After a relatively quiet start to the spring, we’re finally beginning to see some action around here. And in a big way!
Pine needles, Oak tassels, Locust flowers and debris from River Birch trees will bring many gutter guards to their knees, so how will the gutter guards we’re testing fare during the first real test of the season?
In this episode, we’ll show you the effects of Locust tree flowers on all of the gutter guards on both the south and north side of the gutters. What seems like it may not be a big deal is actually going to shape how the gutter guards perform for weeks, if not months, to come.
The Locust tree, which is located in my neighbor’s yard, to the south, towers over much of my back yard. It’s a fairly dirty tree, dropping what seems like millions of greenish-yellow flowers each spring. It’s probably tens of thousands of flowers, to be more accurate, but it creates a mess everywhere, every year.
We’ll walk you through each gutter guard on both the south and north sides of the garage to show you how the gutter guards are faring with the arrival of the locust flowers. We’ll also highlight how far the flowers travel and how impactful they are on the gutters that are some distance removed from the tree.
Due to the way in which the locust flowers attach themselves to rough surfaces, it’s going to be a great way to gauge how well the micro mesh gutter guards — which have varying degrees of screen mesh sizes — will shed the flowers, and why shedding flowers will be a problem for some gutter guards and not others.
This is the first real debris test of the season. Stay tuned until the end of the video where we rank the top and worst performers from both sides of the garage. You will be surprised by the results!
