375 ft of High Flow Helmet Guards on an Atlanta Stucco Home
Atlanta, GA
We put gutter guards on a two-story stucco home in Atlanta’s 30327 ZIP, a house with hip roofs, dormers, skylights and tall chimneys, set among hardwoods and crape myrtles. The gutters got a deluxe cleaning first, and then we covered 375 feet of gutter with white High Flow Helmet guards.
Hardwoods, hip roofs and clogged downspouts
With this many trees around the house, the gutters fill with leaves, twigs and grit, and the grit washes down into the downspouts. When we opened the system up, the gutters held standing water and sediment, and at least one downspout was packed so tight it held water to the top. A clogged downspout backs water up into the gutter until it spills over, right next to the stucco walls and the foundation. And on a two-story house, cleaning all of it by hand a couple of times a year is a long, tall ladder job.
A deep clean first, then 375 feet of Helmet
We cleaned the whole system by hand, took down the downspouts that were packed solid to clear them, and flushed every downspout. We checked the pitch so water runs to the outlets, re-secured loose sections and resealed the end caps, miters and outlets with gutter sealant. With the gutters clean and draining, we installed 375 feet of High Flow Helmet in white: .024 aluminum with a diamond pattern of 3/16-inch holes that lets rain in and keeps leaves and twigs out, so far less debris reaches the downspouts from here on.
Highlights
- 375 ft of High Flow Helmet
- Deluxe cleaning first
- Clogged downspouts cleared
- Pitch checked, seams resealed