Spent Saturday morning putting up the icicle lights on the house. I've got two short sections on two separate strands that have bulb outs so I still need to get those fixed. I'm glad they weren't up on the high parts of the house, should be able to reach these without climbing on the roof.
While I was putting up my lights, I noticed I was losing the ongoing battle between unimpeded rainwater flow and crap in my gutters. Spent a little bit of time to do gutter cleaning while I was up there and removed some of the stuff out above the downspouts.
Then, just now, the Signal vs. Noise blog posted this entry about the ultimate low-tech solution to this battle many homeowners face each fall and spring. As Jason posted in the article he has battled with the wire covers, gutter gaurds and brushes, but nothing really seems to still work for long.
He points us to the folks over at Gutter Stuff. Their solution is a traingular shaped piece of foam that you push down into your gutter. Since nothing but liquid can get through the foam, everything else just falls off the edge of your gutter and onto your yard.
Idea seems great to me. However, I wonder how long it takes for the miniscule dirt/debris to clog up the top surface of the foam and turn the edges of your roof into a little suburbian waterfall.