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Bryan P · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Cleaning with gutter covers

Fred W · Guru

I don't remove them

BlueRidge · Approved Exterior Cleaner

There are a few I've come to really dislike, any gutter helmet type, fine plastic or metal mesh. If there is enough surfactant to slow down the mix it goes over the mesh and the helmet style drips to the ground. We just end up watering more. Don't take anything a part you don't have to.

John Aloisio · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Like Brett said those style gutter guards are a pain.

Also, most of the gutter helmet or leaf guard style ones have a warranty that you can void, if you take them apart. Gutter helmet will void the warranty if you put a ladder them. My guys know not to even rest a ladder on those types Of guards.

Jeff Wible · Approved Exterior Cleaner

As long as you don't flood the roof,..the gutter helmet "should" run the mix into the gutter. But,.these gutter helmets fail during any type of heavy flow,..whether it be a hard rain,..or someone applying too much mix to the roof for the helmet to handle.

But,.before I would take them off,..I would walk away fro the job,..wouldn't even entertain the thought.

Jeff

Roof Cleaning Virginia · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Pre-wet the 'lip' of the gutter Bryan. It'll create surface tension that will allow most, if not all of the runoff to enter the gutter. Very simple.

TigerWash · Member

We don't remove the gutters. Honestly, from my experience, I wouldn't recommend removing or repairing ANYTHING..too many things can and will go wrong.

DirtyRoofcom · Approved Exterior Cleaner

we just ran into this a few weeks ago. i was spraying an small section of roof and watched the mix slowly work its way down to the gutter helmet and i watched it drip right off on to the shrubs!!

Ted has it right just wet the rolled edge then the helmet works as intended

Bryan P · Approved Exterior Cleaner

DirtyRoofcom wrote:
we just ran into this a few weeks ago. i was spraying an small section of roof and watched the mix slowly work its way down to the gutter helmet and i watched it drip right off on to the shrubs!!

Ted has it right just wet the rolled edge then the helmet works as intended

Thanks. Will do. I'm cleaning this one tomorrow morning.

Roney Conca · Veteran Member

Bryan, how'd the problem work out for you?

Bryan P · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Roney Conca wrote:
Bryan, how'd the problem work out for you?

It was actually pretty easy since we found out all the downspouts pipe out to the street and other places it doesn't really matter. Like was suggested, the dry gutters drop to the chemical to the ground, the prewet ones send it right into the gutter.

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