Your rain gutters were put there to protect your house. When the rain runs down the roof, it washes all this into the rain gutter. On a smaller scale, that’s what can also happen in you rain gutters.
Material collects in the gutter instead of coming down the downspout. One simple design is a gutter screen, which uses some form of screen to catch the solids and pass the water. Screens are simple to install and keep most of the leaves and debris out of your gutters. The hood covers the entire gutter and has just a tiny channel for the water to enter the gutter.
A hybrid gutter cover is much the same as a hood with many of the features of the gutter screen. A newer technology is the gutter filter. This system uses a filter membrane installed inside the gutter.
Sock Woodruff is founder and partner of GutterSupply.com, the leading manufacturer and distributor of gutter supplies, gutter machines, gutter covers, and related tools and equipment.