Gutter Foam

[Mike Lamb]

Does anyone have any experience with gutter foam to help keep gutters free from debris? The reviews I have read have been pretty good.

http://gutterstuff.com/guttering/

[kurt]

They work great for a season or so, then they get gunked up on top with the usual decaying leaves and debris. Then you have to clean them, just like gutters.

They work really good in areas where there are no trees.

[John Dirks Jr]

I have not used it in gutters but I did use it to stuff the gap in my pole building ridge vent opening. Worked great! Keeps out small leaves, pine needles, pollen sacs, bugs, etc...

HD is the best place to get it. A box of 8 4' pieces. 32 linear ft for $32.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/GUTTERSTUFF- ... /205438391

[Les]

Works until the wet stuff rots and clogs the surface.

[Jim Katen]

I put some in one of my gutters about 5 years ago. Still working fine. I used to have to clean out that particular stretch of gutter at least three times a year. Haven't cleaned it since I installed it and water still flows right through it.

[kurt]

I think roof pitch matters with these things. Steep pitch, good drainage, they probably wash off. Shallow pitch, they seem to collect crap same as all the other screens.

[John Kogel]

Yes the ad says they are the best, but we know there are better. Flat metal with perforations work well if you have wind to blow the needles off. Or you hit them with a leaf blower. The debris dries out on the metal.

The gutters with solid covers that have a little waterfall drip edge that shoots the water in thru a slot, those are the best, IMO. But I've never owned them so don't know if needles go in with the water, not visible to us.

[kurt]

Gutter Helmets. Those aren't bad either, but they're not good, and they still need some cleaning occasionally, which is a PITA because you can't get into the things easily.

Like everything else, they work best on steep pitch roofs.

[Jerry Simon]

I think roof pitch matters with these things. Steep pitch, good drainage, they probably wash off. Shallow pitch, they seem to collect crap same as all the other screens.

Steep pitch equals waterfall over gutter guards in moderate-heavy rains; great drainage on low-slope roofs (unless clogged of course).