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88e28
11-05-2007, 10:52 PM
Getting tired of cleaning my gutters anyone have any ideas to stop the leafs and pine needles to getting in? I'm not going to change the gutters because of the cost.
mistertripps
11-05-2007, 10:57 PM
Without changing to gutter guard or something similar, I don't think you can keep the stuff out. Pine needles really suck since they get in there and the sap cooks in the sun.

Good luck!
88e28
11-05-2007, 11:00 PM
I have learned that down here in Atlanta you cut trees down and in Chicago we plant trees.
Jdudley13
11-06-2007, 01:59 AM
Dude, go to lowes and look. They have gutter guards that snap into place and are very inexpensive. I put them on our house in VA for my mom last time I was home. They get the job done...
88e28
11-06-2007, 01:13 PM
Thanks Man I'll go there today and check it out.
Jdudley13
11-06-2007, 05:52 PM
No problem, they have a few options. I got the white ones, they come in, I think, 3' pieces
Lsixer
11-06-2007, 05:59 PM
I have learned that down here in Atlanta you cut trees down and in Chicago we plant trees.

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ya, and the leaves that come with them.
MachSchnell
11-06-2007, 06:42 PM
I actually had grass growing in one of mine this summer, ironic only because I refer to my backyard as the dirt-farm. I just removed a bunch of trees and I'm installing the gutter railing in the spring.

Who the fock has time to clean gutters?!?:rolleyes:
88e28
11-06-2007, 06:59 PM
I have a home office so I can stop anytime to do other things on the Honey do list.:eek:
iowna330xi
11-06-2007, 07:18 PM
I have a home office so I can stop anytime to do other things on the Honey do list.:eek:

Lucky you! There are other cheaper alternatives, go to Ace hardware, they have those screen thingy that are cents to a yard. Though they're not that effective for pine needles but great in managing leaves. Just measure your gutter all around to give you a rough estimate on how much it would cost. It just snaps on top of the gutter.
88e28
11-06-2007, 07:52 PM
Sounds like the way to go. This is a all new thing to me.
Mitch
11-06-2007, 08:09 PM
I hate cutting trees down, I won't do it unless it falls from a storm or something. I do hate getting all the pine needles out of our cars.
Jdudley13
11-07-2007, 01:34 AM
The mesh version might not be as effective here because of the pine needles..GA pines will get you...
88e28
11-07-2007, 03:02 AM
I"m finding this out.