Gutter Guards That End the Twice-a-Year Cleanout

Gutter Helmet is a reverse-curve hood — a different technology that can overshoot in a hard downpour and is typically sold at a premium through in-home appointments. LeafFilter is micro-mesh like ours, so there the real difference is price and no high-pressure sales. We install stainless micro-mesh on your existing gutters at a published $10–$18 per foot. Our Gutter Helmet vs. micro-mesh guide breaks the tradeoffs down in detail.

If you pay for a cleaning or two every year, or climb a ladder to do it yourself, micro-mesh usually pays for itself within a few seasons — and sooner under heavy tree cover, where clogs cause the overflow that rots fascia and floods basements. If your home has almost no trees nearby, guards matter less, and we'll tell you so honestly.

The good ones do. We install two: stainless micro-mesh, which sheds leaves, pine needles, and grit while passing heavy rain, and perforated aluminum screens as a budget tier that stops leaves and twigs for less per foot. Both beat bare gutters by a mile. What doesn't work is foam inserts and brush guards from the box store — those clog within a season. Our no-clog guarantee covers both tiers: if a guarded gutter clogs, we come clear it free.

Yes, as long as your gutters are structurally sound. We clean, reseal, and re-pitch them first so you're not sealing debris and standing water under a screen.

No. Our guards mount to the gutter and slide under the first course of shingles without fasteners in your roof, which keeps shingle warranties intact.

That's exactly what micro-mesh is for, and it's the reason we ask about your trees before quoting anything. The mesh openings are smaller than a grain of sand, so needles and helicopters slide off instead of threading through the way they do with a perforated screen. If you have pines anywhere near the house, don't let anyone sell you a screen.

Look at what's growing over your roof. Pines nearby, or heavy tree cover of any kind, and you want stainless micro-mesh — needles and fine debris are what defeat coarser guards. No pines and moderate tree cover, and a perforated aluminum screen keeps the leaves out for less per foot, with an occasional rinse. We'll walk your roofline and tell you which one it is before we quote, and if your lot is open enough that guards wouldn't pay for themselves, we'll say that instead of selling you a set.

Guards don't cause ice dams. Attic heat loss does. And they prevent the clogs that make winter overflow worse. Mesh sheds snow load fine, and spring melt drains through normally.