By North American Precis Syndicate

Picture this…a rickety old ladder, pockets filled with various makeshift extraction devices and your weekend project looming just out of reach. Gutters clogged? Besides being a laborious chore to handle, the water that has been flowing off your gutters can be causing serious damage to both your foundation and your landscape.

“The WaterFall Gutter Guard System is an alternative to all that mess,” assures Tom Kraeutler, host of the nationally syndicated home improvement show, The Money Pit.

“A few years back I reviewed the WaterFall product for my show and proceeded to not only install it on my house, but on my father’s as well. Performance is exceptional, plus it’s less expensive than all of the aluminum gutter guard systems out there,” Kraeutler said.

“WaterFall is a vinyl, tiered, system available in four- or eight-foot lengths that installs quick and easy with no roof penetration.

A flat tab tucks under the first row of shingles and a flexible joint allows it to conform to almost any roof pitch. Then, as water flows off the roof and into the slats, debris passes over and onto the ground below. And,” Kraeutler continues, “WaterFall can handle any amount of rain that falls. The folks at Crane Products Ltd. tested it in conditions that simulated over 10 inches of rain per hour and WaterFall handled every drop.”

For the name of the nearest supplier or for more information, contact Crane Products Ltd., P.O. Box 1898, Columbus, OH 43216, (888) 326-2638, or visit the Web site at www.craneproducts.com/hh.

For information on Tom Kraeutler and The Money Pit, including show times, tips and other valuable bits, visit www.888moneypit.com.

A drainage system that works on the principle of liquid adhesion can help keep gutters from overflowing.