The Best Gutter System for Homes Surrounded by Trees

If you live in New England and have a lot of trees around your home, you already know what happens every fall.

The leaves come down.

The pine needles come down.

The little sticks, seeds, buds and everything else that nature can throw at your roof comes down, too.

And eventually, a lot of it ends up in your gutters.

So what is the best gutter system for a home surrounded by trees?

A properly designed seamless gutter system with the right gutter guard for your particular property.

But there’s a little more to it than simply putting a guard on your existing gutters.

TREES CHANGE THE GUTTER GAME

We work on homes throughout New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine, and no two homes are exactly alike.

One home might sit underneath a canopy of mature oak trees.

Another might have pine trees dropping needles onto the roof all year long.

Another might have a steep roof surrounded by hardwoods that dump thousands of leaves into the gutter system every fall.

These homes need to be looked at differently.

The amount and type of debris matters. The roofline matters. The size of the roof matters. The pitch matters. The drainage matters.

And, of course, New England weather matters.

The best gutter system is the one designed around your home. Not a one-size-fits-all system pulled off a shelf.

SEAMLESS GUTTERS ARE A GREAT START

At Legacy, we're big believers in seamless gutters.

Why?

Because seamless is exactly what it sounds like.

Rather than installing a bunch of 10-foot sections and connecting them together, we manufacture our gutters on-site to the custom lengths your home requires.

That means fewer seams, fewer potential leak points and a cleaner-looking finished product.

But for a home surrounded by trees, the gutter itself is only part of the equation.

You also have to think about what gets into the gutter.

THIS IS WHERE GUTTER GUARDS COME IN

If your home is surrounded by trees, gutter protection can be a game changer.

A good gutter guard helps keep leaves, pine needles and other debris from accumulating inside your gutters while allowing rainwater to flow through.

But here's something homeowners should know:

Not every gutter guard is designed for the same type of debris.

Large leaves are one thing.

Pine needles and smaller debris are another.

At Legacy, we offer different gutter guard systems depending on what your property is dealing with.

Our MicroGuard system is designed to help keep larger debris, such as leaves, out of the gutter.

Our KleanGuard system is designed for smaller debris, including pine needles.

We also offer copper options and custom debris shields when the home calls for something different.

That's the important part.

We don't believe every house needs the exact same solution.

WHAT ABOUT PINE TREES?

If you've got pine trees around your house, you know the struggle.

Pine needles are small. They get everywhere. And they can find their way into gutter systems where larger leaves can't.

That's why we pay attention to the trees around your home when we're designing a gutter protection system.

A system that works perfectly for a house surrounded by large oak leaves may not be the best solution for a home surrounded by pine trees.

It's all about matching the system to the property.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE DOWNspouts

Here's another part of the equation that often gets overlooked.

Your gutters can be perfectly clean, but if the water can't get out of them efficiently, you've still got a problem.

That's why proper downspout placement and sizing matter.

At Legacy, we look at the entire drainage system - not just the piece of aluminum hanging along the edge of your roof.

Where does the water go?

How much water does the roof collect?

Where are the downspouts?

Where does the water discharge?

Does it need to be moved farther away from the foundation?

These are the questions that matter.

AND THEN THERE'S WINTER

This is New England.

We don't get to design a gutter system for fall leaves and forget about it.

Our gutters have to deal with snow, ice, freezing temperatures and freeze-thaw cycles, too.

That's one reason we believe in building things strong.

Our Pro6K seamless gutters, for example, use heavy-duty hangers and brackets built for ice, stainless steel fasteners and a .032-inch-thick aluminum gutter. They're also custom-extruded on-site to fit the home.

Overbuilt isn't a marketing term to us. It's how we build.

DO GUTTER GUARDS MEAN YOU NEVER HAVE TO CLEAN YOUR GUTTERS?

No.

And we'd rather be honest about that.

Gutter guards can dramatically reduce the amount of debris that gets into your gutters, but no gutter protection system means you can forget about your gutters forever.

Your roof, gutters and guards should still be inspected and maintained.

Trees don't stop doing what trees do.

The goal is to make your gutter system work better and require less maintenance, not pretend maintenance doesn't exist.

SO, WHAT IS THE BEST GUTTER SYSTEM FOR A HOME SURROUNDED BY TREES?

There isn't one answer for every house.

But for many heavily wooded New England homes, we recommend starting with a properly designed seamless gutter system and then choosing the gutter protection that makes sense for the type of debris your property receives.

That's the Legacy approach.

Look at the home. Understand the problem. Design the system. Build it right.

We don't want to sell you something you don't need.

We want to build something we'd be happy to put on our own home.

That's why we're particular about the products we use, the hardware we install and the way our systems are built. If we wouldn't put it on our own house, we don't want it on yours.

SURROUNDED BY TREES? LET'S FIGURE IT OUT.

If you're constantly cleaning leaves and pine needles out of your gutters, or you're tired of watching water pour over the edge every time it rains, it may be time to take a closer look at your gutter system.

Legacy Gutter designs and builds seamless gutter systems throughout New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and surrounding areas.

We'll take a look at your home, your roofline, your trees and your drainage - and help you figure out what makes sense.

Protect your home. Build your Legacy.

Legacy Gutter Solutions, Inc.
New England's Strongest Gutters