What Are Seamless Gutters Made Of?
Learn about the different types of materials used to make seamless gutters and discover which is best suited for your home.
Discover the benefits gutter guards may bring to your home.
Published April 18, 2022
If you didn’t already know, a gutter system is an exterior feature on your home that consists of horizontal channels located underneath your roof. These horizontal channels are then connected to several downspouts. This system functions by collecting water when it’s raining before diverting it into the downspouts and away from your home and property.
Ultimately, your gutter system functions to help protect your home and landscaping from water related damage. However, traditional styled gutter systems, also known as open faced gutters, have some disadvantages in their design, which can cause clogging. Clogging can be one of the reasons why water damage may occur. As a result, some homeowners may choose to install gutter guards onto their gutter systems to help prevent this type of issue from happening. However, a common question that many homeowners have is: “do gutter guards work in heavy rain?” Therefore, we are going to answer this question in detail to provide you with a better understanding of whether gutter guards are worth installing on your home.
As mentioned, gutter guards are a secondary protection feature that attach onto the top of open faced gutter systems to help prevent fallen leaves, twigs, and other debris from falling into your gutters and causing them to clog over time. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that they will protect your home from heavy rainfall, as their main purpose is to protect against debris. Typically, there is nothing attached to the gutter guards that is going to slow down the rainwater from entering your gutter system.
Some gutter guards may not be able to prevent all fallen debris from collecting in the bottom of your gutter system. Therefore, you still may experience clogging of your gutters over time if you do not maintain them correctly. As a result, during heavy rainfall, if your gutter system and gutter guards are unable to divert and drain the collected water away from your home quick enough, you might experience excess water flowing over the sides and soaking into your surrounding property. This could also lead to potential water damage such as:
During heavy rainfall, the speed at which water hits your roof and drains into your gutter system can become severely impacted, causing it to jump over the gutters, rather than into it. This could end up causing moisture damage and can sometimes be caused by too much overhang of your shingles at the edge of your roof. Therefore, here are some tips to help rectify the problem and prevent heavy rain from jumping your gutters in the future.
Gutter guards can be potentially harmful in the winter, depending on what part of the United States you live in, and how much snow your area receives each year. Here are some of the problems associated with having gutter guards installed during the cooler months:
Therefore, the best thing you can do is prepare your gutters during the fall to ensure they are ready for the winter months if you live in an area of the United States that experiences harsher winters. You can either remove your gutter guards and clear out any fallen debris regularly to avoid clogging, or you can install gutter heaters. However, some of these options may be costly and time consuming.
If you are in the market for a new gutter system, it may be worth looking into the many benefits that come with installing LeafGuard® gutters onto your home. LeafGuard® gutters are strategically designed using a one-piece patented system that not only helps prevent debris from falling into your gutters but is also proven to handle up to 32 inches of rainfall per hour. This by the way, is more than three times the amount of the heaviest rainfall that has ever been recorded within the United States!
LeafGuard® gutter systems use an innovative liquid adhesion process that causes the fallen rainwater to adhere onto the top of the gutter system before gliding smoothing into the gutter channel below in a controlled manner. This helps stop rainwater from shooting or dripping over the edges of your gutter system during heavy rainfall which will ultimately help protect your home from any water damage.
Moreover, other benefits of choosing to install LeafGuard® gutter systems onto your home, that you may not know of include:
As you can see, while there are some benefits to installing gutter guards onto your home, such as preventing fallen debris from clogging your gutters, they may not be able to handle heavy rainfall effectively.
Therefore, if you are ready to update your home’s gutter system with LeafGuard® gutters, the experts at Local Home Pro and our trusted contractors are ready to help get your home renovation project underway as soon as possible. Book your free consultation with us today!
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