Homeowner Fed Up with LeafFilter Gutter Guards and Undersized Gutters after 18-Yrs of Problems

[@nxtlvlmgt]

By you disturbing the shingles, usually voids the roof warranty. Is that smart?

[@johnathanskardon]

Don’t believe the hype! That’s untrue. Shingle manufacturers ONLY warranty its products from manufacturing defects. Whether drip edging or step flashing, anything can be placed under the shingles without voiding a warranty. Shingle manufacturers would not appreciate nor warranty a shingle where someone made a mechanical penetration through it - such as with screws or nails - but that’s not an issue when installing gutter guards, which simply slide under the 1st or 2nd course of shingles. Even if it were an issue, manufacturers would still cover the portion of the roof that was not damaged by screws and nails.

[@albertstrong5516]

Maybe you need to have a few trees cut. That will be a problem with any product. It obvious no one is doing any maintenance on the house.

[@gutterguardsdirect]

Actually, this homeowner had a very well kept home and yard. As a tree lover, she opted to keep the tree in her back yard, which is why she installed gutter guards to begin with. There were also several large white pine trees in a neighbor’s yard that were contributing to her gutter problems. While she had asked the neighbor to cut them down, they refused. But with a relatively low slope roof and being 85-years old at the time we did the work, LeafFilter and the gutters were past their prime. The reason she hired us was to clean everything up and provide a better long term solution that she could benefit from for the remainder of her time in the house. Because MasterShield has a better forward slope than LeafFilter, she won’t be subject to leaves and debris accumulating on her new 6” gutters anymore.

[@muziv82]

Of course there are leaves. It’s not a magical solution. When you have so many trees, you have to maintain the roof and gutters. Even when you have gutter guards