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Master Shield Gutter Protection - Anyone have them
Ken, we recently had guttering installed on my MIL house. She has some good size trees close enough to get leaves in them. Pine trees and hardwoods are very common here. Short needles such as fir are not. But the guy who did her job and I talked a good bit about the different styles. He strongly did not recommend the covered gutter design. He may have meant a certain brand such as you have mentioned and may not even know of the one you have in mind for I don't remember brands but he said they will clog and are major problems to clean out. This guy has got good history with some of my family for many years. He was not even a fan of the mesh that many install on top of open gutters. Wash them out was his suggestion but that is short of hard for you and understand that.
So you are good a designs..wonder if you could run water line up to the high end of the gutters so from the ground you could flood them washing them out? Might require some sort of nozzles and line you could hook up to pressure washer but would seem reasonable compared to the effort as often as you have it to clean them.
One thing they do here very much is use the commerical size down spouts. Our last house we had lots of pines and residential size down spouts. Problem often. NO PINES as we made sure of before we built current house. But we do have some hardwoods close enough leaves do land on house. Very very seldon do they not was down the larger commerical down spouts. Now my oldest SIL has same type of gutters with lots of pines and he has to clean his about once a year. Single story so we can use leaf blower with sort of "U" end on it and do much of that.
Ken, there is a single story bank here who's down spouts are really really different,large light weight chains! I have watch them in action for a few minutes and they work very well. In their case the chain is in place of the enclosed down spouts and ancorched at the ground. May have one stand off. The water really does run down the chain guess the same way it wraps over the edge of the design of gutter cap you have in mind. But cloggs would be history. Also if the issue is at the down spouts you can often use a leaf blower to force air up and blow the down spout and any leafs from the top of it clear.
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Ken, I don't think the way you mentioned the holes that system is used here. We get light showers and very heavy downpours. An inch an hour is not unheard of. Two an hour is rather rare but with a good tropical storm does happen.
I would ask for the largest downspouts they can install so the needles are able to wash through as much as possible.
KT
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Ken, when not just post them here so all can see? Also have you any real rain on them yet?
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Ken, I did not realize there really is a moss killer. Then we have rain but not the same and amount of it or shade you do. You can see a little but not much of an issue here. Do you have a recommendation on brand?
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I skimmed some of the most recent post and caught the comments on BBB. As a business owner have mixed feelings and experience with BBB which I decide against being a member.
Had a bad experience with a computer repair company. Since his business address was his house and not a commercial address zoned area they would not even accept it. Many legal business are run from residents. More so today.
It is true they are there to protect the business member. At least one major insurance group would always quote how well they were rated by BBB while they were in legal issue after legal issue. Their practices were so vile they ending up changing names to operate.
BBB is in business to make money. They profess to be a watch dog and what you will find out is they are trying to remain in business and with revenue from the business side only with most (some do charge the customer to get a BBB rating of a member group) they have to keep them. Not certain but have impression they are franchised. Other wise how does the way they operate vary so much?
The best I know if a business will refute the claim they get at worst a neutral rating on a claim.
As to CR...I like their annual report where real life owners rate the product but other wise find it of little value unless they have changed their reporting from when I did receive it.
As to the gutter style being discussed here, was in office complex with one building having that style guttering. My office was second floor and I have sat and watch the water wrap around it and into the gutter often amazed at how well it worked. Now icicles here are rare and it had at least an 8/12 pitched roof.
The best solution to gutter issues I think is: build on top of knoll, have about 5 foot overhang, cut all trees in 1/2 mile. Use hip roof only and no dormers or valleys. Now if snow area have no suggestion.
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