Help Me Shut Down The Gutter Guard Industry!
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The only way to 100% guarantee your gutters will always stay clean is to have them removed 😂
Truth
@@AllAboutPressureWashing why do people even need gutters by the way
@@redman9301 wondering the same
@@redman9301 without gutters water will wreck your foundation very quick
@@GrullaMustang16 erodes the ground around your foundation weakling the outside support from the dirt. That's what I see front my folks home. We keep replacing the dirt every so often.
This man has started a blood feud with the entire gutter guard cleaning industry.
not gutter guard cleaning; just gutter guard.
LoL it's stupid because all the ones he's showing are not properly installed or are the old original styles that I'm pretty sure they don't make anymore! The ones I installed myself are working great! Debris just flows right off of them, the gotta be installed at the slant of the roof and screwed to the top outer edge of the gutter! This guy's just another fly by night gutter cleaner who hates his job because another fly by night gutter installers can't do their jobs right! This is what you get when you don't get trained by someone with experience and know how and just start doing it without any idea of what you're doing!
And those who got them installed. Kinda rude calling people suckers.
well gutter guards work at my house lol nothing has stayed on top and have not had to clean gutters since we put them up... no issues and we check them regularly just to make sure...
@@KAG1776 it's okay really, dude's just exposing himself and other contractors as piss poor in knowledge fly by night installers/laborers. Get your work done by someone willing to tell you the proper install procedure and if they know it right then you know they know what they are doing and will install it correctly.
The worst ones I've felt with were those crappy foam inserts. They build up debris and algae and turn to straight mud in the gutters. Client flipped out when I showed him their condition. He spend a coue of hundred putting in the about 500 for me to pull them out 3 years later. Total freaking scam. And don't get me started with the gutters with a drip cap. Impossible to clean without bringing a power washer up to blast through a half in gap to get the soil accumulating in the gutters with no way to access. Absolute rip-off product.
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I just cleaned gutters on two unit duplex about 200ft total of gutters and they had the foam installed. When I noticed them they had so much debris on top of them and when I lifted them up underneath was thick mud! So I ask the owner if they wanted them still in there I recommend taking them out and they said to remove them. They were 36" sections but got the job done. They don't work!
@@user-et3sv7gn8f those the ngs are garbage. Eventually they fill with debris and turn to a solid lump of soil. I've seen tree saplings growing from them. Worst thing in the world to put up because they eventually pull the gutters away from the facia and can even cause rot. You were smart to pull them out.
@@diamondback2085 Definitely that's what I found out when I started pulling the foam inserts out. Does more harm then good!
My mom had the foam inserts. I cleaned her gutters one day and they all looked like a Chia Pet. Stuff was sprouting out of them everywhere. And since the roots were embedded in the foam, it all had to come out.
This made me check the gutter guards on my house that haven’t been checked in at least 3 years. They were clean! Debris slides right off.
Mud builds up under the guards, they do have to be cleaned every so often
Which gutter guards you have?
Lol
Depends on what trees you have around the property too. Larger leaves blow off easily.
@@barryreed2038mine stay clean, never had to clean once in 2 years, suckers
“Gutter guards are a scam.”
Says the guy with a gutter cleaning company.
No it’s true. They don’t work for shit
But they are a scam
The gutter guards are the scam. He cleans the debris from gutters and debris on the gutter guards. He's exposing the scam that gutter guards prevent all debris.
Gutter guards not the gutters without the guards. He’s saying it’s a scam and a lot of work mainly so people shouldn’t get them fr
just like bmw mechanics. They need fixed too
I just brush mine off once in a while. No problems in 4-5 years. I have the steel mesh kind.
And when you have a moderate to heavy rain, most of the water is running over the mesh and onto the ground instead of into the gutters.
@@ericfleet9602 That doesn't appear to be the case.
@@ericfleet9602 I haven't had that experience.
How exactly does the water NOT fall through the mesh..? Thats like the whole thing about it, water and air can pass through. Genuinely just confused, never heard of this
@@cherriberri8373 it does depend on the design of the gutter guard and how much rain is coming down but yeah I agree with you.
