How to Prevent Clogged Gutters
If you have a home with gutters, you probably find yourself a couple of times a year climbing ladders and unclogging them. If there are trees in close proximity to the home, you may be unclogging gutters even more frequently.
I recently saw a simple, but very effective, product that can eliminate this tedious and sometimes dangerous homeowner chore. The product is called “Gutter Cap” and is manufactured and installed by a company with the same name: See Gutter Cap.
Gutter Cap is an aluminum cover that is actually installed on top of your home’s gutter and attaches to a hidden bracket assembly located under the bottom tier of your shingles.
Gutter Cap works under two basic principles: Water tension and capillary action. As water runs down the roof of your home and slides over the dome shaped aluminum Gutter Cap, the water adheres to the surface of the cap and roles into the gutter below. The leaf and pine needle debris however, do not adhere to the surface of the Gutter Cap dome and instead simply slide off and over the Gutter Cap and gutter to the ground below.
Gutter Cap can also be installed with heated wires to eliminate Ice Damns during the winter.
Gutter Cap installation requires a professional, as the Gutter Cap is formed on site to the specifics of your particular home and gutter situation.
Gutter Cap is reasonably priced and well worth the investment, if you value your time and do not like to regularly climb ladders.
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In regards to your article about preventing clogged gutters. I personally installed Gutterglove Gutterguard on my gutters at home. It is a gutter guard made of a fine mesh. I have had no problems with clogging or overflow so far, and now I never have to clean my gutters again. If you want to check it out you can find them at http://www.gutterglove.com. It was well worth the investment!
Did you know I saw virtually the same quotes from Heather on lots of other blogs? Strangely, all done the same week. All stating gutterglove is great.
What real homeowner finds every single blog about gutter guards and posts? A real homeowner might post of their experience once, but not One blogger had a field day with this calling it shameless marketing for a product, not real homeowners sharing real experiences. Wonder if the FTC knows what they’re doing.
Micromesh gutter guards are setting the bar for gutter protection. But this is patented technology, folks. And I think that Americans prefer to back the guy that created it all rather than going with a copy cat. Remember this name: Higginbotham. It was his technology that took the top DIY and Dealer installed spots in that Consumer Repxrts magazine test. And he’s got a newer product where the only detractors are the guys that are using his technology without his permission.
Shameless plug to give kudos to the true inventor: http://mastershield.com
PS I admit to finding and responding to 2 “Heather” comments in one day.