Never Clean Your Gutters AgainGutter Guard Installation in Bondurant, IA

What brush inserts actually catch

A brush guard is a long cylindrical bottle brush that sits down inside the gutter. Debris is supposed to rest on the bristles while water runs underneath. It is easy to install, requires no fasteners, and can be lifted out by hand, which are real advantages if you are looking for something reversible. What it does not do is keep the gutter clean. Leaves land on the bristles and stay there, because nothing sheds them, and once a mat has formed on top the brush is holding a compost layer directly over the water channel. Smaller material falls between the bristles and collects in the trough as it always did. So the debris is still in the gutter, it is just now tangled in something you have to pull out and shake off rather than scoop. Brushes have a narrow legitimate use as a temporary measure or on a short run that is hard to reach. As a permanent answer to gutter cleaning they move the work rather than remove it.