I have a walnut tree located very close to the gutters on the rear of my home. It drops walnuts as well as leaves and clogs up my gutters every year. Can anyone recommend a good gutter guard system that will not require me to access the gutters for a cleaning every year?
Everyone has their favorite. As for me, I typically only use the types that do not go under the shingles. Easier to install and you aren't responsible for creating any roof leaks by disturbing shingles. This is an example of something I would recommend to customers. It works well as long as you don't have pine needles.
Leaves and twigs will sit on top of most any type of gutter guard... so you may need to blow the top off from time to time. You can get leaf blower attachments to do that from the ground, at least on houses that are only 1 story tall.
Over the past 30 years I have tried every type of cover, short of the gutter helmets, made Gutterstuff is the best product I have used. It's about $1 per ft, installs in seconds and does a fantastic job of keeping everything out of the gutters.
Not much to see this time of the year, got a couple of century oaks in the backyard but around the front mostly oaks and maples, all the pines are less than 40'.
Thankfully we have a large drop off in the back yard where the creek runs across the yard, without that the 2-3' of leaves would have no place to go.
iI tried gutterstuff and ended up returning it to HD. I could not stuff it into my gutters because of interference from the gutter supports. I would have had to cut it in shorter lengths to install. I'm sure it works ok if the gutter supports are mounted far apart.
I'm also open to an installed solution such as LeafGuard, but only if it really worked better than a DIY solution. I've seen LeafGuard at Costco a few times, but not sure how well it works. Looks like leaves could still slide into the gutter. Has anyone tried that system or similar?
I live in Portland, Oregon and there are no pine needles around, but we get a lot of rain.
The problem with the panel styles is the attachment at the rear.
They either have to be shoved up under the shingle or like the one XS showed the attachment at the back doesn't exist because that edge is installed under the drip edge.
Also as the pitch of the roof increases the angle relative to the gutter increases and they just don't lay in there very well.
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I think my downspout is full of crud and/or water, as it's leaking out at the top elbow. I am able to snake in a thin hose the entire length of the downspout, but it didn't clear out whatever the problem is. It could be a blockage in the underground drain down below, but I don't know how to access it.
What's the proper way to disconnect it to inspect? It is attached to the wall with a bracket, which is easy enough to remove. But I'm not sure what's holding the downspout together, as I don't see an obvious set screw. Not sure this style is pressure fit or it uses some kind of adhesive. If I shake it or try to lift, it doesn't budge at all. It could just be rusted as it's 10+ yrs old, but I figured I'd ask before doing something dumb.
Advice?
Hey all,
Wondering if anyone has some advice for the flat roof of my house.
It is a gravel style, tar paper with seams and I assume was torch-on. That said, it was a lighter colour than I've seen elsewhere, and had almost no gravel on it (after 20 yrs).
In the summer, we did a full coat of silicon roofing compound, applied exactly as per instructions. We had had a minor leak in the bathroom where I suspected the roofing was thin and there was a little bit of pooling water. All rain storms since the silicon coating seemed to cause no problem.
Now we had a rain storm this week, and there is significant water coming in, at a new location, into the living room. Running down the inside of a wall onto a door frame and then out onto the floor from the frame. Big issue.
All I can guess is that it's related to this weird central vent (?) that the roof was made with. I can't find anything online about this kind of roofing design. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. It's covered with a tarp for now. Pretty bummed there's a new leak given the effort that was put in, and having never seen a leak issue in this location.
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Really not sure if this is a vent, or some other kind of channel.. I don't imagine its an internally draining gutter, because no water from the roof surface can get into the channels!
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