Selecting And Installing Gutter Guards | $35 Project!
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This is a great DIY project that can save you a ton of headaches down the road. Ensuring your gutters are clean, downspouts unclogged, and gutter guards installed will help reduce your future needed maintenance. Clear off your Saturday schedule and get to work!
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My husband went with Leaf Filter. I disagreed and over 8000. later, theyve had to come back 3 times and have yet to fix the problem. Long story short warranty is only if anything gets under guard and you cant see through to check without moving the guard which voids warranty. The salesman lied about everything from price to product. Glad you are educating people on gutter guards. A lot of good advice. Thanks!! Wish id see it earlier. 😢
LF is the worst company. Same story!
Wow that’s terrible…thanks for sharing!
That broom hack was worth the watch. Thanks for that tip. The mesh version are the gutter guards I have used for years. My first install lasted almost ten years.
Great video and perfect timing- I am just in the process of installing new gutters all around my house so this information is especially appreciated. It would have been good for you to clarify how the guards attached to the front edge of the gutters but near the end I could see how they snap on.
Have had one that is very similar (diamond shaped openings) but minus the wire mesh. Has worked very well and I'm probably into the tenth year, but not a lot of sun beating directly down on it. Good job on the video.
Boy,!! am i glad I found your webpage"!! your saving me money and I for one am very grateful"!! thank you, Patrick.p
That broom hack is brilliant!
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6:41 - true on the spot "testimonial"!😆
That's an awesome "hack" with the broom. 🤦♂️ 50 yrs in, never seen that...probably woulda never thought of it.
This'll help me narrow down selection.👌
i have a 12/12 roof, been using the screened plastic ones, as well as the wedge inserts, for years, been a HUGE time saver for not having to clean gutters, highly recommend.
Those mesh LB Plastics guards are brilliant. I live in a pine forest where a ton of crap fall off these trees all year long. From long pine needles to little specks of pine cones.
And the inverse broom trick is epic. Thanks.
I installed the mesh gutter guards on my house. Major difference. I just get up there every little while with my leaf blower and blow them off. Easy job
Thank you for educating us all. 🙏🙏
This is a great video thanks. I watched and was pleasantly surprised to see you recommend the very kind of Garuda that I used on my last house. I
Installed them and three years later they were still in very hood condition and worked great. Honestly I wasn’t sure if the sun would make the guards brittle but it didn’t. I’ll be using them again in the house I’ve just purchased. Thanks for the great video
Thank you for the broom trick. I am delighted to know it.
Thanks for the informative, quick and to-the-point vid. Love you!
I’ve had ones similar to this on my gutters for about 5 years with no issues. Highly recommend.
Thanks for the feedback Dave 👍
This is the exact information and price I wanted to see for my gutters. Hell yeah.
Nice video, love the broom hack. I'm going to give these a try in the spring.
The broom hack is ingenious !!!
I bought the black metal gutter guards from Lowes and installed them on my two story house and my garage gutters.I also used small aluminum screws to secure the gutter guards to the gutters. They have been installed now for over 4 years and not problem with clogged gutters or down spouts. Thanks for the video
Those are the same ones I bought and use. I find them to be the best for my conditions. Overall they have been troublefree and do not warp from the sun nor easily get blown off.
I have the punched hole plastic guards on my home. They work great, never need to do any maintenance in the gutters, but they fill up with those helicopter seeds that fall out of the trees, and you see hundreds of them sticking up until they decay and shrivel up enough to fall through and wash out when it rains hard.
Love the broom hack!
I just had a new roof installed using owens-Corning glass shingles. Roof company had to remove my aluminum gutter guards because they were the under shingle design. OC will void the warranty if this design is used.
