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I live in the woods, with oak, maple, hickory, and cottonwood trees all around. The house came with 4" gutters and no covers and every time it rained there was water spilling out near the downspout. I complained and the builder said every home owner knows you have to clean the gutters. I won't go into the conversation that ensued, but I gave up on him and had 6" gutters with surface tension type gutter guards put on. It's been 15 years and the gutters have been clean ever since. That's not to say they've been perfect. If you have a valley where two roofs come together and dump their water load in one place it will overwhelm the surface tension type. You do have to clean dirt off of the surface once a year. I do it with soap and water with a brush on a stick.
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