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Revolutionary Patent Pending Design |
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GutterGlove fits on virtually any existing gutter. It was designed that way! GutterGlove's specfications were designed so that it simply slips under the roof shingles and fits snugly to the front lip of your gutter. Three stainless steel screws are used to secure each 5 foot section to the front lip of your gutter. GutterGlove is the ONLY gutter guard company in the world that uses 100% stainless steel screws. Other screws will rust over time and leave dark brown streaks. GutterGlove doesn't take that chance. Concerning water flow capacity, GutterGlove can handle up to 200 inches of hourly rainfall, as demonstrated on our water displays at home and garden shows.
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Rains and Winds Splash Off
Debris |
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The photo left (before) was taken December 2nd, just a week or so after
the first rains in Northern California. The photo on the right (after)
was taken February 13th, just a little more than two months apart. Our
research study shows that in most cases the pounding of the rain and the
wind, along with the slope of the roof, naturally 'splashes off' most of the sand,
leaves and debris and helps keep the functionality of Gutter Glove
performing year after year.
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Visibility of GutterGlove on
Your Home |
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Painted colors are not needed because GutterGlove is not easily seen from
the ground. It stands up about 1/8th of an inch above the front lip of the
gutter, and is recessed back about 1/8th of an inch from the front lip of the
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Fingers and Thumbs |
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Each 5 foot section seams together with a 'finger'. A finger (photo below left) is an aluminum fastener that neatly, accurately and firmly locks the sections in place by fitting into grooves on each side of the aluminum channel that supports the 316L stainless steel mesh. Rain does NOT run off the fingers and over the gutter. The fingers have a slight pitch upwards along the length of their middle that drains water back into the mesh. Other companies generally use unsightly caulking to seam sections together, which will later crack, tear or peel in the sun.
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'Finger' seam |
'Thumb' seam |
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On outside corners we seam the sections together with 'thumbs' (photo above right). Like the fingers, the thumbs are a little larger, and decoratively seam together the two sections making a sealed enclosure. Again, other companies use caulking on their outside corner seams, which looks very unattractive and unprofessional.
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Endcap at the end of a gutter on
GutterGlove |
The photo above shows the use of
endcaps to seal off GutterGlove at the end of a gutter. This keeps
bugs, birds and animals out.
Because of the lesser quality materials and design of other similar
gutter guards, we are frequently requested to replace them with
Gutter Glove. Our gutter guard was designed to be your first and last
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Roof Valley Water
Over-Flow Problems On Inside Gutter Corners |
The biggest problem for gutter guard companies is solving the water over-flow issue, where the roof valley meets the gutter guard on an inside corner (see photo below, showing what an inside gutter corner looks like . . . also called an 'inside miter'). With a heavy rainfall, the enormous amount of water that flows down the valley and onto the gutter guard, simply overshoots like a waterfall, damaging your landscaping, and eventually weakening the foundation of the house! Fortunately, this problem does not occur with outside corners, also known as 'outside miters'.
GutterGlove has a patented solution that eliminates this problem. As shown in the photo below, we install our stainless steel mesh with slightly larger openings. This allows the excessive water flow to enter only the gutter, and not to overshoot. Even with debris gradually collecting (as it invariably does in a valley), the water will nonetheless be directed through GutterGlove's 316L stainless screen.
There will be a trade-off, however . . . we do admit (as any gutter cover company ought to!) that debris might occasionally need to be swept off. This is done perhaps twice per year, if indeed the wind doesn't blow it clean first! We recommend using our reverse-head brush with its telescoping handle for this routine maintenance task.
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GutterGlove's inside-miter solution in action. |
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Please see our
Maintenance page for further information.
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Functionality |
Durability, longevity and efficiency were the three biggest concerns for the designers of GutterGlove. We have been in the gutter cover industry since 1996 and have not seen a competitive gutter guard with all three qualities. Yet that is what our customers were requesting. Some gutter guards we researched were durable, yet survived only a few short years in all weathers . . . others may have been somewhat efficient, yet not durable or long lasting. Still others might have lasted a lifetime, yet were clearly inefficient and not durable. GutterGlove is both durable and efficient, and with our Lifetime Guarantee, we feel confident you will be pleased with our improvement of the gutter system on your house.
For a free estimate on installing GutterGlove on your home, please call us for a Certified Installer in your area to come out and evaluate your gutter protection needs.
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