You want a way to clean your rain gutters, and the answer lots of elbow grease isn’t what you want to hear. We can’t help you if your problem is pine needles, but we do have a suggestion if you’re dealing with almost all other kinds of leaves.

Our secret is gutter screens. Screens attached to the tops of your gutters will help keep out almost every type of debris, and also will prevent clogged downspouts. A light brushing a couple of times a year is all that will be needed, and if you have the right tools, most future cleanups can be done from ground level.

Gutter-screening material is supplied in rolls, precut to widths that will slip right into place in most prefabricated rain gutters.