In Episode 8, we’ll show you which gutter guard performs best in rainstorms. In a nod to the restaurant chain, Waffle House, the gutter guards were smothered and covered with locust flowers from a nearby tree, which made it challenging for some of the gutter guards to handle the deluge of water flowing off the roof.
You’ll see, close-up, exactly which gutter guards captured the most rainwater and which of systems failed the test.
Locust flowers are particularly challenging because they are small in shape and have tentacles that allow them to grab ahold of various surfaces. If you have Pines, Oaks, or River Birch trees; small flowers, leaves and debris falling from your trees, this is a must watch episode.
Literally, tens of thousands of flowers blew off the tree, landed on the roof shingles, and rolled or washed down the roof to gutter level. Once there, depending on the gutter guard, the flowers either grabbed onto the screens or simply sat on top of the gutter guards waiting for a strong gust to remove them.
However, because it began raining, even more flowers washed down the shingles and piled up on top of the gutter guards. The weight of the water matted the flowers onto the gutter guards’ surface and negatively impacted the performance of several systems.
Let us know in the comments section if you thought there was a clear winner and which gutter guards failed the water test.
