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Valentine Michael Smith
Citizen
Username: Umbert
Post Number: 90
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 - 11:27 am: | 
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Has anyone ever had any experience with anything like this?
http://www.leafguard.com/home.asp |
us2inFL
Citizen
Username: Us2innj
Post Number: 1238
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 - 8:42 pm: |
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We had explored this Englert Leaf Guard system, but found out the leaders, those heading from the gutter down the side of the house, had to be twice the size of regular leaders. They were the ugliest things I had seen. We did go with Leaf Filter, which uses surgical screen and a special channel to block out debris. The system worked well for us.
leaf filter system
The NJ representative is located right there in Maplewood. |
tmb
Citizen
Username: Tmb
Post Number: 40
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 3, 2005 - 10:25 am: |
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We used the leafguard system and accepted the larger downspout size. The system works great and I don't notice the larger downspouts. |
Valentine Michael Smith
Citizen
Username: Umbert
Post Number: 93
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, March 3, 2005 - 10:32 am: |
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tmb,
may ask how much it cost you to install the leafguard system on your house? and if you live in a small, medium, or large house?
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jet
Citizen
Username: Jet
Post Number: 773
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 3, 2005 - 1:45 pm: |
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I will second tmb's post. VMS, if I recall it was about the same as regular gutters. If I were installing it again , I would have snow melt cables put in on the north side of the house. |
Valentine Michael Smith
Citizen
Username: Umbert
Post Number: 95
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, March 3, 2005 - 1:48 pm: |
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what are snow melt cables? |
sac
Supporter
Username: Sac
Post Number: 1867
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 3, 2005 - 2:08 pm: |
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We had a representative from one of these seamless gutter companies out at some point and there was something "difficult" about installing them on our house. (I don't recall the details.) However, the illuminating comment from the representative ... once they had determined that they didn't want the job ... was that we could pay for years and years of bi-annual gutter cleanings for the cost of the fancy gutters.
Hmmmm..... |
us2inFL
Citizen
Username: Us2innj
Post Number: 1241
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 3, 2005 - 3:15 pm: |
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ya pays yer money, ya takes yer chances.
The Englert system is overall ugly ugly. |
tmb
Citizen
Username: Tmb
Post Number: 41
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 9, 2005 - 10:21 am: |
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We live in a small colonial. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bath. Englert installed gutters across the front and back, including extra gutters along the kitchen bump-out and sun room. They did it in an afternoon and were very clean. All told, I think it ran about $1600. |
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