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Our Top Picks All the gutter guards below feature designs that reliably keep pine needles out of a home’s gutters. The options we highlighted differ in terms of their materials (such as micro-mesh ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Kristin is a lead editor at Forbes Home and has nearly a decade of ...

Q: You've written many times about gutter guards but you don't seem to have found one you like. What's your advice? The mesh gutter guard seems the most promising. A: I have been testing gutter guards ...