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solarbirdInstalling those DIY gutter screens that Consumer Reports rated quite highly is really quite easy, once you get the hang of it, and it doesn't take long to get the hang of it. I recommend thin gloves so you don't get your hands scratched up by shingles. I've got the basement/garage level completely done, the ground level (only a tiny amount of gutter) done, and a good start on the main level (not as large as basement and garage). They look like this and so far the sections I had up already have worked beautifully through our recent rainstorms:
There's very little waste, as well. It's a nice system.
(Oh, yes, we have four levels of gutter, because we have four levels of house. The bottom level's floor is level with the ground in front - that's garage and basement - and in back, were it not for the retaining wall, only the top floor would be above ground. As it is, the top floor and half the main level are above ground, and the two levels below that are underground. The two gutter levels you can see in the photo are on the bottom two levels; the next up is the main level, then there's another above that. The house isn't nearly as so big as that'd make you think, it's just built into a crazy steep hill and includes its own massive retaining wall to make this work.)
And that's what I did on my day off!
There's very little waste, as well. It's a nice system.
(Oh, yes, we have four levels of gutter, because we have four levels of house. The bottom level's floor is level with the ground in front - that's garage and basement - and in back, were it not for the retaining wall, only the top floor would be above ground. As it is, the top floor and half the main level are above ground, and the two levels below that are underground. The two gutter levels you can see in the photo are on the bottom two levels; the next up is the main level, then there's another above that. The house isn't nearly as so big as that'd make you think, it's just built into a crazy steep hill and includes its own massive retaining wall to make this work.)
And that's what I did on my day off!
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Date: 2010-09-20 06:16 am (UTC)if so ... adding it to the project list.
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Date: 2010-09-20 06:38 am (UTC)This is not the exact vinyl mentioned in the CR report, fwiw. The exact version tested is a roll-up brown vinyl diamond pattern insert. That's also at Home Depot, and is a little cheaper, at something like 30¢/linear foot. This is instead the the snap-in yard-long-segments version, which is white vinyl diamond pattern rather than brown, and which has an extra layer of smaller-hole filter cloth on top of the diamond hole grid. The diamond grid is mostly the same between the two versions; I don't expect there to be a noticable functionality difference there. The filter cloth didn't impede water in the slightest in my testing, and I hope it will be useful in blocking fir needles.
I'd be more concerned about the segments problem (where segments meet turning into debris retention sites) except the very-well-behaved metal version that isn't made anymore was also segments, and didn't have that problem. But, as with all things, we'll see over time. The brown roll version would have less of this problem, but I'm sure would let in fir needles more easily, as it lacks the new model's screen layer.
So this exact version was not tested by CR. It's new this year, so couldn't've been. My very rough preliminary testing has indicated very good function so far - I got a lot of roof debris on it, really nasty stuff - and it didn't fail in the slightest, even with a full-open hose supply of water going down a small roof area into the worst areas of intentionally-stacked debris. I'm quite hopeful about it at this point.
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Date: 2010-09-20 05:33 pm (UTC)Amerimax White Vinyl Snap In Gutter Guard
Model # 85270
which say internet only. Are you using something else?
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Date: 2010-09-20 06:15 pm (UTC)Amerimax Snap-in Gutter Filter White
Model # 86270
Store SKU # 243773
SEems to have the filter over the holes you were describing as well. Thanks!
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Date: 2010-09-20 07:04 pm (UTC)Anyway hopefully they look like the posted pics. Good luck.
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Date: 2010-09-20 02:01 pm (UTC)Also, you Rick Rolled us with your current music D:
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Date: 2010-09-20 03:53 pm (UTC)And yes, I was waiting for someone to notice XD