Are gutter guards a waste of money?

There are many reasons why gutter guards may not work as well as you would want them to. The main reason for that is the fact that they get exposed to a lot more debris than what they can possibly deal with. This excess debris means that the filtration system does not work properly. You may ask if the proper installation of these guards would be helpful in this regard or not. It could be that if they are installed the right way these guards would have to be cleaned on fewer occasions. Theoretically, this is possible indeed. At times, proper installation is helpful in this regard as well. 

However, even with proper gutter guard installation, you may not always know what is going on up there. For that, you would have to get up there and look at the situation


The problem with inspecting your gutter system    

At times, these guards can pose problems to you checking the gutter system properly enough. It may seem that your system is working fine. But when you inspect you see that there is a ton of debris in the same. The thing is that with the guards you would not be able to see all that dirt.

This is a major issue with gutter guards. All these built-up debris can lead to a lot of problems and some of them can be serious as well. Getting rid of them can cost you a lot of money as well.

Lack of efficiency against smaller debris 

A gutter guard is indeed capable of blocking out bigger debris that may get into your gutter such as leaves. However, the same cannot be said of smaller debris such as dirt, pine needles, and insects. In fact, anything that is small would get into the gutter even if you have a guard watching over it.

With time, this smaller debris would build up and block your gutter as well. Therefore, you need the right gutter guard installation.

The problem with a blockage

The thing with having a blockage in your gutter is that clearing it can be rather expensive. The main thing with these screens and guards is that they can only delay the blocking of your gutter. However, they would not be able to make sure that it never happens. That is why some experts say that in the long run, these guards are not really worth it.

They only cost you more in the end.

Conclusion

The problem with gutter guards does not end here. There is always a chance that the local products can lead water to completely bypass the gutters. That can prove to be highly problematic in certain scenarios. The rain gutters are designed in such a way that they are helpful in situations such as rainstorms. In these situations, the flow of water is uncontrolled. These gutters take such water and channel it properly. However, in times of a heavy storm, they cannot do so. This is because they cannot deal with the volume of water at that time.