Consumer Reports Gutter Guards 2010

Gutter guards promise to eliminate the hassle of cleaning your gutters.

Consumer reports gutter guards 2010.

Consider a gutter guard system to keep debris out make sure that gutter drains extend 5 feet from the house and that soil slopes away from the foundation 1 inch per foot for 6 feet or. In rough dollars that puts the installed cost at 19 31 per foot. It does not matter therefore whether your gutter is round half round or whether you have a chest groove. There are all types of gutter guards.

Consumer reports finds lower prices and comparable performance on leaf blowers and gutter guards in time for fall spruce ups. We wrote a blog story about it back in 2010 talking about some of the results mostly focused on the lower end gutter guards that were featured. But consumer reports tests find some don t work well. Good ones keep your gutters clean and can eliminate flooding and damage to your home.

Roof gutter guard mesh is particularly suitable as foliage protection or lawn top as well as marten protection. We removed the section summarizing leaf blowers from the press release. The following is a copy of consumer reports press release announcing its first ever testing of gutter guard systems. The width of the guard is sufficient for seven inch gutters and the makers back their product with a generous warranty of 25 years.

Which type should you get. According to consumer reports the average home has 160 feet of gutter and the cost for a professionally installed system ranges between 3 000 and 5 000. Gutter contractors will gladly put gutter guards on your home for between 15 to 19 per linear foot and pro installation is strongly recommended for anything higher than a first story roof. We receive a lot of inquiries asking about the cost to have professional grade gutter guards installed on homes.

Protection grids are available for the different types of roof troughs.