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Gutter Guard Test Results by Askthe. Builder. com Expert Tim Carter. Ask the Builder. Gutter Guard Test Result TIPSInferior gutter guards allow small debris into gutters.

Small debris collects in gutter turning to organic muck. Watch gutter guard test videos below. Install micro- mesh guards at same slope as roof. CLICK HERE to Get Tim's FREE & FUNNY Newsletter!

Long- Term Testing. Years ago, I started testing gutter guards on my own home. Not only was I having issues with leaves and tree debris in the winter, spring and summer, but I was getting regular emails from people just like you about the frustration you were having. I sought out and tested just about every gutter guard I could find. Many of the brands and types are no longer made. There are many reasons for this, not the least of which is some were very poor in design. Home & Garden Show Displays.

My tests started at home- and- garden and national builder shows where I saw tiny working displays. In the booth would be a small roof with a gutter covered by that company's gutter guard. While the salesman would talk to a potential customer or future dealer, I'd tear off tiny scrapes of paper resembling pieces of leaves and watch them either get sucked down into the gutter or start to clog the wire- brush or similar gutter guard. On more than one occasion the gutter guard company, once they saw what I was doing, asked me to leave and never come back. No pun intended! Free & Fast BIDSCLICK HERE  to get FREE & FAST BIDS from local companies that will install gutter guards. Demand micro mesh guards! This is the best gutter guard I've ever tested.

This is my own home in central New Hampshire. A stainless steel micro mesh prevents any debris from getting into the gutter. Copyright 2. 01. 7 Tim Carter ALL RIGHTS RESERVED COPYING PROHIBITEDMore Gutter Guard Links and Resources. Gutter Covers 1. 01.

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Once I started testing at my own home, I discovered just about every gutter guard failed. They either allowed small debris into gutters and/or the actual gutter guard clogged with debris. All of them did a great job of stopping full leaves from getting into gutters.

But they couldn't stop: small pieces of leavessmall twigsevergreen tree needlestree barketc. Reverse Curve Gutter Guards. Many heavily advertised gutter guards have a reverse curve design. The simple way to think about this is a waterfall. Water flows across the gutter guard and encounters a slit or some other narrow opening that is curved and bends down into the gutter. The surface tension of the water provides the grip so the water flows into the gutter and doesn't overshoot to the ground. Watch the following video to see an example of a reverse- curve gutter guard.

It's the white plastic guard I hold in my hands. It's stained with mildew and mold from being on the roof during my testing. CLICK HERE  to get FREE & FAST BIDS from local companies that will install gutter guards. Demand micro mesh guards! Watch Anne Of Green Gables: A New Beginning Online Forbes.

Reverse Curve Gutter Guard Video. Here's a video just below I shot for the Cincinnati, OH ABC- TV affiliate, Channel 9 News. Very early in my testing I made a video showcasing several gutter guards had already failed. Watch Lost &Amp; Found Online IMDB.

I had already discovered that with ALL OF the gutter guards I had tested up to this point, you STILL HAD TO CLEAN YOUR GUTTERS OR THE GUTTER GUARDS! That pretty much defeats the purpose of the products because most sales literature and claims by salesmen were that you'd never have to do any gutter cleaning EVER AGAIN. All three of the gutter guards you see in this video at the end of spring had FAILED COMPLETELY. Organic crap from my trees filled all the grooves, slots and mesh in the gutter guards. Victory! I was at a national builders show one year and walked past a booth that had the most unique gutter guard I had seen.

The gutter guard was made using a fine stainless- steel mesh that resembled a woman's panty hose. Watch Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night In Doom House HIGH Quality Definitons. Furthermore, the weaving of the thin threads of stainless steel was so tight nothing could get through, not even ceramic roof granules. But the gutter guards allowed water to pass with no problems. I knew instinctively these were the Holy Grail of gutter guards.

Here's a close up photo of the micro mesh gutter guard. First of all, note the small tree debris that is on top of the gutter guard. There's no way it's going into the gutter through that fine mesh. Copyright 2. 01. 7 Tim Carter ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Do NOT COPYHow Micro Mesh Gutter Guard Works. When you first look at the micro mesh gutter guard, you think there's no way it can work.

Since the mesh is so tight it seems water will flow over the mesh. The magic is in physics. Water has surface tension and likes to grab onto things.

This is why water beads up on glass. This surface tension helps pull the water through the mesh. I've stood on a ladder and watched the water streaming down my roof in a rain storm and it gets swallowed by the mesh.

Even in the worst downpours, the mesh sucks the water into the gutter! Two Brands of Micro Mesh Gutter Guards. Being a syndicated newspaper columnist, I've written the Ask the Builder newspaper column since 1. Furthermore, it wasn't hard for me to discover how many companies made this micro- mesh gutter guard. I reached out to the two companies at the time that sold the product. Both of the companies sent their own crews to install the product.

Prior to them showing up, I cleaned the gutters on my garage making them look like new. The two brands were: The owner of Gutter. Glove started out as a dealer for Master. Shield. Advance a few years and there are numerous micro mesh gutter guards that have worked their way around the different design patents. Step One of Gutter Guard Test.

Here's a video I shot after the second company had stopped by to install their product. It was the perfect time to start the test because the giant maple and oak trees that overhang my garage were just starting to bud. Believe me, after years of testing I discovered that gutter guards all do a great job in the fall.

It's spring when they fail. Several Months Into the Test. The video below is what my garage roof looked like after months of testing.

It's very obvious that the way the gutter guard is installed makes a very big difference: The one gutter guard performed better than the other. You can clearly see that. I went with Mastershield because it's the gutter guard that kept my gutters clean AND it was self- cleaning on my roof.