The salesman said gutter garden, the customers weren't listening.
He said GUTTER GUARD every time, seems YOU were the only one NOT LISTENING! LMAO
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I hate installing gutter guard, been doing it for two years. I've had customers complain about them, even though I mentioned they don't work.
Damn
So stop doing this? I hate even thinking about killing people but i was offered round sum to kill someone... I rejected and now i have to do jobs that are less moraly questionable... But at least i sleep well ☺️
Your reply makes no sense, but ok.
I feel like killing for hire shouldn't be compared to installing Gutter Guard for a homeowner, but that's just me.
@@boobrowsky wow, what a false equivalence fallacy my dude, learn to make correct argument then we will maybe listen to you
I put on the ones from Lowes. They work fine. They keep the leaves out and the leaves blow off your roof.
Guards massively deplet his business. If you notice 99% of the people on youtube including him bashing guards are gutter cleaners, not regular people
I had gutter guards installed two years ago and now theres an inch thickly packed layer of fine debris inside my gutters. I now will have to either remove them or pull them off to clean all that out. You wait.
I've had good quality ones, I installed, going on 8 years now. I have three very large deciduous trees, and no conifers by my house. I go up every year to check on them and very little debris settle on them. Quick leaf blower action and that's it. Zero complaints and none from multiple customers either. No all guards are created equal, and you do not need the super expensive ones either. No foam, no brushes, no criss crossed ones, no garbage ones. Aluminum ones with small holes or micro mesh, that's it.
same here.
It's what my neighbor has and she swears by them. We are getting them.
The really good ones are the ones that kinda hang just shy of the edge of the gutter and the wayer runs over but everything else just kinda blows away if they are installed correctly
Lol I just sold and installed my first gutter guards today. Not sure how I feel but my customer is happy and I got paid. I even told my helper that she would still need to have her gutter guards cleaned. At least she won't get another clog.
I tell my clients if you want gutter guards get the high end ones. If you don't want to spend 5 digits for gutter guards then remove them and keep up maintenance twice a year.
Those like gutter helmet are the worst!
@@trump45and2zig-zags gutter helmet would be trash where I live surrounded by conifers, but does it not work properly to receive water and keep leaves out?
@@priestesslucy3299 best bet for those trees is smthn like leaf relief.
5 digits? Bruh that is over $10k, are you putting gutter guards on Buckingham Palace?
🤨.... I can get high quality stainless steel micro mesh with 25 year warranty for $1.50ft, like WTF are you on about 5 digits?! you counting decimal points?
The gutter cleaning industry posts an ad about the ineffectiveness of gutter guards. Makes sense😅
We don't clean gutters 🤦🏻
L take
@@AllAboutPressureWashing you literally said you offer gutter guard cleaning as well as alongside gutter cleaning… so yes, you said in the video that you clean gutters.
@@AllAboutPressureWashing you literally have a video saying you made 12k cleaning gutters. Do you always lie like this? No thanks, I’ll pass
@@gsp4prezI think what he might have meant was that it wasn't the main thing he does
I have gutter guards, and they work just fine. Unless you have stones or branches on your home, the wind and breeze will remove leaves before long. At least that's my experience. I can understand a gutter cleaning company telling people gutter guards don't work, for the sake of business.
Yeah, this. Dudebro seems a little TOO angry for this to not be personal.
It makes me sad that these misinformation videos gets so much interaction (not just this gutter guard video). Going to have a full generation of people who not only know nothing but think the wrong thing is right because it's so much louder and catchy.
Yeah right off the bat you can tell this dude has a personal vendetta against gutter guards, and he's not even right. They definitely do work, just not every type.
Guy made videos before where he talks shit about his customers and about his employees. He's an asshole.
