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Old 18-05-2006, 11:40 AM posted to aus.gardens
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Default Gutter guard?


"Shaw" wrote in message
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My new house is building and the scaffolding is up for the roof tilers at
the moment. There are 2 large peppermint trees that overhangs the top

roof
of the house by about .5m - 1m.

I was thinking now would be a good idea to put some sort of gutter guards

in
those areas of the roof. I am hoping to do it myself since the scaffold

is
there.

I am looking for reommendation of the BEST product;
- That will last forever (as the roof will not be easy to get to once

the
scaffold is gone)
- That is readily available in Perth (Bunnings?)
- That is easy to install
- No bushfire risk here - inner suburban


Here in NZ I investigated gutter guard for my house (tin roof) but didn't
like it. I got hold of a bottle brush type product you slip in to the gutter
that lets the rain flow through but traps things like leaves and allows them
to blow away in the wind. If I need to be on the roof doing any maintenance
to the gutters the lengths of bottle brush are easy to remove and reinsert.
They are not perfect and you may want the same colour as your roof to blend
in (a little bit sticks out the top of my gutter). I presume you can get
them in Aus. An alternative you may want to look at.

rob