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skycriesmary

skycriesmary

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I had someone come out to give me a bid to put gutterguards on my current gutters. He quoted me $2 per foot for installation. He also recommended just putting new 6" gutters on instead of keeping the 5" version I have. He said that gutterguards don't work nearly as well on steep roofs, like the one I have. I'm not sure if I follow the logic in that, or if this guy is just BS'ing to get the new sale vs repair job. He said that moving from 5" gutters to 6" gutters and having larger downspouts would be more effective. 

Including the garage, there is about 245 feet to be replaced or repaired. Total cost to repair including labor and parts is about $1,000. Total cost to replace w/o gutter guards is $1964.

Anyone here with experience in the field who can comment on gutterguards efficacy vs the replacement option.

 
skycriesmary said:
I had someone come out to give me a bid to put gutterguards on my current gutters. He quoted me $2 per foot for installation. He also recommended just putting new 6" gutters on instead of keeping the 5" version I have. He said that gutterguards don't work nearly as well on steep roofs, like the one I have. I'm not sure if I follow the logic in that, or if this guy is just BS'ing to get the new sale vs repair job. He said that moving from 5" gutters to 6" gutters and having larger downspouts would be more effective. 

Including the garage, there is about 245 feet to be replaced or repaired. Total cost to repair including labor and parts is about $1,000. Total cost to replace w/o gutter guards is $1964.

Anyone here with experience in the field who can comment on gutterguards efficacy vs the replacement option.
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not sure which is better but call these guys before you buy any gutter guards https://www.leafguard.com/

 
That sounds way too expensive to me.  As a first line of defense, I'd say it's best to protect the downspouts, which can be done with these.  Even if leaves get in the gutters, they won't clog the downspout.  As to the gutters, I used simple plastic gutter guards for many years ...buy them in rolls, and then use wire cutters to trim the length as needed. 

We don't have many tall trees around our house anymore, so the higher second level isn't an issue.  I don't have gutter guards on the garage (not sure when I removed the guards), but late in the fall, I'll get out a ladder and just clear out whatever has accumulated using a handy gutter cleaning scoop. 

 
 
I recently had new gutters installed, we went from 4" to 6" gutters. The company that installed them said that we should not need to have gutter guards installed, because of the increased size. Now most of my gutters are not under trees, so that could be a factor. I have one portion, however, that is directly under a flowering tree that drops a lot a leaves also. I asked about getting gutters, and they suggested a foam insert (like this) instead of guards. But again this could men

I haven't gone thru a fall with them yet; I am going to wait to see how they do.

HTH.

 
Thanks for the replies so far. Yeah, there is only one side of the duplex that has trees next to it, so I may only put guards on that side, if at all. As far as replacement, still not sure if there's any real benefit to the larger gutters.

 
tri-man 47 said:
That sounds way too expensive to me.  As a first line of defense, I'd say it's best to protect the downspouts, which can be done with these.  Even if leaves get in the gutters, they won't clog the downspout.  As to the gutters, I used simple plastic gutter guards for many years ...buy them in rolls, and then use wire cutters to trim the length as needed. 

We don't have many tall trees around our house anymore, so the higher second level isn't an issue.  I don't have gutter guards on the garage (not sure when I removed the guards), but late in the fall, I'll get out a ladder and just clear out whatever has accumulated using a handy gutter cleaning scoop. 
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The link to downspout protectors did not work, but I'll research, thanks.

 
[scooter] said:
http://admtnt.co/wp-content/uploads/downspout-guard-gutter-downspout-guard-the-drain-guard-on-downspouts-for-gutters-pro.jpg

Also, I vote for installing your own cover. It's not a perfect solution (I have to clean out mine every 2 years) but it beats spending $2K.
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Ahh, that's pretty cool. Thanks for sharing. Yeah, not to keen on 2k for new gutters, but there are some repairs needed to those that are there currently. I just bought this duplex in May. Added a new roof, now getting to the smaller items...

 
Mr. Ected said:
I recently had new gutters installed, we went from 4" to 6" gutters. The company that installed them said that we should not need to have gutter guards installed, because of the increased size. Now most of my gutters are not under trees, so that could be a factor. I have one portion, however, that is directly under a flowering tree that drops a lot a leaves also. I asked about getting gutters, and they suggested a foam insert (like this) instead of guards. But again this could men

I haven't gone thru a fall with them yet; I am going to wait to see how they do.

HTH.
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I tried the foam insert and results were 'meh'.  It staved off how long it took to get the gutter clogged, but ultimately the leaves piled up on the foam like they were suicidal ants and the water still went over the top.  I had one side of the roof with the foam and the other without and ultimately took out the smelly foam. 

We also went through getting wide gutters and yet, here I am, climbing the roof every month and clearing them with a leaf blower and my hand gets out the heavy slog.  

Also hard pass on these.  Quick try and fail on this solution. 

I think the right answer depends on what kind of leaves you have.  We have a large locust tree over part of our house and those small leaves get everywhere.  Other big leaves might be well suited to some of these options.  I'd look at reviews closely before I'd go with the gutter guards. 

