Gutter Protection

[tvodden]

thanks for using your house as a test lab.

I know you prefer this micro mesh guard but was wondering if you have tested the product that is a type of open celled foam that gets droped into the gutters?

[AsktheBuilder]

@tvodden Yes, I tested it. It failed miserably. After several seasons the foam was clogging with organic debris. If I had left it on much longer, water would cascade over the gutter splashing onto the ground because it had no other place to go. So much debris had started to collect that the lower half of the first course of shingles was covered in a mat of debris. This held in moisture which accelerates deterioration of the shingle.

[eagles6521]

This product might be good for the north but in the south the mesh clogs from the pollen! this stuff is garbage!!!!!!!!!

[AsktheBuilder]

@eagles6521 I have to totally disagree. We have massive pollen in the East, Northeast and other parts of the nation. I've never seen the product clog from pollen. A hard rain washes the pollen away in no time. If your statement is true, then why isn't there a video at your channel showing the product clogged with pollen and a follow up video three months later showing the guard after three or four big rainstorms? You know the old saying: Actions speak louder than words. Take action stop writing.

[sisdavid]

How do I fix my gutter pro gutters? How do I clean out from under neith of them? I heared that the clips can break.

[dhamby123]

hmm. the stuff you like and recomend how do you install it does it go under the first row of shingles if so i hat to say this but if you just had a roof put on and you install thistype of gaurd you will void your waranty on your roof ... any roofer will void he or shes waranty if the shingles are tampered with in any way

[zuckie123]

Why buy something you still need to go up on a ladder and clean your gutters. I thought if you buy a gutter guard you should never clean your gutters again. You should check out Gutter Genie.

[blueghist]

You can have that guard you have to shake out, the point is not to have to clean the mess up.

Just save your money and spray your gutter out with a water wand.

I have solid ones and the only downside I have is pollution and stains, and they were a little costly

[AsktheBuilder]

Go to my website. Type in Gutter Guard and you will get a link that takes you to a page where I reveal the company. This is not the right place to post the information. It'll only take you a few moments to discover what I put on my house.

[steveho75]

Tim

Where can i purchase the gutter guard on the Video?

Steve

[KingThorin]

Do you hire someone to tape all your videos?

[AsktheBuilder]

I do employ a videographer, but sometimes I tape myself with a little Flip camera. When my head is chopped off and the video appears bouncy, that means it is a DIY video.

[spitgalore]

I wish I have your confidence in getting around on such sloping roofs. Is there a net down there to catch you? Thanks for sharing such info.

[AsktheBuilder]

The roof looks much steeper on video than it is. The key is good soft rubber soles and a dry roof. I work without a net. :->

[AsktheBuilder]

Not while taping this video, but have fallen three other times and lived to tell about it.

[pooge1954]

Tim, did you fall off the roof?

[artunhan70]

but too expensive

[tjab43]

do they all work if you have a metal roof on your home...

[AsktheBuilder]

The type of roofing material has no bearing on the function of a gutter guard.

[wrisner]

Is the gutter protection in the video Mastershield?

[AsktheBuilder]

Yes, it is.

[pooge1954]

Efficiency isn't everything. Cost and availability is an even bigger factor. For example, if the device is only available to one exclusive franchise in your territory, which iherently keeps the price high and the competition low, forget getting something of reasonable value.

[pooge1954]

If a franchise is one of those types that MUST have your wife present, and you don't want to deal with that type of outfit, you are out of luck, because the company won't let anyone else in on their territory. Mastershield is one of those types of companies. On the other hand, a homeowner can purchase Leaf Relief or Gutter Glove and install it himself, and happily avoid getting "clogged" by all that debris and waste of time.

[yesimjeff]

Tim,

Any update on how the mesh gutter guard fared? I'm seriously considering Mastershield and would really value your opinion.

Thanks.

