How To Make Your Own Gutter Guards

From there it snaps in and out for easy cleaning.

How to make your own gutter guards.

How to make your own gutter guards step 1. You will need wire mesh which is sold in 100 foot aluminum rolls that are 8 inches wide. Flat gutter screen 12 years of service. Simple gutter screens work better at keeping leaves out and letting water into the gutter than the solid gutter caps with louvers.

Making your gutter guard. I had the foam inserts but they allowed debris to collect. Spray paint the mesh to provide enhanced rust oxidation protection. I love consumer reports subtitle to their evaluation of gutter guards do it yourself systems beat the pros the results of the gutter guard testing appears in the september issue and confirms what i suspected.

4 if nails or screws are used cover each with a dab of roofing cement. 1 slide putty knife under roof shingles that are stuck down. Using the hacksaw cut the roll s of mesh in half making 2 rolls 4 inches wide. 3 fasten gutter protector to the roof and or gutter as specified by the manufacturer.

I installed 136 feet of this gutter guard on my house. Install a self drilling aluminum roofing screw that pierces and secures the flashing gutter and supporting strap photo 2 and 3. Follow the steps below if you want to make your own gutter guards. The easiest and most common way is by locking them into place.

The mesh won t really need it since it will either be aluminum or galvanized. Assuming that your roof and flashing are in place insert the rain gutter edge under the roof flashing then insert the j shaped supporting strap under the gutter as seen in photo 1. Took about 5 hours to remove the foam and install these guards. So far so good.

Mesh is also available in 4 to 8 foot sheets and they can be painted to fit the exterior of your house. Add 2 inches to the length and width measurements to obtain the final measurement result. 2 insert gutter protector underneath the shingles making sure it covers the front edge of gutter. Cut wire mesh sections using a.