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IG Restricted Trees
IG does not perform well near certain types of trees. That’s why we would not recommend installing IG next to:
- Ash Trees with seeds (check first—not all ash trees have seeds). Ash Tree seeds can get stuck in IG’s mesh, creating a dam on top of the mesh that may linger around for a month or two at a time. Some of those seeds will slip through the mesh. If there’s enough of them and if the downspout is small (2" x 3"), they can form a dam over the downspout.
- Long-Needled Pine Trees. As with Ash Tree seeds, long pine needles can get stuck in IG’s mesh openings, creating a dam on top of the mesh. However, not many long needles can slip through the mesh, so you’re less likely to experience gutter dams. (Note: short-needled Spruce and Fir trees do NOT create this problem, so the first thing to do is identify your trees!)
- Locust Tree stems are in some ways similar to long pine needles and may negatively affect IG performance, but to a lesser degree. (We have installed IG near Locust Trees, and so far we have not observed any problems. Perhaps we are being overly cautious to consider the Locust a Restricted Tree, but we’d rather be safe than sorry.)
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