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..Gutter cleaning by homeowners, especially on 2-story houses or steep inclined roofs that require climbing a taller ladder, are the leading cause to home -care fall accidents and subsequent emergency room visits...
And falls are right up there when it comes to "biggest life-changers". I`m fine with going up two stories on a ladder, but more than that gets worrisome. And yeah..a steeply pitched roof is tricky even with the no-slip-material blankets/etc.
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..I assume that someone has designed and patented a gutter that looks like an accordion bellows, IE, a WWW trough design. That might work with its many small channels that will not collect or hold tree debris..
That could be great for somebody dealing with leaves, but the stuff ours collect would build up in the "valleys" of the small channels. NOT flaming the idea at all! IMO this is just one of those things where different applications will call for different approaches.