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The Use of Gutter Mesh To Shield Your Gutters From Fire Igniting Elements

by | Jul 31, 2021 | Gutter Mesh

The Use of Gutter Mesh To Shield Your Gutters From Fire Igniting Elements

The Australian government and the firefighters alike, in response to the dangers posed by the Bushfires to the life and the infrastructure, propose various approaches to improve the capability of one’s home in confronting the issue. 

The steps pronounced by the authorities are not just directed at the fire friendly elements like the leaves or the gutter waste, but also address the vicious ember attack of the bushfire. 

Ember Attacks

Bushfires, when accompanied by the wind, can carry burning debris up to  100 metres provoking serious damages to population and the property. This phenomenon is referred to as the ember attack. The severity of such an attack can be conveniently established from research, which suggests that 85% of homes fall prey to its hostility during bushfires. 

Ember attack is not only a serious danger in its severity but also in its ability to ignite swiftly. It only takes a moment to find a leaf or debris in your gutter and catch flame, resulting in destruction of your property. 

This is just one of the ways for it to begin destruction; hence it is only natural that there should be utmost consideration towards equipping your homes with effective fire proof ability.

How Gutter Mesh Assists In Fireproofing 

Gutter mesh safeguards the gutter against fire igniting elements that may lead to severe damages. It is installed over the gutters to produce a ski-slope effect, keeping the leaves out and thus diffusing any chance of catching fire.

To ensure that the effect works, the aperture size of your gutter mesh should be compatible with the environment and surroundings.

Why Is The Leaf Size Significant?

Leaves are the primary source of flame provoking elements in the gutters which can lead to catching fire when embers get in contact with the debris and other such sources.

The aperture size of the gutter mesh plays an integral role in providing a barrier to the leaves from entering the gutter space. Hence, to ensure that the whole ember attack prevention mechanism works smoothly, the gutter mesh aperture size should match the leaf size of the environment around your house. 

Protection Against Embers 

At Gutter Guard King we thoroughly understand the importance of protection against the destructive ember attacks. Leaves are just one side of the picture and hence, the gutter mesh should be invulnerable to all the fire inducing elements.

Our 2mm aluminium ember mesh ensures maximum protection. The exceptional resistance to heat provides the necessary shield against the intensity of the fire while the smaller aperture prevents blockage of leaves and other fire friendly sources. 

Gutter Mesh – Preventing Damages From Floods And Clogged Gutters

Gutter Mesh – Preventing Damages From Floods And Clogged Gutters

by | Jun 28, 2021 | Gutter Mesh, Roof Safety

Gutter Mesh – Preventing Damages From Floods And Clogged Gutters

Gutter Mesh – Preventing Damages From Floods And Clogged Gutters | King Group
Evidently, we all know the purpose of gutters is to prevent houses from water damages like flooding, by carrying the rainwater away from roofs and buildings. Such transportation is necessary during any rainy season; however, its importance is particularly more emphasized when Australia is going through the storm season; massive downpours overwhelm downpipes and gutters that lose their capabilities and hence, clog up. Although normally functioning gutters effectively safeguard your home, ones that are overflowing cause water to travel inside amid a rainstorm, and as a result, your walls, floors, and ceilings may get completely damaged – exhausting you financially as well as physically. Along with having to pay heavy repair bills, you may also have to take time off work to clean up.

Why Gutters Overflow
Gutters overflow because they may be of poor quality or there are errors in their installation method. While these issues remain significant, it can be said that in the majority of cases, clogged gutters are the main cause. Debris such as leaves, gum nuts, feathers, and even sticks can cause your gutter to clog up, preventing water from flowing smoothly. Thus, when the rainwater is unable to travel through downpipes and gutters, it escapes to other places – leaking through your roof and overflowing your basement, causing intense flood damage.

Ways To Prevent Flooding
Since clogged gutters are the main reason why overflowing occurs, preventing them from clogging up is the most suitable solution to the problem. In order to impede clogging, be sure to keep debris such as leaves and sticks away from your gutters. A common assumption is that regularly getting your gutters cleaned can prevent clogging. However, while this may appear to be the most effective method, its daily financial cost adds up, while that of DIY cleaning remains hidden – which can be even more serious. Hence, it is better that you install appropriately fitting gutter mesh on your gutters.

