Threw $600 at a gutter guards system and now I'm climbing a ladder every week anyway

I bought this whole LeafFilter knockoff setup last spring after a big storm clogged my gutters so bad water was pouring down the side of my house. Cost me about $600 for the materials and I spent a whole Saturday installing them on my ranch house in Phoenix. Thought I was being smart, you know, set it and forget it. But now after six months the fine mesh is getting caked with dust and tiny seeds from the mesquite trees. I'm up there every few weeks with a shop vac blowing them out anyway. My neighbor just uses the old school gutter scoops and a hose and spends half the time I do. Anyone else have a fancy gutter fix that just created more work?

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grant_hart21d ago

lol have you tried just pulling the guards off and selling them on FB Marketplace?

the_ryan21d ago

Tbh you just described my exact situation. I dropped $500 on those guards thinking I was gonna be done with gutter maintenance forever and now I'm out there with a leaf blower every couple weeks anyway. The fine mesh does NOTHING for that sandy dust that builds up in Phoenix, it just traps it in there and makes it harder to clean than a regular open gutter. My buddy still uses the old metal scoops and a hose and his gutters are cleaner than mine with half the effort. I should have just bought a better ladder and called it a day.