FlowGuard is designed to efficiently keep out leaves, twigs, and other debris from your gutters while allowing water to flow freely. This helps to prevent clogs and overflow, ensuring your gutter system remains effective and low-maintenance.

FlowGuard's unique 3-point design allows airflow by elevating wet leaves and other debris off the cover surface, preventing them from sticking. Over time, light winds and natural elements simply blow away the dried leaves and debris. Additionally, the 3-point design acts as dams, slowing water flow over the cover and allowing full drainage into your gutters, even when covered by wet leaves and debris. This innovative design ensures efficient gutter performance and minimizes maintenance.

FlowGuard is constructed from heavy-gauge, high-tempered .018 painted aluminum and is secured using 410 stainless steel screws. These materials are extensively utilized in various industries, including construction, and have demonstrated their ability to withstand the harshest environments. Additionally, FlowGuard's design reinforces high-stress mounting areas, ensuring exceptional durability and longevity.

FlowGuard is simple and easy to install, requiring no special tools or training. Our gutter guards come with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions. However, the installation work must be performed on top of a ladder. Special tools and training may be needed to safely access your gutters. If you are inexperienced in safely handling a ladder, we highly recommend reaching out to one of our independent contractors. These professionals, who earn a living safely working on ladders, can ensure a safe installation of FlowGuard.

FlowGuard significantly reduces regular gutter maintenance or, in most cases, completely eliminates it. In rare situations, such as a large valley area or a run of gutter surrounded by large structures or trees that block the wind needed to clear debris, or extended periods of rain preventing debris from drying, a simple brushing of the surface in the problem area may be required to prevent buildup. Even in this worst-case scenario, the maintenance is far easier and takes a fraction of the time compared to cleaning out buckets of wet, slimy leaves from open gutters.

From residential homes to large industrial and commercial structures FlowGuard is engineered to accommodate all roofs and gutter types. We offer our product in both 5-inch residential sizes and 6-inch commercial sizes. With the exception of our Slip Under Shingle Gutter Guard, FlowGuard is designed to be installed without contacting your shingles or other roofing materials, making it compatible with any roof style. FlowGuard is mounted on top of the gutter system, ensuring that the design or shape of your gutters does not impede its installation. This versatile design guarantees seamless installation and optimal performance across various gutter and roofing configurations.

Absolutely. Our 50-year no-questions-asked warranty is exactly what every warranty should be. If FlowGuard cracks, warps, splits, or fails in any way, we will replace it free of charge. Our 50-year warranty period is not an arbitrary number pulled out of thin air. We use only known materials with proven performance and track records to manufacture our products. Unlike other products with vague "lifetime" warranties filled with exclusions that essentially result in no warranty protection, our warranty genuinely offers long-term protection. By using materials already proven in various industries, we are proud to offer a real 50 Year Warranty!

The use of rear installation fasteners is optional. FlowGuard can be securely installed using only the front fasteners. While many homeowners are understandably concerned about installing screws into the fascia, it is important to note that FlowGuard's rear mounting essentially attaches to your home using the same attachment points as the existing gutter brackets. Additionally, the rear mounting hole is positioned at a higher plane than the front lip of FlowGuard, ensuring that in the unlikely event of a full blockage, water will overflow over the front of the gutter rather than backing into the rear mounting hole. Utilizing the rear mounting location enhances the stability and strength of your entire gutter system.

If you currently have areas known to develop icicles or ice dams, you may continue to experience them even with FlowGuard. However, we specifically offer FlowGuard in a Black color we call Thermal Thaw Black to help prevent the formation of additional icicles or ice dams. This color absorbs heat from the sun, aiding in the melting of snow and ice on sunny days during the winter months.

The gutter industry sizes its gutters based on the overall width, which is measured from the very back of the gutter to the outside lip. You do not use the opening width measurement; instead, you measure the full overall width. This will typically be 5 or 6 inches, with a variance of +/- a quarter inch. FlowGuard is designed to be installed with this 1/4 inch variance, ensuring a proper fit.

We include 410 stainless steel twin thread pierce point screws for several reasons. These screws have a sharp, pointed tip with twin flutes that easily pierce through materials. The twin flutes create a tighter fit by displacing material as the screw is driven in, resulting in a more secure connection, especially in thin sheet metals and lightweight materials such as aluminum gutters.
Self-drilling sheet metal screws, commonly provided by other manufacturers, remove the material as the hole is drilled, leaving little material for the screw threads to hold onto. This type of screw can easily strip out and work loose over time when used in a gutter application. By using twin thread pierce point screws, FlowGuard ensures a more durable and secure installation for your gutter system.

410 stainless steel screws contain a small amount of carbon, which enhances their hardness and strength. This addition of carbon also imparts magnetic properties to the screws. These magnetic properties allow the screws to be easily held in place by a magnetic driver during installation, making the process more efficient and convenient.

FlowGuard is available to order in bulk quantities of up to 10,200 linear feet. As the manufacturer of our own product, we have the ability to offer significant savings on larger bulk orders. Additionally, we offer the option to mix and match colors with bulk pricing on the same sizes, allowing you to maximize the value of your orders. We also provide FlowGuard to distributors and retail businesses under various brand names. For custom quotes on such order types, please contact us directly.

All orders ship directly from our Huron, Ohio manufacturing facility. We maintain a substantial inventory of ready-to-ship products, enabling us to promptly meet the demands of our customers and contractors. Recognizing that many contractors rely on our product for their business operations, we offer same-day FedEx shipping on all standard orders placed by 3pm ET.

FlowGuard Gutter Covers are proudly produced in Huron, Ohio, situated along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie in the Great Lakes region.