Great video! Thanks
We bought high-end gutter guards and quickly wished we'd just left things alone, because instead of having open tops to the gutters, there were now millions of tiny perforations, the things that kept out leaves and other trash, and in freezing weather they would ice up way before anything else did. The result was that whatever ran off the roof went straight over the iced-over gutter guards and straight down over the edge to the pavement below. When the ground was below 32 degrees F, this produced sheets of ice where we'd never had any before. So instead of having to clean gutters once a year, we now had to salt our sidewalks and front stoop every few days during the winter, and the runoff when that stuff melted was murder to our grass and flower beds adjacent to the sidewalks. No way we'd every do the gutter guards again. In a hot climate this might not be a problem, but for us it's been a dangerous and expensive nightmare.
This. All the recommendations for gutter guards overlook many of the pitfalls -- and for those with colder winters, ice damming is a big problem with gutter guards.
I just installed the same gutter guards you recommended. I used them on my last home and they really worked great and a good value too. The only problem was it is sometimes hard to clip them to the gutter but I usually overlap them, so there's enough connected to hold them in place. Good tip about the warranty. I bought my house with a five year old roof, so I don't know if the warranty stays with the house or is only with the old owner.
You have been an EXCELLENT source of home maintenance responsibilities resource for me. Truthful comments along with common sense tidbits so uplifting for my plans for improvements of my home. Certain plastics exposed to direct sunlight deteriorate over time yet the price/materials of the screened panel does seem best! Excellent tidbit of reposition broom handle to clean top of gutter!!! This educated Army veteran with Industrial Design, B.S. degree does appreciate and stand firm ground attention behind all these "Everyday Home Repairs" website!!! Much gratitude for your info that confirms and/or uplifts projects at my residence. Thank you for your time.
I had the plastic gutter guards installed. Installed easily. Pretty easy to keep cleaned off. The problem I found is that anything more than a light rain and the rain can’t make it into the gutter even on a brand new gutter guard. The water just flows right over the gutter and straight down to about three feet from the house. On a hard rain the water turns into a waterfall that shoots out 5-6 feet from the gutter. Basically the gutter is doing very little collecting and taking the water to the downspout.
5 or 6 feet water shed from house is probably more than most homes have for downspout run off pipe ...least of my concerns with gutters
Did you find a way to fix this. I am having this issue as well
Did you find a solution for this. This is what is happening with mine
That broom hack is so good it should be illegal, lol. I live in a 3-street subdivision, in a really small town in Georgia, and I've noticed none of the houses have gutters at all. I've never seen that before. The houses in the area all have really steep pitches to account for the amount of rain we get, so maybe that's why. It could also be the fact that our area is loaded with pine trees, and with pine trees comes pine needles that love to clog everything they touch. The truth is I'd only have to setup two runs in order to keep water away. One for the front, and one for the back with downspouts on either end.
All I'd have to do is make sure there's gutters under the gables because we got rain the other night, and witnessed a literal fountain coming off the roof where the gables, and roof met. Doing the entire area of the house wouldn't make sense though, because the pitch is steep enough to cause such a flow that the gutters would essentially overfill at the bottoms of the runs.
I've had gutter guards for a few years now. My problem was leaves. That solved the big headache. There is still shingle residue but that is minimal. Only trouble is during a heavy rain (which is common here in Hawaii) By covering any portion of your gutter with anything, it restricts the amount of water that can pass through.
Weigh the pros and cons. In my case I'd rather have them than not
BRILLIANT! Thank you for this 🥳
Thank you so much for this very informative video. I will do it exactly like that.
Had tried these same gutters plastic screens , they last maybe 2-3years, sun exposure breaks them down they become very brittle ,crack, split, and are blown off by strong winds. I replaced them with stainless steel mesh gutter guards, which are installed the same way except they are screwed to top of gutter lip. Sold at Home Depot, they cost more but will last the life of your house. Had a hail storm, had to replace entire roof, but not the stainless steel gutter guards. Garage still has plastic screened gutter guards,(2yrs old), they were shredded. Replaced with stainless steel mesh gutter guards.
