I looked at leaf guards. Saw price, said no. At 5 foot high I’ll clean them.
It’s only 14 feet. It’s the one across the front of the porch which directs the rain water from the roof down into my rain barrel.
We have a ‘So-Huge-You-Can-See-It-From Space’ Maple in the front yard that sends those whirley-gigs everywhere - not to mention dirt and leaf yuck that comes off the metal roof. By the time it gets to the rain barrel, it’s mucking up the filter on top and the water can’t flow into it easily.
I think he spent $25 bucks, total. That’s usually his cash limit to shut me up, LOL!
I just happened to see, Menards’ is blowing cheapo gutter leaf guards out online:
These are not the greatest, so I wouldn’t use them in a hard spot to get to, really high, etc., but at 5’ up...?
I been taking care of many small projects here today. Too many to list. But, an interesting one was a quick take-apart of a (also cheapo) LED / Solar security light from Menards. It looks practical to replace the battery cell with TWO of higher capacity. It “probably” is practical to pull out the solar panel for relocation on a long wire, replacing its spot on the unit with a blank plastic or metal piece / panel.
For a cheapo this thing is bright. I doubt it’s really 1200 lumens as claimed — I’d say more like 600, but, it’s enough for a small area security light, plus it runs at 20 lumens (may actually be “close” until something triggers the motion sensor.)
Another test will be to see if our cat triggers the light within, say, 10 ft. away. If yes, one of these goes up by the chicken house. Not for the cat! For raccoons and opossums...