 
I have leaffilter.  I needed something permanent.  I can not reach the gutters 40'.  They have worked well.

Previous house I used looj gutter cleaner.   Made my the Roomba company. It will work better with 6" gutters.

 
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skycriesmary said:
I had someone come out to give me a bid to put gutterguards on my current gutters. He quoted me $2 per foot for installation. He also recommended just putting new 6" gutters on instead of keeping the 5" version I have. He said that gutterguards don't work nearly as well on steep roofs, like the one I have. I'm not sure if I follow the logic in that, or if this guy is just BS'ing to get the new sale vs repair job. He said that moving from 5" gutters to 6" gutters and having larger downspouts would be more effective. 

Including the garage, there is about 245 feet to be replaced or repaired. Total cost to repair including labor and parts is about $1,000. Total cost to replace w/o gutter guards is $1964.

Anyone here with experience in the field who can comment on gutterguards efficacy vs the replacement option.
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The water runoff on a steep roof is so fast that if you have a gutter guard it could just spill over the edge instead of making it into the gutter and diverted away from your foundation like it's supposed to.

 
shuke said:
Worked for me at my previous house.  The key is you still have to occasionally clean the gutters.
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For me, it was no better or worse than not having this filter thing in place.  Still got clogs and overflow.  As special bonus, the filter thing was PITA to clean! 

 
When leafguard comes to your house they will tell you it costs $10K for their system....waste of time.  I had a little under 500 linear feet and that was their "best".

 
The Commish said:
When leafguard comes to your house they will tell you it costs $10K for their system....waste of time.  I had a little under 500 linear feet and that was their "best".
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?Yeah, they can go fly a kite for that kind of coin. I'm going to have a couple of general contractors come out and give me there recommendations regarding repair or replacement.   

 
skycriesmary said:
?Yeah, they can go fly a kite for that kind of coin. I'm going to have a couple of general contractors come out and give me there recommendations regarding repair or replacement.   
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I'm in Florida and had no gutters at all on my house when I moved in for whatever reason (lots of houses here don't have them).  I was in Home Depot one day and took a flyer on getting a quote and ended up going with them.  It wasn't all that expensive.  In my previous house, I used this product and put it up myself.  Really easy and cost me less than $200.  It is made of PVC and snapped on the front of the gutter.  We had what seemed like a thousand oak trees in that yard and HAD to clean the gutters at least three times a year prior to installing the gutter guards.

 
I got K-Guard about a year ago for the front of the house. Pretty expensive ($1600 for about 50 linear feet). But they seem to work well, and I don't care clean gutters regularly.  I have some big trees close to the house. Basement leaked some before, but doesn't anymore, other than the time we got over 7" of rain in under 2 hours. Did some underground down spout clearing that helped too. 

Not sure if it was the best route, but a guy I trust highly recommended them and the salesman was good.

 
Mr. Ected said:
I recently had new gutters installed, we went from 4" to 6" gutters. The company that installed them said that we should not need to have gutter guards installed, because of the increased size. Now most of my gutters are not under trees, so that could be a factor. I have one portion, however, that is directly under a flowering tree that drops a lot a leaves also. I asked about getting gutters, and they suggested a foam insert (like this) instead of guards. But again this could men

I haven't gone thru a fall with them yet; I am going to wait to see how they do.

HTH.
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How'd it work?

 
We have many oak trees all around my house and they drop a lot of leaves throughout the year.  I just go up on the roof with a leaf blower and blow out the gutters about twice a year.  It takes about and hour to do the entire perimeter of the house (single story, ranch style house with gutters around the entire perimeter).  It is relatively easy and lets me inspect the gutters as I am doing it so it's not too bad of a job.  

 
Found this thread, so reactivating to see how folks made out with their various choices and to share a new one to see if anyone has had any experience with it:

Gutter Cap

Design is supposed to prevent need for any further gutter cleaning, along with addressing potential issue of runoff from a roof with a high pitch. Only downside I can see is price, but welcome any insights if folks have had this product installed to see if it is worth the investment. With high, steep roof on my property, self-cleaning simply not an option.

@skycriesmary

@Mr. Ected

 
I used this stuff from Home Depot. Not hard to install and works pretty well. My one knock on this and pretty much any like-kind product is all you are doing is elevating the mess you typically clean out of the bottom of the gutters to the top of this product. It has cut down on the number of times I've had to clean gutters (typically 3-4 times a year) to 1-2 but I still have to get up there to get the debris off of the gutter topper. To make it even better, if you let it go all summer like I did, it forms a nice hard, crusty layer of debris on top of the guard that you have to remove the guard to get off of said guard.

Still glad I put it in but it's not 100% the dream of never having to clean my gutters again that I was hoping for.

 
First thing I thought of when I saw this? Not a helpful post, but something about Gary. Lol. Carry on, fellas. You’ve covered it. 
 

Gary. Lololololol. 

 
I had Leaf Filter installed 5 years ago and very happy with it. I can see them from the top floor windows and never clogged.

 
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