Thank you! This video was very helpful to me.
I have the recommended ones with the screens. The screens peeled off and now maple tree seeds (helicopters) get thru the holes and fill the gutters. Now it's harder to clean on the spring because I have to peal back the guards to clean. They still work well for the big leaves in the fall.
Did you install with mesh side UP?
That makes a huge difference and is actually the recommended install from the manufacturer, LB Plastics.
Thanks for video. I use those plastic guards also. they are junk. However if used with zip ties and an occasional heat gun to flatten them back out , they work ok for the price. The screens fall off of them almost immediately.
White vinegar cleans the gutters really nice good job it does
I don't have gutters. I got a flyer in the mail and called to get a quote. Crazy money! He lowered his price some, but it was more than I would pay. I'm going to search your channel for a DIY gutter install and price the materials. If I decide to do it, I'll get these gutter guards, too. I have a tin roof, so I'll have to deal with that, but it shouldn't be a warranty issue. The previous owner and a neighbor installed it themselves about 7 years ago. Wow! I have a big push broom like that. Super easy! Thank you, Scott. You always cover every detail.
Always try to negotiate to *half* of the initial estimate, unless there's something particularly difficult or unusual about your project.
That's a general ballpark for an acceptable project cost.
@@YouveBeenMiddled Thanks. There is nothing particularly difficult about my house where gutters are concerned. It has a tin roof and requires extensions, I'll call it, to be installed to get the gutters out far enough for the roof's rain runoff to fall in, but that's really it. I could DIY them with a helper and some video guidance, but getting to it is the thing.
Two of my neighbors installed the plastic gutter guards, but they both had terrible trouble with Maple tree seeds sticking in all the holes. The holes are too big to prevent this. I’ve tried some options, but finally decided that standing on my roof (not a steep slope) and running with a leaf blower around the gutters every fall after the leaves have fallen and possibly again in the late spring works best. It only takes ten minutes to blow out the debris.
As the owner of two silver maples that were planted way too close to the house, I agree. An electric blower's even better.
Did you know peoples are injured a lot going on to roofs.. read see data..
If you have a one story house, you can operate a back-pack, or hand held leaf blower on the ground to clean out the gutters. Simply extend the blower outlets with some straight PVC pipe, so that when you hold either blower on the ground, the PVC points straight up to the gutters. Extend the PVC about 1 to 2 feet above the gutter and then add one 90 degree fitting and one 45 degree fitting, so that your angle approaching the gutter when you clean it out will be approximately 45 degrees. You are basically walking underneath and along the gutters while you clean them out. Depending on what schedule (wall thickness) of PVC you use, will determine how heavy the unit will be to operate. Now you can safely do on the ground what you risked doing on top of your roof.
I have had problems with the plastic gutters warping from the sun's heat. I live in St. Louis.
@@Peter-td3yk yep, lots of people are terribly injured driving cars too. We all stop doing that as well. C’mon man. 😏
Fantastic idea. I usually clean 2 time yearly. Clean and well edited video. Thank you for sharing
Something I've used to help clean my gutters is a small gardening shovel that fits inside the gutter. If you have a metal one that's great but a cheap plastic one will work too. Very helpful if the material being removed is damp or soaking wet. Also, if there's a large build up of granules or dirt it makes it easier to remove it and not clog the downspout
I have one that was accidentally run over with the lawn mower a couple decades back. Bent it perfectly to hold at a comfortable angle while scooping out gutters! (I do not recommend running over gardening shovels or any other tool with a lawnmower - it's hazardous and I was extremely lucky!)
That would be a trowel. I have customized a few trowels for different rain gutters. They cost about a dollar or less at most garage sales when homeowners give up on tools that work fine but have a spot of rust or can't work the earth any more. But they can handle cleaning out rain gutters.