Comment paid by gutter guard? Who knows
Broski really hates gutter guards tf😂😂
Not really
Because they’re total scams and don’t work at all? Yea I’d hate them too
But he profiting double if people had gutter guards
@@Dysphoros because it takes twice as long
i have gutter guards and they work just fine, never had a problem with them
I own a gutter company and this is not entirely true, it depends on which gutter guard you go with, if you go with Leaf Blaster Pro that one is installed at an angle meaning it keeps the same slope as the roof so it is a little more self-cleaning, then what I recommend my customers do when they get that card, is to get an attachment for your garden hose from Amazon which is essentially an extendable pole that has a nozzle at the top shooting water downwards on a blade pattern, the idea is that you walk around the gutters holding these pull up shoots water down onto the gutter guards cleaning them it takes literally 10 minutes
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I have been a subcontractor for installing Gutter and gutter guards for 20 plus years. 98% of them do not work you are correct. however there is two of them that I know keeps out all of the debris. but not 100% maintenance-free. they are waterfall systems when there are a lot of trees around the nose will collect pollen and tree sap and cause them not to work which they simply just need washed off with the hose or pressure washer but that is in the contract when we sell them to the customer usually they're high in customers and always have their house pressure washed anyway. I have jobs that are 15 years plus old with no problems
That's because you Maintenance what you sell..that's my point..this video is one sided..I too install quality guards and I tell ppl up front and even make them sign Terms and Conditions page saying that the guards need Maintenance and failure to do so is not on me if they don't work properly..but they will provide year-round protection if properly maintained just like EVERY component of your home..glad to hear you have customers from 15 years ago still running strong..keep it up!!
Correct - make them sign terms and conditions saying they still need maintenance because they don't do what is promised by the manufacturers. Thank you for this information, it is greatly appreciated.
@@AllAboutPressureWashing ...no the manufacturer tells you right in their brochure that they need periodic Maintenance( just like your car/ truck/ equipment/ HVAC unit/ house / roof /siding) you get the point..just bc something needs Maintenance doesnt mean it doesnt work...they do exactly what their designed to do..keep your gutters from getting clogged
Wow like I said the manufacturer states that they will keep your gutters clean from debris and draining correctly. Like I stated there is very minimal maintenance keeping the nose of the gutter guard clean so the water will go around it in down into the gutters. Which the manufacturer States and their contracts. Also relay the information to the customer so we do not get call backs. There's many Shady contractors out there that give them a bad name. But like I said there's only really two that I know of that really work. So with that being said that they do do what they claim to do
@@josephmollohan8907 like I said
The mesh ones I put on my house have worked just fine for over a year, but I think it really depends on the type of trees you have over your house. I'd prefer to have none at all and just clean my gutters once a season, but I have too many trees and they get filled constantly.
Same and it's driving me fkn insane. I am not one to whine about getting my hands dirty and doing my own work around my property but HOLY SHIT I'm getting tired of having to the spend entire evenings on my roof multiple times each year.
Exactly. Depends on the plants around you. Mine work great too. Clean once from ground once a year.
Yup, the mesh screen is perfect for windmills which is 90% of the crud that used to get into ours
@@michaelhaydenbellgot a leaf blower? I go up every 2 months or if a storm is coming and just blow the roof down and blow out the gutters. Takes 10 mins if you stay on top of it. I am surrounded by 3- 4 story high trees
Cleaning the leaves sitting on top of gutter guards sounds a lot easier than pulling them out of the downspouts
What he’s pulling out is the composted leaves that fall through the gutter guards and then clog the downspouts
Hes talking about people who treat the guards as "set it and forget it" and never do the proper maintenance regularly. To be fair tho most people who buy them are told explicitly that they dont have to maintain them. My house had them growing up. We would climb up and clean them out twice a year and it never took more than a half hour.
some what true i would put a strain on the down spout without gutter gaurds
It takes a scammer to know a scammer. No honour amongst thieves.
Stupid
wtf are you even getting at..?
If all that crap sits on top of your gutters how does gutter guard cleaning cost twice as much and take twice as long? Lol it's easier to clean them off than clean them out.
Gutter guards installed correctly help a great deal. Stop the nonsensical campaign against them
Gutterguards work much better if you clear the debris from time to time. It's when you leave the leaves and twigs there to breakdown and create blockages UNDER the guards that it becomes a problem. But Clearing your roof every few months with gutterguards is much easier than without.
Exactly. Only one company actually advertises maintenance free. Leaf Filter. Gutter Guards work just fine if installed properly. They require occasional cleaning off the top. It's one company scamming. Not gutter guards in general.
