On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 10:38:15 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 07:15:18 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Friday, July 17, 2020 at 10:02:32 AM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
>> >> BTW putting those
>> >> screens over gutters is a waste, then you'll need to constantly clean
>> >> the screens, which requires removing and replacing.
>> >
>> >Ours don't. Twice a year we attach the snorkel that my husband made out
>> >of Schedule 80 PVC to the leaf blower and walk around the house getting
>> >the maple tree seeds (spring) or leaves (fall) off the gutter screens.
>> >Much easier than cleaning 10x the debris out of the gutters.
>> >
>> >Cindy Hamilton
>>
>> Blowing schmutz is still a lot of work... larger gutters solves the
>> cleaning problem completely, and ended the water overflowing the small
>> gutters during heavy rains.
>
>Come on people. Everyone needs to clean out their gutters once or
>twice a year. If you have pine trees near the house, do it 3
>times a year. Pine cones aren't the problem, it's the needles
>that constantly fall.

With larger gutters needles are no problem, they wash right out.