LIKING that reversing the broom to sweep off the debris on top
Very nice video
Thanks for all the information
Thanks for sharing very informative
The broom hack was the bomb
This past summer I installed Raptor gutter guards bought off Amazon... no where as easy to install as the slip on plastic stuff, but I'm sure they'll far outlast them. Cost ran around $80 for 48 feet (more expensive now), but for me they're worth it.
Great video. 2 follow-up questions though. 1) How well do these kinds of guards work with pine needles, which are more common than leaves at my Colorado home? 2) How do gutter guards effect ice damns? I have heat tape in my gutters to keep the water flowing in the winter, and I'd be worried that there would be an ice layer on top of the gutter guard that would never fully melt.
Will be doing this soon.
Great content Scott. Two drawbacks:
01. Here in southern California our sun will degrade the plastic in a few years.
02. The joints between the panels do not seem snug enough and over time due to the elements the plastic will warp at which point the joints will become little gutters holding twigs, leaves, dirt etc.
Thanks for a great video.
New Jersey sun do the same with plastic screeners.
He did say that you can trim the locking edge or gutter side of the guards, then you are able to overlap them.
Just perfect information I needed! TY
Bucket on a hook so not dumping the mess on the sidewalk. Great idea! The broom trick is good but I've got a 2 story bldg.
I use the foam, and it keeps me off the ladders for 4 years w/o doing any cleaning. They are great also because of the black color which keeps the ice/snow melted. My area gets a LOT of freezing rain/sleet during winter. The foam will fill up with dirt, get heavy, and not pass water very well. The foam can be removed and knock the dirt out
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You mentioned wiping down the gutters to get them cleaner. Just to add on to that, if your gutters have the grey “tiger stripes” I learned that Totally Awesome gets rid of those really well. Got my gutters nice and white again. Great stuff….
"Awesome" is Awesome!! Pick it up at the Dollar store. Great for cleaning everything, including under the cars hood. Best ever for hardwood/veneer floors, tile, etc.
Good to get an informed opinion on gutter guards! There are a bajillion "solutions", I think I agree the one you cites might be the most optimal. At least here in the midwest.
One of the downsides of the plastic ones you recommend is that if you have a steep pitched roof and a hard downpour rain, the water will run so fast that it runs over the guard past the gutter. That's why they didn't work for me.
I'm wondering how the high end aluminum guards would work in those conditions?
Possible answer might be to tilt the gutter up toward the roof to catch the rain better yet that then may create other problems..another thought might be to extend the edge of the roof more like a Frank Lloyd Wright design to do better creating ideas that would work in your neck of the woods. Me ditto of creating improvements for my home on a semi-off-grid terrain. Good luck
Same scenario with my house. I switched them out with the the black metal mesh ones. After a few years, so far so good. I live in the Midwest, with four season weather, and they hold up well. Armor guard is the product name. The are three foot sections like what the host of this channel put in (not like the first piece he took out). They are a heavy weight tringular mesh, no screen. I have a very large Silver Maple Tree that hangs over the roof, and have very little issues with leaves and seedlings getting stuck. The wind usually takes care of them.
Same thing happened to me. Not happy.
Super helpful video. Kudos! Unfortunately, here in Vegas, I'd be lucky to get 3 years of use out of plastic gutter guards. The sun is brutal here. Compounding the issue, is my gutters are on a two-story house, making regular replacement a safety issue and a huge PITA.
Very well done and informative video. Thank you.
You bet!
I use a gas powered leaf blower to clean out the gutter. A leaf blower gets the gutters squeaky clean and is fast (about 20 minutes). The only drawback is you have to go on the roof but if you're careful it's not a big deal.
I agree. I can clean my gutters in minutes with my leaf blower and do not ever have to deal with the problems of gutter guards.
I ended up purchasing the ones you recommended but they weren't a perfect fit for two reasons: my gutters are 4.5" so they were too deep and my run is 40' so they drop pretty low at the end. However, I trimmed them all down to 4.5" and they fit great, snug under the flashing and snapped into outer rail.