Now as a gutter guard installer I can tell you that there are products that work out there. Also, how do we know in this video that that gutter even had any gutter guard on it? It also looks like the tiny 2×3 downspouts that clogged way too easily
Visual excitement
But really how do we even know that the gutters in this video had gutter guards on them?
They shouldn't even make 2×3 anymore they clog so easy
Mine have gutter guards - I need extensive cleaning on one downspout because rain no longer goes down - it just overflows the top of the gutter on the corner of the house
@@AllAboutPressureWashing bad faith advertisment from your side dude..
A but hypocrtical don't you think..
I use a roll of 1/8" SS mesh and tuck it under the lowest row of shingles. It overhangs the eavestrough about an inch or so. A 1/2" SS screw every couple feet holds it there. It can easily raised to hose down any tiny stuff.
Even if they "did work" The air is filled with dust and pollen. And rain water itself has particulates. And the gutter will accumulate mud inside.
my house is 20 years old and i’m on the second floor with a clear view of our gutters and they have a nice well fitting gutter guard and there isn’t a lick of debris. somehow not even pollen which is amazing
Depends on the guard. If its just a mesh like in the video. They're often pretty crappy.
But ive seen solid gutter "roofs" the let the wather run down while everything else runs off.
Are your gutters perhaps some variation of the latter?
Depends on your house, and what's around it, too. If you have trees with limbs hanging over the house, it doesn't matter what you do, guard, no guard, your gutters are gonna be absolutely full of junk. But if there are no trees within 100ft of your house, then yeah, there's going to be almost nothing in those gutters except for a little algae or moss.
I used to just stick basic screens on the gutters in the fall, then go up and pop em off after all the leaves were down. Worked pretty well, but again, not anything close to maintenance-free.
I'm curious how much time that really saved. Couldn't you have climbed up there and blasted the gutters out with a hose/pressure washer in the same amount of time you spent installing and removing screens?
Plot twist: they actually do work, but this guy needs to make you think they don’t so he still has a job
To sell his other garbage on Amazon too, lol
No they don't not here in the pnw
They're mediocre. They still require maintenance, just not as much, but if you let things get out of control it can be worse than not having the guards at all.
You have no clue pal. They all let debris in, some way more than others. There is one type I’ve seen that has performed the best. It’s very pricy , made of stainless, and has an extremely fine mesh on top of a larger opening screen. Only fine particles can get in and most of the water runs over the edge of the gutter.
True, ha
Calling potential customers suckers is not a good business model.
Thanks for the input
Mine work perfectly. Haven't had to clean my gutters in 12 years. I got a lifetime warranty and a money back guarantee. 🙂
Nice job grab. I've had gutter guard now for 8 years, no problems, no overflow. Are you calling the people you're trying to sell to the Suckers, lol...
I use them. Work great in my situation. Never overflow now and only need to use a hose to clean them out once a year or every other. All depends on design. I just remove one end and stick hose in and comes completely clean.
Noooo you need to completely trust random TH-camrs that only show the worst examples
Ive said it before, the problem isnt the idea of gutter guards, its the crappy people behind it. If youre gunna install something like that it has to be entirely lined up perfectly with the roof, meaning they have to be custom made to form fit to your gutters, and not leave even a millimeter of gap, and they also would have to match the angle of your roof so its completely seamless. And also the holes would definitely need to be smaller and perfectly flattened, so as to not let much, if any at all, catch. With all of these things perfectly made and in place, it would almost certainly ever have any sort of issues, if at all. Everything would flow over them and go over the edge. But obviously, as you can probably guess, these would be insanely expensive and very few people would buy them, and so these companies make a really shitty version that simply cannot work as intended, because they dont put a singular ounce of care i to their construction.
Idk I've had them for a bit and it's way nicer to scrape a top surface then put your hands in the gutter and clean that shit. Nothing is gonna stop it, that's why we have gutters on our houses. The question is how easy do you want it to be lol
I agree tho ALOT of them are straight up scams and don't do shit, unless you get a high quality one with a service and warranty guarantee I wouldn't bother
I've done all kinds over the last two years and the other guy is right. High quality or dont bother.
