Hi, for the money, you can get someone like I do to clean your gutters. I have a two story house and wouldn't dare to climb on toward the roof. I like the concept of the gutter guards but for about $2,500, it would take me 15 years to get to $2,500. the extra beauty about having someone cleaning the gutters for me is that while they're up there, I get an inspection of the roof and an inspection of the faciers and softest and other things up there. Just a thought.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Gutter guard was Robotic vacuums I actually saw one of these at Home Depot and the only concern I had is if you have a great deal of snow, if this would pose any issues. I also found something called Gutterbrush http://www.gutterbrush.com which looks like a great big bottle brush. It seems to not allow any small stuff in, but the water. I haven't totally decided if this is a real option or not, but they will send you a sample. I got the sample and it seems it would work, but the only way to know is to do an entire gutter and see how it wokrs. Now the brush is kind of expensive and I can't recall how much since it's been a couple of years since I check into it. Thanks for the info. Oh, I neglected to mention the one I saw at Home Depot you trimmed some off if necessary, but a bit of it slipped up under the bottom row of shingles and then sort of clipped to the edge of the gutter. On May 14, 2008, at 5:58 AM, Bob Kennedy wrote: > Gutter Guard is the best solution I know. Short of the wife... There > are several different versions going by different names. The best > I've found snaps inside the gutter and it looks like the water will > run across the top of the guard and right on off the roof. But it > actually lets the junk fall off and the water does end up in the > gutter. I saw a guy demonstrating them once and he had gutters on a > dog house for his demo house. He used a fountain pump and just > recirculated the water the pump sent the water out at the peak and > it ran down and across these gutter guards and once it got to the > rounded edge, it looped over and actually followed the reverse slope > until it dropped off and into the gutter. > > This brand is all vinyl and as you look at it you will see it sits > above the gutter. Don't confuse it with the other styles that have > screens that snap in the gutter, they don't work. The junk piles up > on the screen and forms a blockage outside the gutter. > > These are available at Lowes and Home Depot I know so should be > available at any home center... I forget the price right now I'll > try to check next time I'm at Lowes with a clear mind so it might be > a while. I'm at Lowes a lot the clear mind is a problem though... > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links