Thanks again
Thanks for the video. I was looking for an inexpensive system and I'm out to Menard's this morning. 😁
Thank you for ad excellent video
I just had some installed. Didn't want to bother doing it myself. Cost was $1,200 and they used PlyGem Leaf Relief Gutter Cover System. It's very hard to get to some of my gutters so I just bit the bullet and got it done.
lovew the broom hack. frank from Oz down under
I was just thinking about gluing a screen over the downspout holes, And taking off the end caps. That way the junk will get pushed on off to the ground, and heavy rains will keep it clear.
Already been there...one that you pop out easily is recommended...I'm in rain/winter/leaf/needles/helicopter/whirlygig/cone country...put contractor aluminium grade gutter guards on - each piece just over 7' with silicone gasket...they seem to be okay but now better check them and put the ones I bought two yrs back on my garage LOL
Very very good presentation. Great info content and value.
Thanks!
I installed this type of gutter guards in 2013 and they're still there working fine. But some of the mesh is gone from the element and i need to replace them this summer. Thank you for all the info.
Great video, thank you!
Very helpful advices
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Thanks!
Good stuff!! Thank you.
I installed the vinyl mesh a couple of years ago (Southern California) and they lasted through one winter. When summer hit, and I'm in a moderate temperature zone (90°F), they softened enough to droop, and many fell into the gutter. I have 6" gutters, so maybe the 5" is not as susceptible...
considering I was just quoted $800 for a contractor to do a 12 foot run of a gutter guard on the front of my sunroom, I will be DIYing it myself! Thank you for the video :0)
Great info, thanks!
Hardware cloth, Aluminum pop rivets and a bit of care when installing for the win. Been using the system for years, very cheap and looks just as good if you use common sense when installing.
Thanks for the great info
One thing anyone installing gutter guards should keep in mind. Regardless of what design in moderate to heavy rainfall a lot of water is going to flow over the gutter guards and onto the ground. Not into the gutters and down the downspout. Something that might be a concern if there are drainage issues or problems with moisture in basements or crawlspaces.
Good video but having used plastic gutter guards previously I would not go back to them. Prefer the stainless steel and aluminum ones like Gutterglove.
The plastic ones are very thin. After a couple of seasons of exposure to the sun they become very brittle and crack easily. Since we live in the northeast we also have to deal with ice and icicles. The plastic doesn't handle either well. They needed to be replaced after a couple of years.
I installed gutter guards for a major company. I removed lots of these plastic guards. They work good for a while. Over time the screen starts to separate from the plastic. Often times they were so overloaded with leaves they had fallen into the gutter and allowed debris in. Try out different guards. The commercial ones I installed are stupid expensive, I cannot believe the price some people paid was over $25 per foot. Maintenance is the biggest tip I can give. Keep them cleaned out. Hire someone if you need to.
Do you have any tips on what to do if the water runs over the mesh and drips from the bottom of the gutter?
@@krisannekey3218 either the mesh covered with leaves ( they don't tell you that you have to clean them off), or your filters are not sized properly. I've seen a metal roof with old screens that was running over. I had to replace them with the new style that was more efficient.
@@sixfourlonley there are no leaves or debris on them. I literally just put them up earlier this morning. Should I just go back and take them all down?
Scott, you seem pretty relaxed here. I’m up on a ladder with you as some guy you know from the hardware store, and you’re saying, “aha, I’ve done this gutter thing. Let me tell you about it…”
This is a night and day difference and it really makes this video so so much better than whatever video I commented on about 4-5 months ago.
You're the bomb
Well done!!
Very nice video. Thanks for sharing
Over time the metal ones will resist the elements better, especially if you get a lot of storms. Not to mention regular sunlight exposure over time will degrade the plastic guards, and they will become brittle and crack/break. You may save a few bucks now, but you will have to replace those cheaper ones eventually
Agree 100%. I installed cheap plastic ones (no fine mesh). Over a couple years, the plastic decayed (broke, collapsed). I replaced them with metal ones recently. These should last a decade at least.
