Stop cleaning your gutters every season. We install guards from a company that cleans gutters for a living, so we know what actually clogs them.
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Guards aren't right for every house, and we'll say so if yours doesn't need them. But if any of these sound like your home, they usually earn their keep in a couple of seasons of skipped cleanings.
There are four kinds you'll run into. Here's the honest version of what each one does, and where it falls short.
A fine stainless mesh over a frame. Blocks the most debris, down to shingle grit and pine needles. The system we reach for most on shore and tree-heavy homes.
Aluminum panels with punched holes. A solid, lower-cost step up from bare gutters that keeps leaves and larger debris out.
Solid hoods that let water curl in while shedding leaves off the edge. They work, but they can struggle with fine debris and heavy downpours.
Cheap drop-in options. Fine as a short-term fix, but they trap seeds and break down faster than a real guard system. We rarely recommend them.
Installed, on most homes
Where you land in that range has less to do with the size of your house than with how hard the roof is to work on. A roof we can walk is a different job from one that has to be done off a ladder, and the pitch and the condition of the shingles move it again. That is the honest version, and it is not how most companies quote guards.
We don't publish a whole-house number because it depends entirely on how many feet of gutter you actually have, and guessing at that would be making it up. You get a real number for your house before anyone schedules a visit to come and look at it.
Guards are priced by the foot, so the only thing anyone needs is a look at your gutter runs. Most companies still send someone out to measure. Tommy measures off your photos.
Each side of the house from far enough back to see the full gutter run, and one shot looking up at the roof edge.
Total footage, roof access, pitch, and what's overhanging the house. The last one decides which guard is actually worth putting on.
Not a per-foot figure to do sums with. The total for your house, before anyone comes out.
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Most guard installs are a one-day job. Here's the order it happens in.
Pine needles, oak tassels and maple seeds all behave differently. What's overhanging your house decides which guard is worth putting on.
Capping a gutter that's still full just hides the problem. Everything gets cleared and flushed before a guard goes anywhere near it.
A sagging run or a hanger that's let go gets sorted before the guard goes on. Fitting a guard to a gutter that's moving is wasted money.
Pitch and shingle condition decide how it attaches. Done wrong, a guard lifts shingles or voids a roof warranty, so this part is not a one-size job.
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