No guard is maintenance-free, and some make cleaning harder by requiring removal. Under heavy tree cover they help; on an open lot they often are not worth the cost.

You can handle this one yourself. No call needed.

Related

• Water spilling over the front edge in heavy rain
• Downspout discharging at the foundation
• Gutter pulling away from the fascia
• Standing water in the gutter after rain
• Ice damage from a winter storm
• Cleaning from a ladder alone
• Staining on the siding below the gutter

Back to Gutters.

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Written by Jaylan Jones. I Like To Exterior Services earns a referral fee when a call connects to a contractor. See our business-model disclosure.