They only work if you get the high quality ones with mesh on top of grids with an overflow lip and a wingbak. Stops both sides from getting debris and the rest of debris resting on top you just wait a couple summers and pay the small fee to blow it off the roof (or do it yourself), rake it up to your lawn and mow over it. Easy peasy
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Also forgot to mention ALL the high quality ones come with a transferable lifetime service and warranty. So a fee wouldn't be added in most cases if you wanted it blown off or cleaned.
BS: It is easier to sweep off the top of gutter guards than dig into the gutter itself and downspouts. You will see the problem sooner and it won't silently clog up your downspouts. I installed A&M Gutter Guards, cost me less than $200 to do my entire home's gutters. For those that call for the most popularly advertised product, you could spend $2000 or more for the same house.
Legends say that guy in the background is still emptying that gutter to this very day
Is it just me or does it look like the top of the gutter just off screen is open and he shoving more of that stuff in there to get the endless shot
@@finalcam1740 he smacks it to knock more of it down. The clip is only 5-6 seconds and its looped.
Hmmmm, never heard this joke before. You are very clever. I bet you could almost apply this same format to like...any situation and it would be equally hilarious no matter how many times you said it!
I know, I've been watching it for 3 hours and he still hasn't stopped!
I'm thinking of a frame that fits over the gutter, is attached to it on one side, and lines it with metal screening, which could be flipped up and over to just dump out all the gunk. That could be a workable solution.
They work fine fron my experience. It's called keeping the roof blown off.. 🤦🏼♂️
My gutter guards work just fine. We collect water in a catchment tank. Use filters and blue light for purification. The guards keep leaves out of the tank. Very happy with the performance of the guards so far.
Awesome
Its meant to sit on top of the guard, makes it easy for older homeowners to simply sweep or hose it off without a ladder or having to reach into gutters.
Now we need to disassemble the bank cartels.
Before I even found your Chanel I had told people the dark truth on gutter guards. I had a friend had to replace two stories of interior sheet rock, paint, insulation, studs, and a big section of flooring, all because off gutter guards.
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THAT is a stretch! BTW, Chanel is my girlfriend's favorite perfume.
@@Jeff82556 I'm not the OG poster but I'm aware of this issue. It happens because if not regularly maintained either the guards can build up larger debris on top of them or the gutter completely fills up with smaller debris. Depending on the build up pattern rain water can then become redirected to flow over the inside edge of the gutter & against the side of the house. This happens for years upon years, usually to the elderly who don't notice, & can end up developing into structural water damage.
Living in Arizona, I always see commercials for gutter guards…but no gutters
If you clean them often they are a good thing. Once a week I blow the stuff off with a leaf blower. Never had a problem in years
Once a week 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@AllAboutPressureWashing takes me less then 10 minutes and it saves me from having to do a big clean that takes time
@@nightshadekellythis dude is the scam sounds like. Trying to make a catchy video *ahem* commercial. If you’re not paying straight to him, he’s gonna have something to say. Whatever works, do you. Better 10min a week than paying him a cent. 😒
THANK YOU! Common sense tells me that unless the screen is about a micron opening, tiny bits of debris, from asphalt roofing granules to tiny seeds falling through the openings or, as this guy says, debri gets stuck on top. The best gutter guard is a solid cover, keeping EVERYTHING from getting into the gutters. Now that makes sense. 😅
I remember talking to my grandparents about this when i was 15. I thought it seemed like a scam.
Worked for me in the end since i would get 200 bucks about 4 times a year to clean them out.
I feel like an easy way to fix this is to just angle the gutter guards so if something falls on it its more likely to slide off but water will still be able to fall in the wholes.
Sometimes they don’t fit under the drip edge on the high end of a gutter, and you have to slope them backwards. This directs water back toward your facia board.
Gutter guards are a great example of taking advantage of ignorant people and it’s horrible
I agree, the service industry is full of scammers selling services you don't need, or equipment that doesn't work, and is extremely overpriced.
