Gutter Protection
Stop cleaning your eavestroughs for good
Micromesh gutter protection keeps leaves, pine needles and roof grit out of your eavestroughs while letting rain flow through. We book your free in-home assessment, look at your whole roofline, and give you honest advice on whether it is the right fit for your home.
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No cost, no obligation. We'll look at your whole roofline and give you honest options.
✓ Free, no-obligation visit
✓ Eavestrough, fascia, soffit & gutter protection
✓ Honest advice, no pressure
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What micromesh gutter protection actually does
A fine stainless steel mesh sits over the top of your eavestrough so water gets in and debris stays out.
LeafFilter is a micromesh system. A surgical-grade stainless steel mesh, woven tight enough to block even fine debris, is mounted over the open top of your existing eavestrough. Rain passes straight through the tiny openings and runs down the trough to your downspouts, while leaves, pine needles, seed pods, shingle grit and even insects are kept on top, where wind and the slope of your roof help carry them away. Because the mesh covers the full length of the trough, there is no open gap for debris to wash into during a heavy storm.
The practical result is an eavestrough that keeps moving water away from your home instead of slowly filling with a wet, rotting mat of debris. For most homeowners that means an end to climbing a ladder twice a year to scoop out the gunk by hand. In Canada that matters year round: the same trough that overflows with maple keys in spring has to handle pine needles in summer and ice-laden meltwater in the shoulder seasons.
Why a clogged eavestrough is a real problem here
When water cannot drain, it has to go somewhere. None of the options are good.
Overflow and fascia rot
A blocked trough overflows and water slips behind it onto the fascia board. Left wet through our long winters, that wood softens, rots and pulls away, taking the soffit and the trough mounting with it.
Ice dams
Debris holds meltwater in the trough where it refreezes. The ice builds back up under the shingles, forces water into the roof deck, and stains ceilings from the inside.
Foundation water
Water that pours over the edge lands tight against the house, pools at the foundation, and over time finds its way into the basement or undermines the footing.
There is a safety angle too. The most common reason homeowners end up on a ladder at all is to clear the eavestrough, often on uneven ground, in the cold, reaching past the gutter line. Removing that twice-a-year chore removes one of the most common ways people get hurt around the house. Keeping water moving cleanly off the roof is the whole point of an eavestrough, and a clogged one quietly stops doing its job long before you notice the damage. For deeper background, our homeowner guides walk through how water moves across a roofline.
How we work
We are independent. Our job is to give you a straight answer, not to sell you something you do not need.
True North Eaves is an independent LeafFilter consultant. We book the free in-home assessment, and at that visit we look at your whole roofline, not just the section you called about. We check the condition of the eavestrough itself, the fascia and soffit behind it, the slope and access of the roof, and how water is currently draining around your home. If micromesh gutter protection is a good fit, LeafFilter supplies and installs the system. If it is not the right call for your home, we will tell you so plainly, and we will point you toward what actually makes sense, whether that is eavestrough replacement first or attention to your fascia and soffit.
One thing worth knowing about the install: when LeafFilter goes on, the existing eavestroughs are cleaned out, realigned and sealed as part of the installation, so you start from a sound, properly working system rather than just capping over a problem. On price, we keep it honest and simple. We are not the most expensive gutter protection, and we are not the least expensive. We sit somewhere in the middle. Beyond that, we do not publish prices or ranges, because what a system costs comes down to the size and complexity of your particular eavestrough setup, and the only honest number comes from the free in-home assessment, where someone looks at your actual home and gives you a written quote.
Gutter protection versus cleaning it forever
One is a chore that repeats. The other aims to end it.
Cleaning it yourself, season after season
A clear eavestrough only stays clear until the next round of leaves and needles. Whether you do it yourself or hire it out, it never ends, and a trough that clogs between cleanings can still overflow and damage the fascia. Note that we do not offer standalone gutter cleaning; it is the recurring chore that protection is meant to replace.
Micromesh protection
A one-time install that aims to take the recurring chore off your plate for good. The existing eavestroughs are cleaned, realigned and sealed during the LeafFilter install, then the mesh keeps debris out so water keeps moving and you stay off the ladder.
There is no single right answer for every home, which is why we start with a look at yours rather than a sales pitch. See where we serve homeowners on our service areas page, then book a time below.
Find out if gutter protection is right for your home
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