Gutter guard

[viver]

I have moved to a new house surrunded by mature trees - oak, horsechestnut, sycamore etc. I am looking for a gutter guard but my gutters have an unusual construction.
The gutter is flat bottomed and half way up sides. It is then rounded up to the top edge. The downpipes are round. The roof tiles and unerfelt protrude down into the gutter so that I can't put a hard mesh across the top of it. The distance from the edge of he rooftile to the outside edge of the guttering is about 80mm.
I have had 3 "specialists" I have found locally to come and give me a quote but I never hear from them again. Winter is coming - HELP.

 

[oilman]

I came across something which slides under tiles to sive the krud but let the water through. It costs about £30 a metre.

 

[breezer]

chicken wire?

 

[oilman]

Er........, no. Might stop chickens blocking the downpipe, but doesn't stop krud.

 

[breezer]

ok then small chicken wire, availailable by the roll with 1cm squares

 

[masona]

Drainsmart

 

[^woody^]

If I understand this, to stop leaves from settling in the gutter, a mesh is placed on top of the gutter?

So what them happens to the leaves? Do they miraculously disappear, or do they then settle on top of the mesh (which being a mesh helps them to grip) and then the rainwater flies off the top and misses the gutter?

The gutter guards are a waste of money.

Leaves rot very quickly, and those that remain can be washed aways with water - either a good rain fall or a hose

Excessive leaf drop into gutters may require a clean out off a ladder if the rain is not enough, and there is no getting away from that.

That drainsmart is another gimmick. It does nothing that a trap does not do. Over time, silt will collect in any trap and will require a flush through. That drainsmart collects silt like any other trap, but is marketed as if it is solving a major problem

A hose down any gulley once or twice a year keeps it free.

 

[masona]

I think the idea of the drainsmart is that you can clean out at the bottom on the ground level, I have made similar to the drainsmart by using a hopper at the ground level and use fine stainless steel mesh in the box section of the hopper, not has any problem with my cheap design

 

[noseall]

i agree with woody on all counts.

all rwp's should discharge into a trapped gulley, which should be periodically cleaned out.

a trap is there to protect the linear drain runs. if the trap gets full and the drain overflows then smile, cause after you have cleaned out the crud you know that your storm system is going to last a long time.

just because of a silly trap.

 

[Mw Roofline]

If I understand this, to stop leaves from settling in the gutter, a mesh is placed on top of the gutter?

So what them happens to the leaves? Do they miraculously disappear, or do they then settle on top of the mesh (which being a mesh helps them to grip) and then the rainwater flies off the top and misses the gutter?

The gutter guards are a waste of money.

Leaves rot very quickly, and those that remain can be washed aways with water - either a good rain fall or a hose

Excessive leaf drop into gutters may require a clean out off a ladder if the rain is not enough, and there is no getting away from that.

That drainsmart is another gimmick. It does nothing that a trap does not do. Over time, silt will collect in any trap and will require a flush through. That drainsmart collects silt like any other trap, but is marketed as if it is solving a major problem

A hose down any gulley once or twice a year keeps it free.

Agreed, gutter guard is a load of crap. Just clean the gutters out every now and again or a little wire above the outlet which can be removed and cleaned every now and again.

 

[oilman]

When I had a few minutes I typed "gutter guard" into google. I must have a special google connection as up came LOADS of links, like this.

 

[Nige F]

Quite a few stockists in Hampshire too