Jeff

[AsktheBuilder]

Nothing got into the gutter but some debris is stuck on top. We are going to tape the follow up video late this week as soon as the temps drop below the blistering 90 F. It is way too hot now to be up there taping the video. I was also waiting for some vicious storms to see if the wind and heavy rain would wash the debris from the guard. Hold off on buying for just two more weeks.

[thewindowpeeper]

i thought this video was about things to protect yourself with when you pass out in the gutter drunk.

[AsktheBuilder]

You have the wrong YouTube channel. You want AsktheDrinker. :->

[drummerdude6485]

Ha that is funny Tim!

[freespeachrulez]

Gutter Stuff Pro makes something like that pipe cleaner except it is maintenance free has a built in mold inhibitor and a 30 year warranty. I just got a sample in yesterday, looks like a wedge of weep screen but more tightened together.

[AsktheBuilder]

I am about a week away from taping the update video. The brush product I showed in this video has failed miserably...... Sigh! You will see it in the next video. I will post that new video as a Video Response to this one. Watch for it soon.

[freespeachrulez]

Your saying the Micro Mesh failed? If so how and why? It looked like a good system.

[AsktheBuilder]

No, I didn't say that. Watch it again. I am skeptical about the one that looks like a giant pipe cleaner. We will be taping the follow-up video in the next few days as the trees have dropped all the spring debris. You are not going to believe what you will see.

[freespeachrulez]

Ohh yeah, the pipe cleaner one. I like the micro mesh system, but I am afraid it too would get debri on it and allow water to just go over top. But I will wait and see.

[semiretrd]

Thanks for your video. Are you still planning to update the video any time soon? I'm about to order the gutter brushes based on cost and ease of installation as an alternative to doing nothing and having to blow out my gutters with a leaf blower four times a year.

[AsktheBuilder]

We will shoot that video in a week. As for the one you mentioned, it is currently packed with debris. I am going to demonstrate in the video if the debris will shake out as the manufacturer says it will.

[peblum]

How about an update Tim?

[AsktheBuilder]

Too early. Trees are just starting to loose their blooms and seed pods. Look for the update in 5 weeks.

[byhammerandhand]

I'm not worried about Tim falling off the roof; I'm worried about the camera operator falling off the roof. Meghan, didn't you just get out of a cast last year about this time?

[ultrakool]

Isn't the idea of gutter guards low to no maintenance? I don't no about the pipe cleaners there Tim.

[AsktheBuilder]

Indeed it is.

[ChefTips]

I will be waiting for the test results. We have Jeffrey Pines around our home and the little seed droppings, and pine needles are murder on my gutters. I was told the covers that you currently have would not work good for our area. Hope this new product is a hit! Thanks for the video.

[gusanr1]

Thanks again Tim for yet another great video. Keen to know what the "hedgehog" looks like after a couple of weeks! The only problem with that type is that you have to get up on the ladder and do all that work! I'd rather be fishing so the latest type would be preferred.

[AsktheBuilder]

Oh, I already know what it will look like. You are 100% correct about maintaining the pipe-cleaner one! Who wants to do that? Get up and clean them out! I can't wait until you see the test to see if I can *shake* out the debris. The whole point of gutter protection is to try to achieve the *least* amount of maintenance AND keep all debris out of the inside of the gutters. The ones with the micro mesh seem to be the front runners at this point. We will know much more shortly.

[lthrdyke6]

So Tim, you raved about the mesh ones - who makes them? How do you clean them?

[AsktheBuilder]

You just have to Google "micro-mesh gutter guards". Every so often you might need to brush off some debris off the top of the micro-mesh products. Over the years my tests have shown that there is no system that is truly maintenance-free. But you do want a system that keeps all debris out of the gutter and these micro-mesh ones do that.

[hammerofharpel]

Tim don't fall off the roof. Your daughter will never forgive you!

[lacroix961]

when working on a roof, one should always wear a fall arresting harness properly attached to a secure line.