Comments on: The Trouble with Gutters

By: Julie Day

Julie Day — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:38:31 +0000

Thanks for the informative article, Jerri! I found that one of my garden tools works wonders with cleaning gutters. It’s an inexpensive garden cultivator, with a head like a small hoe (but narrow enough to fit in the gutter), and a handle that telescopes from about 2 feet to 4 feet. It allows me to safely reach a little farther, reducing the number of times I have to move the ladder!

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:00:47 +0000

I puschased gaurds from Home Depot that have a screen over the mesh. They claim they repel pine needles. So far, they have been doing an excellent job. I ordered a few on line from H.D., they did not come with the screen, luckily I have no pine trees in the back, plus I only needed three of them.

By: Howard Prescott

Howard Prescott — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:47:43 +0000

Sang Le, I agree that some gutter guards really don’t work well. I installed Gutter Helmet a while back and haven’t had any trouble with leaves or pine needles. Anyone else have experience with gutter covers?

By: Ben Erickson

Ben Erickson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:27:56 +0000

Sang Le,
Traditional mesh type gutters guards work much better for leaves than pine needles, which tend to fall point down and get stuck in them. There are some other types of gutter guard you might look into, such as Gutterglove that might work better with pine needles, though I haven’t tested them.

By: Sang Le

Sang Le — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:16:08 +0000

We have 2 VERY large pine trees, one in the front and one in the back of the house. Unfortunately, our gutters are suffering from the pine neddles from these pine trees. We were thinking about having some type of gutter guard. Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you!

By: Ted Sullivan

Ted Sullivan — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:00:08 +0000

I have a hole in my gutter Is there a company that make a patch so that i can repair the hole without replacing the gutter thanks Ted

By: Ben Erickson

Ben Erickson — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:53:01 +0000

Donna,
Gutters are usually installed flush against the fascia with enough roof overhang so that the water drains into them. If the gutters can’t be moved back, perhaps the roof could be extended outward by sliding a sheet metal drip strip under the roofing. This is a problem that definitely needs to be corrected before it begins to rot the fascia boards.

By: Donna

Donna — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:04:21 +0000

Hi, I recently had vinyl gutters installed and there is a space between the facia and the back of the gutter and now water is coming down the facia and not going into the gutter. Is there something that I can put under the roof line to “help” the water into the gutter or should I use some type of caulk to seal that area?
Any help you can provide would be greatly appriciated.

Also, I had a friend install them, so … in an effort to same some money, I’ve now got another problem.
thanks
Donna