Took about 5 hours to remove the foam and install these guards.
Tree helicopters gutters.
These screens are very effective keeping maple tree helicopters out of the gutters.
The sun is shining the flowers are starting to bloom and pollen is coating everything including our cars.
Too many of them wind up in your gutters and unlike snow they won t melt.
I used the tape and saved the included screws to use if needed the tape.
Even the trees are getting in on the action.
Maple seeds helicopters or whirligigs whatever you call them locally are a maple s way of reproducing.
The designers of gutter helmet took into account these pesky seeds.
From the brown stringy stuff to the tiny helicopters and funny little worm shaped things spring tree droppings are clogging the gutters of our streets.
So it s important to ensure your have adequate gutter protection installed and in particular ensure your gutter guards don t have small holes the maple helicopters can get stuck in.
They can travel outwards away from the tree too.
Pick from the latest and greatest micro mesh gutter protection systems solid gutter covers or perforated aluminum gutter guards.
Whether pine needles oak tassels or helicopters are getting your gutters down we offer gutter guards for every situation tree type and budget.
I installed 136 feet of this gutter guard on my house.
I had the foam inserts but they allowed debris to collect.
The best solution is a gutter guard designed to withstand seeds leaves and twigs from all tree species.
The maple seeds also known as helicopters spinners or whirlybirds literally parachute down to earth.
We have been finding all sort of tree seeds and tree reproductive parts laying on the ground around our neighborhood.