a teenager and a ladder and 50 bucks

I like the "Eyebrow" deflectors set in the roof over doorways/no gutters.

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Originally posted by 1935tb-11

a teenager and a ladder and 50 bucks

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Those kind of teens don't exist around here.

I did it myself for most of the 50 years or so we have lived here. My wife discourages it nowadays. Brad

Nothing of substance to contribute [but that needn't be an impediment  ] ... I don't use guards;  this summer I cleaned the gutters* with  a stick and garden hose for the second time in the 14ish years we've lived here.  I figure gutters are a good thing because they allow diversion of the  water away from the basement wall, and in the summer we collect it in "totes" for watering the garden.  

* I think that in this part of the world we call them eavestroughs w-a-y more than gutters.

...And to go onto another tangent, is there any good (?) reason to have enclosed downspouts rather than "open-faced" ones?

Edit: Indeed Brad .... "nowadays" and "wife" aren't always in alignment, but probably a good thing in the big picture. 

Cost of garage only? *Note wrap arounds at all corners.

I don't know what brand Gutter Guards Dave put in (too many years have passed), but they work great as far as leaves and twigs. The dirt still drifts in.

All I know is the top part is in a grid pattern that let's water/dirt flow through but keeps the leaves at bay. The guards have been on the house for over 15 years and still seem to be working okay. A couple of years ago my son got up on a ladder to check them out and the only thing in side was dirt.

No more ladders for this guy , and I removed my poor excuse of a gutter guards. I built an extension out of PVC pipe with an elbow at the end that attaches to my backpack leaf blower. It’s messy but takes only 5 minutes to do the entire house, and it’s a big house. Also bought an extension wand for my pressure washer that I can blast them clean with just as easy.
Slammer!!!

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Originally posted by slammer

No more ladders for this guy , and I removed my poor excuse of a gutter guards. I built an extension out of PVC pipe with an elbow at the end that attaches to my backpack leaf blower. It’s messy but takes only 5 minutes to do the entire house, and it’s a big house. Also bought an extension wand for my pressure washer that I can blast them clean with just as easy.
Slammer!!!

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I like those ideas!  So how did you make an extension connection that is easily removable from blower?  Brad

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Originally posted by slammer

No more ladders for this guy , and I removed my poor excuse of a gutter guards. I built an extension out of PVC pipe with an elbow at the end that attaches to my backpack leaf blower. It’s messy but takes only 5 minutes to do the entire house, and it’s a big house. Also bought an extension wand for my pressure washer that I can blast them clean with just as easy.
Slammer!!!

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i thought about that for mine too but the second story is about 18 feet to the gutters....  maybe thin wall would do and not be too heavy and awkward,,,,,  with screws to hold it together and take apart to store away.....    thats a plan to think about   ,   cause its coming soon.....

what size  PVC  did you use for yours ? .....

I bought the kind where the water runs over them and comes in on the side rather than the top. The ones that are basically a screen of some type over the top of the gutter in my opinion are useless. We get so much smaller debris that those clog up in a years time and just about impossible to clean.

Saw one of these bad boys in the hardware store a few weeks back ..... had to resort to reading to dertermine what it is.  

If there was only a blower with a diverted, so the crap wouldn't go all over the roof. Only to roll back into the gutter in the next rain.

rinemb
This is my blower extension. Rubber fitting goes over the end of my blower and tightens with one hose clamp. I use a small rope attached to he tube to help lift and put pressure on it while blowing.
Slammer!!!

i was thinking the end being U shaped to blow down into the gutter .. maybe cut a taper on the end for directional purposes.... i like the rubber connector !!!!

We have lots of trees and HAD gutters. Some of them had gutter covers which helped retain all the detritus.
They are all off for now. I will try living with commando (no) gutters for now. If the basement moisture changes, I will re-do them next year.
For now, no issues and the house looks better without them. We were, however, able to grow nice stuff up there before they were removed.
I just got this house last January, so it has suffered a lot of neglect that is slowly getting remediated.

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Originally posted by lazlototh

We have lots of trees and HAD gutters. Some of them had gutter covers which helped retain all the detritus.
They are all off for now. I will try living with commando (no) gutters for now. If the basement moisture changes, I will re-do them next year.
For now, no issues and the house looks better without them. We were, however, able to grow nice stuff up there before they were removed.
I just got this house last January, so it has suffered a lot of neglect that is slowly getting remediated.

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1 brave soul !

Ok, I got lazy and scrolled Amazon. I ordered this. Brad

Nice!!! Let us know how it works Brad.
Slammer!!!

Along the lines of a leaf blower...

We used an air compressor..
210 cfm..or...BIGGER... ;0)

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Originally posted by lazlototh

We have lots of trees and HAD gutters. Some of them had gutter covers which helped retain all the detritus.
They are all off for now. I will try living with commando (no) gutters for now. If the basement moisture changes, I will re-do them next year.
For now, no issues and the house looks better without them. We were, however, able to grow nice stuff up there before they were removed.
I just got this house last January, so it has suffered a lot of neglect that is slowly getting remediated.

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I truly hope that works out well for you...

T'was not the case ...here..

Gutters = ..dry basement... :0)

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Originally posted by slammer

rinemb
This is my blower extension. Rubber fitting goes over the end of my blower and tightens with one hose clamp. I use a small rope attached to he tube to help lift and put pressure on it while blowing.
Slammer!!!

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Now that there folks...is...

A..Good ..Idea.... :0]

My basement has always had moist dirt on the floor. So far, nothing has changed without gutters.

I did start putting plastic on the floor last weekend. I have lots of plastic film and sheeting from work. I have to finish up reconnecting the heating system and was dreading going up and down to the basement and bringing dirt up. (Note my dear wife is a cleaning fanatic. Some of that has rubbed off over 53 years.)
Being able to be on a clean but slightly slippery piece of plastic is like heaven. I plan on a mining enterprise, leveling the floor while removing 166 years of stuff, when everything else is done. Can just lift up the plastic and dig. After that, it can be sealed or a proper concrete floor installed.

There are some places that gutters are needed. I think the necessity is drummed up by the Gutter Industrial Complex.

Digging a hole and installing a sump pump does a good job on unwanted water.

Like I mentioned, I have no experience with gutter guards, but not long ago I saw these in HomeDepot [and of course I had to "wonder."]:   https://www.homedepot.ca/product/polar-bear-eavesdropper-eavestrough-foam/1001096155

They're a large-celled (?) foam.  It seems to me that leaves would still accumulate IF the top surface was level, but If the surface was sloped downward, away from the roof, with the lower edge flush with the rim (?) of the eavestrough, I can envision them working  not too badly ... at least for leaves [dirt and shingle grit not so much].