Home inspector here. Not selling cleaning or guards. All gutters need cleaning, whether it is tiny roof granules or debris that comes off the roof as super fine almost dirt stuff. In heavy leaf or evergreen areas with lots of shedding they back up the water and cause damage to the roof sheathing, and then make cleaning the gutters even harder.
I agree....They installed my gutter guards on angle making them same angle as roof which is incorrect(should be level) as rain water just runs over the guard and down front of gutter and drips down between gutter and facia. I took mine off as it STILL had shingle granules get into gutter then u have to remove guards to clean out granules.
haha! pine needle hell ;) been there, its a southern thing
And little oak trees growing everywhere lol
Fun fact: it also helps with freeze and thaw of a snow packed gutter. The snow sits on top and melts into the gutter instead of freezing inside blocking the downpipe...
It’s way easier to clean off gutter guard than gutter alone. Only a scam artist would call his customers “suckers”.
Cope
This is the tik tok age though. Needs to be derisive to get them clicks.
He sounds like a garbage know it all human sucker fish
I agree but there is soil and gravel under the gutter guards so you only clean the leaves and stuff on top of it
@@blipblop92 it depends. There doesn't have to be gravel or soil in the gutters.
Gutter guards are like most things in life. If you go cheap, you're going to get cheap. Do not get the chicken wire guards, do not get the plastic wire guards, and definitely do not get the spongy plastic guards (by far the worst). Get the rollover guards, aluminum guards, or steel mesh guards. They will still need to be cleaned from time to time, but if installed correctly, they will not need to be removed to clean them. If you're having to remove them to clean them, then you or your company did not install them correctly. Most of the cleanings I do, I simply use a leaf blower to clean off the guards, but if the blower isn't handy, I can just sweep them off.
This house im in, which was my grandparents. Only has gutters on the back porch, which was an add on long ago. But it has guards on them and look NOTHING like the ones I see in these vids. It has a solid plate with holes for the rain along with the screen on top for added. And when we still had pine trees back then, it never clogged up. The only issue it has now is leaking here and there from age. Ive no idea who it was my gramps used for that but it was long before all this Leaf Guard and other stuff thats so bad apparently.
The gutter guard industry is pretty sleazy. I had 3 companies quite me, and 2 of them way over quoted me and put on hardcore sales tactics. One gave me a quote that was high but wasn't insane and ended up negotiating a fair price that was 1/4th of the other 2s initial #s. Some products are terrible, but some are really good, so do your research.
I will say they work well. You have to have them sloped enough so they don't clog. If you don't, you'll be worse off. I've had them for 3 years, and my gutters are totally clear still.
The downside is that in heavy rain, a little water does run over the sides.
Notice how all the guards pictured in this video are at least one of the following: huge holes, parallel to the ground, and/or BROKEN? Get stainless micromesh gutter guards and install them securely, properly, and in line with the roof pitch, so that they are an extension of the profile of the roof, not parallel to the ground. Anything that can slide or roll off of your roof pitch will then also slide or roll off of the guards. Mine work perfectly. And no, water does not also roll off the guards, even in a heavy downpour.
Anyone who says always and never all the time probably hasn't been around much. Gutter guards work great in some conditions and fail utterly in others. It depends on many factors like the kinds of trees (and the leaves or needles they produce) and how much they overhang, the steepness of the roof and the style of guard you get. Some do better with large leaves, small leaves or needles.
One thing that is true is that when these guards get so overwhelmed with crap that a homeowner calls someone, they are a major pain to clean - much harder than scooping it out of the open style. So charging more probably makes sense in most cases
I had a client one time ask me “how much more would it cost to remove the gutter guards?” while I performed a gutter clean out. I said that I won’t charge her to remove them.
I removed the gutters guards and then cleaned out the gutters. I then proceed to her door and told her I was done and asked what I should do with her gutter guards. She then freaked out saying that she wanted me to remove the gutter guards only to clean the gutters and then put them back on. Some of those guards don’t like being removed and they end getting trashed by trying to remove them.
Her husband then chewed her out about how she needs to stop trying to micromanage on how a job is performed and stopping telling contractors how to do their job.
I only did gutter clean out for one summer and I can tell you that the worst gutters I cleaned out were the ones with those stupid gutter guards on them.