Gutter Cleaning – An Alternative
A gutter mesh over your gutters is specifically designed to decrease flooding risks caused by clogged gutters. This is done by creating a ski-slope effect on top, which then allows rainwater to travel in while keeping debris out. Since installing gutter mesh is a long-term solution with little maintenance, it acts as an effective alternative to the traditional gutter cleaning system. Adopting this method will protect you from the dangers of DIY gutter cleaning and also save you a hefty bill.

Selection Is Key
It is imperative that you select the most appropriate gutter mesh as there is a wide variety available to choose from – there is no ‘fixed size’ option. Having said that, leaf size is important to keep in mind when selecting a gutter mesh for your house. A mesh that has an aperture of 3.5mm is most appropriate, for example, to prevent large leaves such as magnolia or brush box from entering your gutters. In conclusion, the right selection today will save you from the damaging threats of flooding in the future!

Enjoy A Leaf-Free Rain Harvesting System By Getting Gutter Mesh

Enjoy A Leaf-Free Rain Harvesting System By Getting Gutter Mesh

by | Jun 28, 2021 | Gutter Mesh

Enjoy A Leaf-Free Rain Harvesting System By Getting Gutter Mesh

Enjoy A Leaf-Free Rain Harvesting System By Getting Gutter Mesh | King Group
Rain harvesting aims to provide a stream of clean rainwater that can be great to use in your house. However, if leaves end up stuck in the gutters, it can result in poor quality rainwater in less quantity. In short, leaves result in compromising the rain harvesting system.

Suffice it to say, keeping the rain harvest system leaf-free is critical for you to acquire the highest possible amount of fit-to-use water in your tanks.

How Do Leaves Make Any Difference? 

Leaves raise a variety of issues to optimal rain harvesting. First and foremost, leaves will provide hindrance for the rainwater to enter the rainwater system, greatly decreasing the amount of water that you receive. This would then leave you exposed to inconsistencies brought about by droughts and lack of rainfall, in turn limiting you to use the rainwater as per your needs.

Besides the aforementioned issue, the rainwater’s opacity, color, and odor can be compromised by the new and composted leaves that find their way into the gutter. This results in the water being unfit for its intended use, which in turn can threaten your well-being and generate excessive wastage and shortage of water supply.

Insects and larger pests are also attracted by the accumulation of leaves inside the gutters. These pests can become the cause of additional clogging and uncleanness, further negatively impacting the amount and grade of your rainwater.

Keeping Gutters Leaf Free

Installing Gutter Guard King’ mesh with an acceptable aperture (hole size) is one solution that is very effective and operational for keeping gutters and the harvesting system free of leaves and associated pests.

Gutter Guard King mesh creates a physical barricade above the gutters. This barricade is intended to allow rainwater to pass through while keeping the leaves and other rubble out, utilizing the ski-slope effect. By preventing leaves from entering the primary entry point into the rain harvest system, it assists in avoiding the clogging of gutters and contamination of the rainwater supply.

The installation of the mesh over the gutter at a specific angle with respect to the roof provides extra protection. This becomes possible because of the creation of an uninterrupted ski-slope effect which allows the leaves and debris to fly over the mesh conveniently. This usually results in the leaves staying off the mesh for a long period of time which is enough for it to decompose, and further eliminates contamination prospects.

Choosing Suitable Gutter Mesh 

The most important thing when it comes to selecting a gutter mesh is the aperture (hole size) that is most suitable for the environment. For the gutter mesh to be perfect for keeping your gutters and rainwater catchment free of leaves, you need to select one with the hole size that complements the size of leaves of plants and trees in the area.

Neither the gutter mesh nor the leaves belong to a one-size-fits-all category.

In general, you may use a gutter mesh having a wider hole size like our 3.5 mm gutter mesh made out of Aluminium in case your house is located in an area with wider leaf plants/trees. Though, if your house is in an area that has smaller leaf plants/trees, you may need a gutter mesh with a comparatively smaller aperture so that the gutters and harvesting system is clear.

Our Mesh Calculator tool offers additional peace for your mind and confidence by assisting you to choose the most accurate gutter mesh that would surely keep gutters and the harvesting system completely free of leaves.

To make your mesh shopping more convenient, our calculator is a seamless tool. It will ask the appropriate questions quickly and simply so that it can suggest you the most ideal recommendation.

