Gutters play a crucial role in directing rainwater away from your home, preventing water damage to your roof, walls, and foundation. However, gutters can quickly become clogged with debris such as leaves, twigs, and dirt, hindering their functionality and leading to potential damage. That's where Gutter Guards and Gutter Screens come in.
What are Gutter Guards and Gutter Screens?
Gutter Guards and Gutter Screens are protective systems installed over your gutters to keep them free of debris while allowing water to flow through. They act as a barrier, preventing leaves, debris, and even pests from entering your gutters and causing blockages.
Benefits of Gutter Guards and Gutter Screens:
1. Easy Maintenance: By preventing debris from entering your gutters, Gutter Guards and Gutter Screens significantly reduce the need for regular gutter cleaning. This saves you time, effort, and the potential risks associated with climbing ladders to clean your gutters.
2. Prevents Clogs: Gutter Guards and Gutter Screens act as a protective barrier, preventing leaves, twigs, and other debris from entering your gutters and causing clogs. This ensures that rainwater can flow freely, reducing the risk of water damage to your home.
3. Extends Gutter Lifespan: With Gutter Guards and Gutter Screens in place, your gutters are protected from the accumulation of debris and the potential damage it can cause. This extends the lifespan of your gutters, reducing the need for frequent repairs or replacements.
4. Pest Prevention: Gutter Guards and Gutter Screens not only keep debris out of your gutters but also act as a barrier against pests such as birds, squirrels, and insects. This helps prevent nesting and infestation, protecting your home from potential damage.
5. Enhances Home Aesthetics: Gutter Guards and Gutter Screens are available in a variety of styles and colors to match your home's exterior. They provide a clean and finished look to your gutters, enhancing the overall aesthetics of your home.
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Keep in mind that some gutter guards will require new gutters to be installed since not all guards are compatible with existing hardware that attaches a gutter to the fascia board.
Champion Gutter Guards
The question we always get is do they work? The answer is YES - However no Gutter Guard is maintenance FREE like you may see advertised on tv and elsewhere. Guards/Screens do exactly what they are intended to do and that is to keep debris out of your gutter system most importantly when you have underground drains that can become clogged and lead to costly repairs. Depending on the foliage that surrounds your home depends on the type of gutter guard you should get if you decide to get.
OUR BEST SELLER
Champion Gutter Guards are a popular choice among our customers. The fine mesh on the guards help keep the maximum amount of debris out of gutters. Made from stainless steel mesh over strong, aluminum body. Champions gutter guard mesh is mechanically fastened to
Similar in look to Champion gutter guards however the mesh is not mechanically fastened to the substrate therefore we highly recommend Champion over this guard - we include this in our samples packages to show customers the difference between products. However it is still an effective gutter guard but not as superior as champions.
5″ or 6″ Aluminum Mesh
Aluminum Mesh Screens are used most often. They are cheaper but just as effective in keeping debris out of gutters. OUR MOST POPULAR SCREEN – Recommended!!
Easy gutter guards installed, with fine micro mesh screen.. ***SAMPLE: VERY FINE MICRO MESH SCREEN WITH SILVER BORDERS ON EACH SIDE***
This Doubled Protection (look closely, mesh on top of mesh) is useful in keeping pine needles out of your gutter but at the same times allowing a ton of rainfall in.
Aluminum Powder Coated Mesh Screen that prevents debris from entering gutter. Black net does not require screws for installation, tucks into nose of gutter and back rests on Gutter Hanger.
Sure Flowing Gutter Guards - Sure flowing gutter guards come in 10 ft sections and will be screwed into nose of gutter.***SAMPLE: BLACK OR MILL FINISH ALUMINUM WITH SMALL ROUND HOLES*** a pretty popular choice among customers.
This section of gutter guards isn't as popular as the above - but depending on your home may be suitable and do the job. Our estimators would go over with you what we would recommend and which gutter covers or gutter protection not to choose.
NJHMS Black Diamond Gutter Guards covered with a mesh screen pop inside gutter not underneath shingles, a new design that is a benefit to the roof a home and the patented two layer screening offers a better protection system to keep debris out of your gutter system.
Consists of built-in hood and louvers. As water flows off the roof, louvers slow down the flow of water at the first step than at the second step, the built-in hood lets water flow through invisible holes
Gutter Protection Panel that keeps debris and leaf matter from blocking gutter/downspouts. Aluminum Guard rests on nose of gutter and has an ultra low profile that is barely visible from ground. Comes in a variety of colors - this used to be one of our best sellers but because of the heavier rains we are experiencing we now recommend Champion Gutter Guards since they keep the debris out but allow more water into the gutter system.
Gutter Stuffing Foam Inserts fit completely inside gutter. Custom made from polyether outdoor durable foam. Seals out leaves but allows large volumes of water to flow through quickly.
Strainers are used to prevent clogged downspouts and drainpipes. They are installed in the outlets of the gutter system and once the leaves build up around the strainer - it's recommend you have your gutters cleaned. They do prevent as much debris entering into underground drainage so definitely something to consider when weighing your options.
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