quality gutters so I'll do it when they are done. Plus I thought they'd charge me an arm and a leg
Very happy with GutterGlove product. Metal micro-mesh. Sturdy. Easy to install.
Great video, thanks so much for being honest .
Great review. I think that micro-mesh is the only way to go. It completely closed off your gutters, so there is zero chance of anything getting in (except rain). I installed Gutter Guard a few years ago in the back, and just installed them in the front. It was quick and easy, and it looks great. Total cost was around $300.00. A friend paid over $10,000.00 for LeafGuard. What a rip-off. And LeafGuard does clog up.
What brand is gutter guard? Is there a link to purchase them
@@peterc504 gutter guard is from costco. I installed them at my father's house and they work great and are easy to clean if too much debris stays on them which happens rarely and only in certain spots
@@hulu3253 link to the ones you're talking about? Are they aluminum or stainless steel meaning they won't rust?
@@hulu3253 what's the name of this Costco brand gutter guard? i'm going there tomorrow to buy one.
@@gheerock4077Costco guards are called Easy On and are a fine mesh design. Biggest criticism I have seen is that they allow too much water to runover gutters in heavy rain, but they do not clog.
*EXCELLENT!* After much pricing and oodles of time in research and having used the vinyl guard covers with the diamond shaped holes backed with mesh for at least the past 8 years, I came across your videos... I'm tired of having to use the secondary screen at the gutter drop and having the gutters fill with debris requiring seasonal maintenance - and definitely going with the SS Mesh. I saw the products like leaf solutions - which are in a "closed market" - not available at retail; I did sign up & waiting for response since I am a licensed handyman; then other which are available at home depot - gutter glove by gutter guard; along with Raptor - which I think is same company & product - is just a "private label" or branding so they can sell elsewhere? My existing vinyl gutters are pretty much horizontal across the top... as such, I suspect I'll have an issue with pretty much anything I use - unless there is a way to either tilt the gutter to allow more run-off of the debris - OR - Drop the gutters lower to facilitate more of an angle from the drip edge out to the top of the gutter; possibly getting an inch wider to achieve thins angle? The problem children here are two separate gutter runs that have 2 inside corners! #2 Also and regardless, I believe I'll have to break off the top of the vinyl clips which are used to mount the gutter to mount the guards that mount the vinyl covers. I don't see how this would sacrifice the gutter mounts' strength since the SS guards would also be secured into the drip edge and top of the gutter (at the clips?) with SS screws. I would also consider using a (thicker?) two sided adhesive tape or perhaps clear silicone/ adhesive? What's your take on this all? *Thank* *you* *SO* *very* *much!*
Anyone use Leaf Filter guards ?
I once installed a metal screen-type of gutter guards on my gutters. The were hinged for easy access for cleaning and they worked very well, except that the stringy oak droppings that fall in spring became stuck in the screen when wetted with rain, and they caused the screens' galvanized coating to fail and the screens rusted to the point that the rust washed over the edge and stained my white aluminum gutters. Now I need to climb a ladder to scrub the rust stains off and install a better alternative gutter guard system.
Just bumped into this video after installing LeafFilter instead of LeafGuard. I'm happy to see he agrees micro mesh is the best option. But this video is great! Thanks for providing an honest take on the way too many available gutter guard products on the market!
What about Valor micro mesh. ?
How come nobody is reviewing Valor . Bcuz ?
I have installed the foam wedge 7 years ago, zero maintenance, still works like a charm. My gutters are clean as a whistle.
I just have a strip of 1/4" hardware cloth covering mine and have had no issues even in torrential rains. I don't know what this guy's talking about regarding the "granules"... I'm 22 years into a 20 year roof and yeah, there's granules, but nowhere near enough to even pretend it's a problem.
Max - just curious, which part if the country do you live in? Just wondering how much rain you might be dealing with.
Would be interested in knowing what you would recommend to someone whose home has a metal roof. It is impossible to lift and slide the back side of the guards you've recommended between the metal and the wood (I've tried), not to mention trying to screw the back lip into the fascia.
I have a metal roof with fairly steep pitch. I had the white plastic guards with the micro mesh over gutters for 10 years and they were great. I thought the sun would destroy them (live in Alabama) but when I put up brand new gutters last month, to my surprise, the old white plastic gutter guards were still pliable and really, seemed to be fine. I had installed the plastic gutter guard myself (I am a female and was over 60 at the time). I took the screws out of the bottom edge of the metal roof and stuck the lip of the plastic guard under the edge of the roof, clipped the front of the guard to the front of the gutter and then I screwed the screws in through the plastic at the back edge of the gutter guard. I never screwed down the front of the guard and it stayed in place. It worked fine and lasted better than I expected. It is more work to undo the screws on the edge of the metal roof and slip the gutter guard in and re-screw the screws down - but once in 10 years, it was well worth doing.
Thanks for the production. Personally I'm looking for covers because my roof is metal, snow avalanches and which such force that it damages the gutters. I need something to get through the winter that allows the snow to clear the gutter's front edge. Also since it's a metal roof I need something that doesn't need to go under the shingles. Probably going to look at doing the foam and taking them out for the other seasons.
Thanks for the review! One point on Micromesh in the Northwest is Moss build up on a North facing roof. Moss can clog micro mesh very quickly. Again, Thanks for the review!