Save on Cleaning & Maintenance Expenses with Gutter Mesh

Save on Cleaning & Maintenance Expenses with Gutter Mesh

by | Jun 28, 2021 | Gutter Mesh

Save on Cleaning & Maintenance Expenses with Gutter Mesh

Save on Cleaning & Maintenance Expenses with Gutter Mesh
Gutters are normally considered as one of the least important features of any building when in reality, they act as vital heroes for your home’s safety. Gutters that function properly make sure the rainwater swamped up on your roof does not leak into your building, protecting it against flooding and other risks. 

On the contrary, damaged gutters can cause an increase in flooding risks as well as other threats including a bushfire or pest invasion. An important thing to note is that the majority of these problems arise as a result of fallen leaves clogging up your gutter. Hence gutter replacement, repair, and maintenance are imperative expenses in order to keep leaves out and prevent further damage from taking place.

An effective option to consider is Gutter Guard King’ aluminum gutter mesh, which in comparison to gutter cleaning, is much more cost-effective and will also keep your home safe from severe threats. 

Gutter Cleaning Expenses 
Debris such as leaves and sticks often form clusters in gutters, which causes them to clog up. If you’re lucky, this might only slow down the water flow from your roof. Though most of the time, it leads to costly damages. Hence it is important that you get your gutters cleaned on the regular to avoid such expensive threats. Homes that are situated in areas with a lot of trees are required to have their gutters cleaned after every three months. However, this can get quite expensive considering each clean-up costs approximately $250. 

An alternative to this could be DIY gutter cleaning, which is financially less draining though could result in more complications from fatal risks involving ladder-related falls – leading to severe injuries or death. Thus, DIY cleaning is not exactly a cost-effective method. 

Rust Replacement Expenses 
Having rusted gutters replaced is an essential expense since rust will damage your gutters into ineffectiveness. Rust prevention will also save you on long-term replacement expenses in the future. Although all gutters made out of metal will rust to some extent, environmental factors largely contribute to the time it takes to happen. Particularly, the amount of water present in your gutter speeds up the process of rusting and corrosion. 

One of the most effective ways to slow its process is by minimizing the amount of time water is present in gutters. Clogging from leaves or other debris may affect the functionality of your drainage system and even cause a pool of water to settle inside. Such problems increase the probability of your gutter rusting away faster than it normally should. 

Reduce And Minimize Costs
Before anything else, keeping debris and leaves out of gutters will significantly lessen the need to get your gutters cleaned and also save them from rusting off. Essentially, this will save you on hefty repair bills relating to gutter damages such as floods and pests. In other words, the lesser the damage, the fewer repair and replacement bills you will have to pay!  

The most suitable solution to this is actually the simplest – install an appropriate gutter mesh over your gutters, and that alone will save you from a million headaches.

Gutter Mesh – How It Reduces Your Expenses 
A gutter mesh over your gutters forms a shield against the entrance of debris such as leaves and sticks, which significantly reduces the risk of gutters clogging up – saving you on regular maintenance bills as well as prevent rapid rusting. However, it should be kept in mind that all methods require maintenance to some degree, no treatment is entirely perfect. Similarly, metal gutters cannot remain free of rust forever. However, you can significantly reduce the number of times your gutters require cleaning with the use of gutter mesh and avoid hefty bills along with other physical exhaustion. 

Choose A Proper Gutter Mesh
It is of utmost importance to select a gutter mesh that matches the size of leaves in your area since they’re the main culprits behind clogged gutters. A gutter mesh that has a large aperture will keep out larger leaves and debris from entering, though don’t work the same with smaller leaves. Hence, make sure you consider leaf sizes when selecting a gutter mesh to maximize its effectiveness. 

Gutter Guard King helps you select the most appropriate gutter mesh by considering all external factors of your property including leaf size, roof material, potential bushfire threats, and much more.

The Gutter Mesh Wars: Plastic vs Metal

The Gutter Mesh Wars: Plastic vs Metal

by | Jun 28, 2021 | Gutter Mesh

The Gutter Mesh Wars: Plastic vs Metal

The Gutter Mesh Wars - Plastic vs Metal | King Group
Trying to figure out which gutter mesh you require for your house is hard especially when you have never purchased one before. Even though the maximum aperture, manufacturing as well as installation showcases the difference between the type of gutter mesh, it is still difficult to understand which one will be best according to your requirements.

Suppose you go out into the market to look for the right gutter mesh for your requirements, the first and major thing you are going to look for in a gutter mesh is the material it is made from.

