Gutter Guards/Leaf Filters

[hawkeyez]

Looking to purchase and install something before the leaves start falling. Here's my main criteria:

A) Doesn't cost an arm and a leg
B) Easy to install (DIY)
C) Works effectively/doesn't clog up easily

Any recommendations or brands/styles to avoid?

 

[Hendy hawk]

Menards mesh is on sale starting today.
I have had a set on my gutters for 8 yrs now. Works great for me.

 

[theiacowtipper]

Looking to purchase and install something before the leaves start falling. Here's my main criteria:

A) Doesn't cost an arm and a leg
B) Easy to install (DIY)
C) Works effectively/doesn't clog up easily

Any recommendations or brands/styles to avoid?

I put a set on my devious gutters and they didn’t work at all. I installed new gutters and had guards put on and they work really well.

 

[QChawks]

I haven’t had much lucky either. Even if they stop the leaves usually the damn helicopters get stuck or sticks.

 

[3 and Out on D]

I had a mesh put on mine when I got new gutters 17 years ago. The only problem is one year the oak fuzzies needed to be brushed off with a broom.

 

[hawkeyez]

I haven’t had much lucky either. Even if they stop the leaves usually the damn helicopters get stuck or sticks.

I'm most worried about the damn helicopters. I assume most products on the market will work fine at keeping leaves out.

 

[General Tso]

We installed LeafGuard gutters 2 years ago. Great so far.

 

[lucas80]

I have whatever the gutter guy put on a few years ago.
I do love the commercials on TV where the wife exclaims to her husband just how dangerous it is for him to climb a ladder!!
Apparently she has seen the safety presentations about never going above the 4th rung.

 

[pezhawk]

We had LeafGuard on our Gutters and the worked great for about 7-8 years until about a month ago when large tree branches landed on them and janked the crap out of them and the gutters they are attached to.

 

[Doodads and Hoohah]

How much do these things cost?

 

[FormerlyCyberCy]

How much do these things cost?

You can do it yourself w the metal screens from HD for a couple hundred bucks. I had them add the aluminum/plastic gutter covers w holes when I reroofed this year for $800. All new LeafGuard gutters and downspouts were $3000 in 2010 for a 3000 sq foot two story.. Got to be more now.