It's pretty much a guarantee that the plastic ones will degrade over time. Sunlight will weaken it.
I've installed professional gutter guards. You don't want to install plastic gutter guards, they do not work.
So what, they're a buck fifty!
@@KimberlySmith14 Yeah, I hear this a lot Kimberly. "It's so cheap, when they break I will just buy new ones."
Hummm, but you aren't the one climbing the ladder every year. Re-Doing the work, over and over again. Replacing the inferior sun-damaged junk every year. So, who in your home is the sucker risking their life every 12 months?
i put in stainless mesh with aluminum bottom edge that has self-stick tape, or you can screw it down and it has a top edge that can slip under roof edge or up against back of Guetter they are strong fine mesh nothing gets in even pine needles i believe it was just a little more than a dollar a foot in a box of around 96 ft enough to do whole house never had to clean them but they could be brushed off with broom or extension brush on long handle i think i ordered them from Lowes a few years ago i put up a little video on you tube with them
I had plastic ones years ago and the problems that I found with them is when you would get a bad thunderstorm the wind can sometimes lift them off and blow my way and secondly after four or five summers with the sun beating on them they become very brittle.
Gutter guards work for the leaves and sticks, but unfortunately my spouts still get clogged with Pine needles and mapleseed helicopters. And we have plenty of downpours that would overrun the mesh-style. Other than regular cleaning, I keep a long pole with hooked wire at the end handy so if a spout is plugged up during a storm I can chop up the sludge and wash it down the spout.
Thanks 😊
Welcome from Flagstaff, in the largest Ponderosa Pine forest in the world! I researched for years to find a gutter guard that would completely take care of pine needles and ice. Even the mesh type gradually collects the splintered ends of pine needles and have to be maintained, but parts of our roof are almost 20 feet above the ground and I am 70 years old. I know me - the time would come when I would be on the ladder, on uneven ground, and take a fall.
I went with Gutter Helmet, a solid metal plate system with a bullnose on the outer edge. Water flows across, washing the top and following the bullnose into the gutter. The same water washes pine needles over the side. It is a rather precision fit so it has to be professionally installed (about $7000 for our 350 feet of roofline, including initial cleanout and repair of the gutter), but it also has a warranty for as long as the structure is standing. If the roof has to be replaced, the owner - the warranty is transferable - calls to have the material removed and reinstalled after the roof replacement is done, part of the warranty. My wife cringed at the price but it is a permanent solution to a worsening problem for us.
Thanks!
Remember when you've finished and your on the ladder don't step back to admire your work.
...or if you do, be sure somebody is recording it.
*You're
I do install gutter guards for people and remind them that these are not a 'set and forget' product, especially if you let trees grow over your roof. Many novice homeowners think everything should be inexpensive and last forever. Nope, that's just not going to happen. The more trees you allow to grow over your gutter the more frequently you will need to pay with your own time or pay someone to properly remove the guards and clean the gutters before replacing the guards.
Tip: If you can leave about four inches of the gutters exposed without guards at the non-downspout end a leaf blower is a great way to clean out the debris by blowing through the gutter guards at an angle which will send the material up and out the end. Wear a mask, safety glasses and ear plugs while using a leaf blower for any job. I use this method on several homes and only need to service the gutters every three or four years because they stay clean with a quick periodic twenty minute leaf blowing.
I like the painted metal gutter guards available at H.D. and other hardware stores. The openings don't catch many leaf stems or twigs. If the gutter guards are exposed to harsh sun the plastic ones will get brittle in just a few years while the painted metal guards seems to last the longest.