Types Of Gutter Mesh Materials
The majority of gutter meshes in Australia are made from plastic, steel, or aluminum. However, the material that is best for you is determined by your budget, how high or low the risk of bushfire is in your area, the requirements of how strong the mesh should be, and so on. By considering the environment and the place where your house is situated can narrow down the options for you and make it easier to decide which gutter mesh material you should buy.

Protection From Fires
In order to protect your house from fire, you are required to get non-combustible materials that would protect your house from an ember attack or the risk of a bushfire. These materials are heat-resistant steel or aluminum. Many gutter meshes are made from plastic also withstand fire. However, it is important to note that in order to withstand a bushfire or an ember attack, you need to install a gutter mesh with a hole size of 2mm or less. In addition to that, it should either be made from corrosion-resistant steel, bronze, or aluminum, in areas where BAL is 40 or FZ, or firm corrosion-resistant steel or bronze in areas where BAL is 12.5, 19, or 25.

Strength Of The Gutter Mesh Material
Each type of gutter mesh material comes with different strengths.  Since breakage, punctures, or any tears can compromise the effectiveness of a gutter mesh, the strength of the mesh becomes an important factor in deciding which material to purchase.

After testing the strength of our mesh through ways such as puncture resistance and the capacity to bear the load, our aluminum mesh turned out to be consistently strong. 

UV Performance
UV won’t be much of a hurdle for you if you plan on buying gutter mesh with the material steel or aluminum since both of them are naturally resistant to it.

However, if you plan to purchase a plastic gutter mesh, you’re advised to consult the manufacturer regarding its ability to act against UV breakdown. UV treatment can make the plastic mesh go a long way, so it is better to consult before buying.

Protection Against Corrosion 
It is a universally acknowledged fact that nature corrodes, but what is important to note is that everything corrodes at a different level or rate. The reason why plastic corrosion is not commonly known is that it corrodes slowly. However, if steel and aluminum are properly installed in buildings, they also prove to withstand corrosion to a large extent, since it is also very durable.

How Gutter Mesh Helps Keep Noisy Pests At A Distance

How Gutter Mesh Helps Keep Noisy Pests At A Distance

by | Jun 28, 2021 | Gutter Mesh, Roof Safety

How Gutter Mesh Helps Keep Noisy Pests At A Distance

How Gutter Mesh Helps Keep Noisy Pests At A Distance | King Ground
People who have dealt with pests like myna birds or possums can definitely understand the sense of frustration it causes along with restless nights. On top of that, there is the inability to sleep as a result of your noisy roof. Aside from the noise it creates, the more important and serious issue becomes the damage that these pests are prone to cause.

Vulnerability from Roof Cavities
Considering the roof cavities are dry and free of human contact, pests and birds looking for homes in places like these find it to be an attractive opportunity. By making your roof their home they are not only likely to use your gutters as their nests but are also likely to keep on visiting the place more often. This is what puts your peace in danger.

Disturbance from Soundscapes 
Pests not only occupy space in your house, but they come with various noises such as screeching, gnawing, breeding, scratching, eating, etc. All of this can disrupt your state of mind.

Moreover, these sounds always come at unexpected times or are often uncalled for, which is why you never know what to expect of them. 

Getting Rid of Pests
Considering the importance of getting rid of these pests as soon as possible, it is normally expensive when you are getting it done through professional pest removal services. All Australian states have strict laws regarding the removal of possums. Considering all the issues it can cause in your home, such as damages, clogging gutters, risks to health, etc., it is now more than ever that removal of these pests should be done.

Even in scenarios where there are not many signs of pests at your home, prevention is highly encouraged so you do not end up in a messy situation.

Keeping Pests Away
Since the main passage, these pests get in is through gutters, they are the first step towards preventing pests from entering your home. For that purpose, it is important to install high-quality gutter mesh as a cover for your gutters to effectively get rid of the chances of pests entering your home.

Through this technique, the over-the-gutter gutter mesh will not only prevent pests from gaining access inside your homes but also keep these pests away from you for good.

Gutter Mesh Against Pest Attack
In order for this method to be effective and for you to be safe from pests entering your home, it is necessary to choose the right gutter mesh according to the area in which you live, to ensure its application as successful. 

Gutter Guard King is not just equipped at providing installation of aluminum gutter mesh as per the requirements of your area, it also helps you get rid of and keep pests away from your home. Gutter Guard King meshes are able to handle the issues pests cause and do the job well.

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