I removed the gutters from my house. Best thing I ever did.
completely disagree, its 100x easier for customers to clean gutter with screens on them, maintenance is easier, and significantly less debris can build up because it can’t sit IN the gutter. Cleaning and maintenance go from 3 hours of digging out swamp mush into 20 minutes of sweeping.
No
Totally agree been doing lawn work for 27 years gutter guards I’ve been around for that long anymore. I’ve cleaned out gutter guards they were from the 40s. And they still don’t do the trick. Trust me doesn’t matter what model.
I installed Alu-rex gutter guards 10 years ago. The only maintenance I do is use my leaf blower every 2 years to blow off some spots where it accumulates a bit on top. The downspouts have never clogged. Way way less maintenance.
I been around a long time and I never have and would NEVER pay a gutter cleaning company. Got a good compressor, go get an air wand at harbor freight and DIY!
Well, pal, everything you just said exemplifies why you were never going to be a customer, you're too cheap, you're too poor and you buy shitty stuff at Harbor freight. Best of luck to you, and I don't want to supersize my meal.
@@AllAboutPressureWashing Racist Ick head!
Hey guys, professional gutter installer here. Gutter guard is not a fool proof scheme (pine needles in particular are problematic) but the big thing is it keeps debree out of your downspout, a good wind storm will blow the stuff off your guard but if your spouts are clogged then all you have is one big rain barrel
Paying someone to clean your gutters is a scam. The rain cleans my gutters.
I love retarded people like you.
@@AllAboutPressureWashing ah, did I hurt your feelings? Why not go and cry to your boyfriend.
Gutter guards will not prevent needles from trees from settling on top of the screen surface. Homeowners still need to blow off the surface routinely depending how close your house is to offending trees. The gutter guards do save time in that the needles do not settling inside the gutters making even more time consuming to blow/scoop out needles.
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Gutter guards do work! They are not a magic cure. They need regular maintenance. The main purpose is to create a buffer to give water time to infiltrate highly littered sections of gutter.
Higher quality perforated steel type guards will increase the maintenance interval required.
I gotta say. Telling potential customers that they are suckers probably isn't the best way to promote business
Gutter guards arent a scam, but they are circumstantial. Not all houses will benefit from them. And you never instal them horizontally, they should be slanted down so debris falls off the roof, and water still has access to the gutters
6 inch gutters with oversized down spouts works well!
All true as a roofing contractor this is a common problem for homeowners especially in cold weather climates which far worse problems will happen
Thx for the valuable information. I hope this reaches a VERY large audience!!!
Theyre not a scam. The guards keep the leaves from getting inside the gutters and clogging up your downspout. And with the leaves sitting on top of the guards it makes it easier for the homeowner to clean.
"Never get on a ladder again to clean 'out' your gutters"
Yea it's a scam that's why there's a class action lawsuit against them. Don't speak when you don't know what you're talking about.
I know how-to do away with both problems , KEEP trees far awaw from your house is all you have to do no guards and don't pay someone to clean them out worked for years, TREES next to your house causes alot of problems.
He's actually right. Never cleaning your gutters sounds good. But in reality asphalt roofing has sand particles. Those particles get through any guard. That's what will eventually cause a sand dam situation inside the gutter. You then have to remove the gauard to fix the problem.
LOL, Bollocks, I got mine 3 years ago through leaf filter. They're amazing. I've no issues with over flowing water anymore due to blocked down spots, It also keeps out the grit from my singles. Simply put it saves me having to clean my gutters manually twice a season. Highly recommend them!
You work for leaf filter.
Yep...ripped mine out. Pine needles and pollen in the spring clogs them up. It's easier to get up there with the blower and clean 'em out every so often. (ranch house)
When I saw the commercial for gutter guards they said it would keep your gutters clean and you won't have to climb a ladder again. I just thought that everything would just sit on top of the guards, I'm glad this is now confirmed.
