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Gutter guards Updated: 03 Sep 2007

Products we trialled

Pictured right are the 5 products we trialled - details of each are below.

Three of the five products we tried were similar, with a plastic mesh installed over the top of the gutters. The mesh stops leaves and twigs from entering the gutters, leaving them sitting on the mesh to be blown away by the wind.

The Nylex and Greenscape Diamond (pictured, rolled, at top right of image) were quite flexible plastic mesh with holes of 11mm and 10mm respectively. They were both supplied in a roll.
The Hills Eliminator (pictured at left of image) had 6mm square holes, was of rather stiffer and thicker construction, and came in half-metre-long panels.

The two other products we trialled were quite different:

The Hedgehog (pictured centre right of image) was constructed like a bottlebrush, with stiff plastic bristles trapped by a twisted wire core. The brushes were supplied in half-metre lengths - these had to be put into the gutters underneath the gutter brackets.

The Hedgehog works by trapping the leaves and twigs, stopping them from reaching the bottom of the gutters.
The Gutterstuff foam strips (pictured bottom right of image) were made up of fairly open foam. The 1.2 metre long strips are placed in the gutter, leaving a clear channel under the foam for the water to drain.

Water can filter straight through the foam into the base of the gutter. Leaves, twigs and other debris are caught at the top of the foam to be blown away with the wind.