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I think it would be simple to conduct a fairer test of gutter protection. If he had put them on the same gutter, tested them for the same amount of time, etc. The point is that if you read through all of the comments, you would see that the people that accused Mr. Carter of conducting a subjective test were accused by Mr. Carter of "having a dog in this hunt". What he does not reveal is whether or not he has a dog in this hunt. Finding this forum got me to thinking and I did a little checking around to see if others were having problems like mine, there is tons of negative feedback about Mastershield. Why does it seem Tim Carter is the only one who likes Mastershield? And if he is not getting paid, why would one be referred to his disclosure policy rather than revealing whether or not he gets paid? Here is another link to Mastershield complaint.
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Here is another page of complaints
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and more complaints
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and a link to the BBB with 20 complaints in 36 months
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and another complaint
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and here is a link where they had their BBB accredidation revoked
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Another Mastershield company revoked
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I could keep going but I think you get the drift. If these complaints are anything like my experience I don't think you can dismiss them as false. It would sure be interesting to know why the product works so well at Mr. Carter's house and seemingly nowhere else. I bet it has something to do with money. You can't make this stuff up, stay away from Mastershield.
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Well, SO FAR (knock on wood) the product is working fine here. Our dealer did tell us that some maintenance was required, specifically that needles may build up on inside corners and have to be removed. When the needles aren't removed then dripping does occur. One thing that helps us is a very steep 12/12 roof, I can see a shallow roof not working as well since the water won't wash down as fast and clear the debris as well.
Many of the complaints you link to are about icicles forming. I'm not at all sure that's a mastershield problem since icicles have been forming on eaves since the invention of the roof.
Some other complaints are about dealers and not about the product itself. Crappy dealers sell all kinds of products, good and bad, so maybe mastershield should be more willing to yank bad dealers but that's not a reflection on product performance. We installed a well respected heat pump brand but it's been a huge disappointment due to the crappy installation.
The BBB thing seems damaging but they give no details.
(An an aside I had a consumer issue with the BBB once and they are pretty much a worthless organization that runs for the benefit of the businesses that provide funding as opposed to consumers. There's no way my business would be a BBB member).
Have you found anyone else who has reported the problem you are having?
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Gutters are a maintenance problem by nature. The closer trees are to your house and the more of them you have the worse it gets.
On my prior home I tried putting a do it yourself shield on. At best it just elongated the time between cleanings, at worst it made the the cleaning process so difficult that I removed them.
IMHO any type of gutter shield is an attempt to make the best of a bad situation, and as such is not going to be a complete home run, hopefully an improvement in lengthening the gutter maintenance interval.
Any gutter company will probably have lots of complaints as well because home owners that buy them, do it as the result of having intense tree problems. Add a little over selling of how good they will be and you have complaints.
I have seen homes in the south where they have overhangs with no gutters, allowing the water to flow off the roof into stone aqueducts around the house. I noticed in northern Vermont many homes don't have gutters but have what looks like a 2 foot slide zone of metal sheeting along the bottom edge of the roof. As icicles become more likely in southern Vermont you have to switch to the dreaded gutter, though it only works if the gutters are clear and not frozen.
Anyway, color me skeptical that any gutter cure product will be fully satisfying.
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