On 2021-06-04 10:59 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, June 4, 2021 at 10:29:14 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:

>> It hurt like hell. I was afraid to step up to go through the front door,
>> seriously concerned that I might have broken a bone in my lower leg. I
>> spent a few hours in the ER before they determined it was no broken and
>> they gave me some much needed pain medication. The next time I was up
>> on the roof was to install gutter guards. They keep all the leaves and
>> crap out of the eaves trough and I will never have to go up and clean
>> them again.
>
> Which is why we bought a ranch house.
>
> We have gutter guards, but they still collect a little stuff. A walk around
> the house with the leaf blower and a Schedule 80 PVC "snorkel" that my
> husband made does the trick.


I have the Aluguard <sp?> guards. They snap into place but can also b
screwed in for extra security. They have long skinny slots to let the
water through. They say to clean them once in a while but the times I
did go up to clean them there was nothing in there.


> Now that the maple trees are done, we'll have to get the "helicopters"
> out of the gutters.

Those are annoying. If the roof is a shallow enough pitch it is pretty
easy to clean them out with a good leaf blowing. Just walk along with
the blower aimed at the gutters and it blasts the crap right out.