Micromesh screen keeps gutters clean on Home Services

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Micromesh screen keeps gutters clean

posted by admin in Gutter Cleaning

Gutter cleaning is a hassle and a safety issue. I know of a person who died after falling from a ladder while cleaning gutters. Why risk injury when you can install a product that would eliminate the need to get up and clean gutters?

I have been testing many gutter guards. Some have done well, others not so well, and quite a few have failed miserably. The common problem is that small debris, such as tree blossoms, seedpods, pine needles, twigs and pieces of bark, chokes the guards. Even if the gutter covers don’t get clogged, debris often gets carried into the gutter, where it turns into layer after layer of organic muck.

There is no such thing as a guard that makes gutters maintenance-free. No matter what gutter guard you install, you will have to maintain it. For years I was a fan of an inexpensive plastic gutter guard that had small diamond holes in it. This design was not bad, but it did allow debris to enter the gutter. One other issue was it allowed maple-tree seedpods to get stuck in the holes. The seed would drop through the guard, but the wing stuck straight up in the air. It was a nightmare cleaning these out of the gutter guard.

Still, the holes did allow me to spray water into the gutter to get rid of the muck. However, this had to be done standing on the roof or on a ladder.

Then I tested the large plastic-mesh gutter guards. They required too much work: remove the gutter guard, flush the gutter and then reinstall. Once again, I was on the roof or a ladder doing this maintenance.

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