In article , Tomatolord wrote:
yes they do work well and can control the heavy rains - mine do

mine came with the house and I have a very very very wooded lot - only 1
pine but lots of hardwoods.

how it works
The way these gutters work is that the water stays attached to the bullnose
on top, it travels around and then drops into the gutter. any debris does
not stay with the water it drops off over the side.

Sooooo
The gutter itself does not need to be cleaned but the bullnose DOES need to
be cleaned.

What happens over time is that dirt collects on the bullnose - so that a
line of dirt is created along the gutter...then when it rains the water hits
the dirt and instead of dropping into the gutter it starts to drip off.

So you do need to either run your hand across the gutter to get rid of the
dirt OR hit with a hose or powerwasher

Mine I have to do once a year, not a big deal to me


Now if you have a lot of valleys in the roof where two perpendicular
roof lines meet then you may get more leaf collection there and more
water in downpours than the gutter guard can stand. But you would have
the collection in the valley anyway. Yes there is some maintenance. I
have areas that don't get a lot of sunshine so I have to wash them to
get the mold, moss and mildew off also.

With no guards I always had to muck out the gutters by hand, where now
even if there is debris on top, I have a telescoping handle (up to 12
feet) and can get on at one place and comver a larger section of gutter.
I would say the maintenance for me is about 25% of what I used to have.
No valleys and more sun and it would be less.
tomatolord

"BB" wrote in message
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Posting for a friend(sorry this is off-topic):
I am planning on installing the gutter guards on the side of the house
that faces the woods. The leaves build up on that side of the house
every year. I am thinking about the ones that are sold in Home
depot(Model: #451-25)

Is the leaf-guard a permanent solution? Does any cleaning needs to be
done after they have been installed? I know theoratically the guards
should eliminate any leaf build up in the gutter, but does that actually
happen? Or do the leaves pile up on top of the guard needing to be
cleaned? And does the guard let the water flow into the gutters when in
the heavy rains(like we had during the last few days)?

Thanks,
BB






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