I think anything is better than nothing aside for those foam inserts but plastic has it's downfalls as well, I give plastic guards about 3 years before having to replace them due to Sun UV's causing breakdown and brittle cracking, not counting large branches breaking them.
Love your content! Great solutions! Only thing I would recommend here is when you mention your new channel, link it in the comments so I can easily get to your expanded content. Thanks for all you do!
Done 👊 thanks for the support!
Leaf blowers work really well to clean first, though they are messy down below.
VERY messy
I had leaf filter installed. Back of house seems fine but I wasn't crazy about the front. Couple issues that I never had before. I removed the ones in front. Looking to put something in front. I like what you recommended. Thanks.
Like the broom trick thanks!
You bet
Thanks for the options...I have the ones you put in last..the mesh does come loose after a while. As for warranty issues on shingles, I can't imagine something as less intrusive as those guards having an affect on warranty. Let's just say if you have defective shingles under warranty, you have the rest of the roof to complain about rather than just the first row! LOL
Great video!
@everydayhomerepairs Scott, I live in Michigan and I would love to know how those guards held up during your winter. Specifically the issue with ice damming. Can you do a follow up in March of 2023 on how well they stood up to winter conditions? Thanks!
Thank you sir!
Thanks for the good advice. I also subscribed.
I bought the white vinyl guards with mesh for my garage. It took me about an hour to clean the gutters and install the guards. The total cost was about $32.00. Now for the rest of the story:
We called a gutter leaf g guard company that advertised on TV a couple weeks back to install leaf guards on our house and garage. Their estimate was $11,000 for the cleaning and guards with the garage costing $3,000.
When they called to ask if we were ready to install the guards I couldn’t stop laughing cause next spring I will install the guards myself by renting a cherry picker since the house is two stories tall. Total cost to me will be less then $600. This leaf guard is a game changer.
I've had similar experiences with trades work. Like $10,000 quote for a pergola which ended up costing &3,000. How is this any better than criminal theft?
I agree (Ha, Ha, Ha on the price from Professional Installers.) I think that if you already do a little "around the house" maintenance, the DIY approach should be pretty much a piece of cake. Especially with the tutorial from this Great Video!!
@@trackdustyIt is theft. It’s also theft when corporations raise prices just to gouge people. We need new laws that throw executives in prison when they raise prices like the monopolized oil companies do.
@@trackdusty ,
I needed some minor repairs to some gutters as well as some repairs to some fascia boards. Called a company that specializes in gutters and they wanted $2k. Yeah no. My handyman (who charges $75 an hour) knocked it out for $400 including materials.
I'm getting brand new gutters installed on my house for the first time next week and the quote was right at $1,200. They added an additional $800 if I wanted to get gutter guards installed along with them. Seeing that that would be too much, I decided to do it myself wants the gutters are installed and will most likely go with the plastic guards that have the mesh screen on them. My mom used those without any problem for many years. I do plan on overlapping Mine by about an inch though.
I put some up. They are good for light rain, but heavy rain the rain goes right over the gutter guard , never makes it into gutter.
In Florida, the starter shingle edge is required to be embedded in mastic to prevent lifting during high winds. I personally would not want to weaken the edge by inserting the guard. I'm looking for other options. Nice presentation!
I just moved to Florida. Thanks for the info. Have you found any products that won't compromise the first row of shingles?
@@Keifsanderson Sorry, no. I've been preoccupied with other activities. I suppose one could lift the shingles, then apply roofing mastic over the guard to reseal. It might take heat to loosen the shingle edge.
@@justdon5378 Thanks for the reply.
I’ve found cleaning any sticks or pine needles is worth the trade off. The water flow is much better with no mesh. Which is the point of gutters to channel water. If any debris is covering the top it will just flow over the gutter. I’ve cleaned a few hundred homes with both. I can quickly take a soft or hard bristle brush and break off the sticks or pine needles into the gutter or off the top. And because there is no mesh using a hose with a gilmour gun is a breeze. But to each there own