From what I've seen in this video, they all looked like the some of the cheapest guards you can get at any major home improvement store, of course they're going to gloc If they're sitting 3/4" deep in the gutter. Like anything, you get what you pay for. If you spend more money and get the ones that slightly match the angle of the roof and have a little lip the rolls over the gutter, I've never really seen those clog because the rain water landing on the guard helps slide then off. Although dirt gets in your gutter but should go to the downspout if the gutters are sloped correctly.
It depends on the debris you are getting. Sweet gum balls will clog your gutters every two weeks. You have to do something.
I have two types on my house. The Byers type and the micro screen type. The Byers will clog over a year or two but they have a lifetime warranty against clogging, so they come out free of charge and clean them out. The screen type stays clean most of the time but if they do get leaves or debris on top the wind will blow it off or I will take my blower and blow them off.
I have the long, black, bristley ones that look like bottle brushes, the leaves fall on them but get blown off so it keeps the gutters clean.
Thank you for explaining this. I'll get my gutters cleaned this Fall and I'll nix my desire to get gutter guards!
I had leaf guard gutters on my last house for twenty years . Never got clogged, never needed cleaning out, and they looked great. LEAFGUARD
Those guards shown are just bad gutter guards. Sure even with guards on, debris will set on top, however it keeps your underground drains and downspouts clear as well as letting the gutter drain out. All it takes is a few debris to clog one hole and then the entire gutter wont drain. With a too of the line guard, debris could sit on top of the area where the hole is while the rest of the gutter drains.
I own a home on the Oregon coast and have gutter guards. The gutter guards get covered with pine needles in the fall and prevents the gutters from doing their job of catching water. Also, after a few years with gutter guards, the gutters accumulate fine dirt and algae particles which grows moss in the gutters. Gutter guards help slow the need for regular cleaning, they do not eliminate gutter maintenance.
We don't have anything brand name, just a mesh that sits on top of it. The stuff dries and blows away, but i imagine they would be a lot less effective in a wetter climate
In addition to not keeping your gutters clean, they actually do create another problem. They ROT the fascia boards that the gutters are mounted on.
We have gutters on the house that never get leaves and twigs in them. We also don't have any tall trees within 500ft of the house.
I agree that the leaffilter type mesh screens could end up collecting gunk over time and become clogged themselves. But doesn’t his video contradict his message? All those pine needles would not get into the pipes if there were gutter guards of any kind, and those seem like a pain to clean out, especially if you have long pipes.
Nope. Depends on where you live and the trees in your and your neighbors' yards. Sure, you'll still have to clean. But in the right conditions, you can do that with a lawn blower from the ground. And even when it rains REALLY hard, your gutters don't overflow and cause water damage.
We got gutter guards last year and then have been amazing. My husband use to be outside in the ladder in his rain jacket during almost every storm cleaning the cloggs out. Now the water just flows. I can see a good amount of the guards from different windows and they have stayed pretty darn clean even with trees right above them.
"...suckers" hahahaha I cracked up
I bought a battery powered leaf blower. Takes me 10 min every 2 weeks and my gutters are clean as a whistle baby
Gutter guards do infact work, You have to do your part as the homeowner to keep up the maintenance, whether you do it or pay someone to do it. Gutter guards are not meant to eliminate the task of cleaning gutters, They're meant to help make them easier to clean/maintain...
I tried gutter guards for a couple years and ended up taking them off. I live in the forest with huge pine trees all around my house. The pine needles would poke into the fine mesh and build up really quickly. It was a pain to clean them out and when I removed the gutter guards there was a ton of fine debris in the gutter. Now I just clean the gutters out a couple times during the fall with a leaf blower. If I time it right when the gutters are dry it takes about 10 minutes to clean them out.
In colorado, we had a type of gutter guard that only allowed water drops in, nothing ever sat on top of them it just slid off. Never got clogged in over five years.
(We lived in a dense pine forest 😉)
This makes sense. I worked for like eight months as a gutter guard assembler and people buy TONS
A solution is for 1 to stop living.
No installation, no maintenance, and no dirty gutters.
I brought cheap steel mesh gutters from Lowe's and they work fine. You just have to remove a 3-foot section and flush it out every couple of years. But he does have a point depending on the type you get a lot of debris just sits on the top keeping them from functioning properly turning your house into a waterfall.