Why do you need to prevent birds from making a nest in gutters?

Almost every homeowner with the leaf guard installation and gutter system installed knows the headache you get when a bird makes a nest in it. The main purpose of gutters and leaf guards is to keep the waters running and make sure no overflowing or water damage occurs to the house. But with birds and their nest in the way clogging is inevitable. And clogging can compromise the functionality of gutters which is not a favorable outcome is it?
So to make sure you prevent birds from even entering the gutters you can use some bird prevention methods.

Some of the efficient methods are the following:

Use bird repellent

You can use non-toxic, biodegradable products which are effective bird repellents. For example, there are many kinds of cost-effective bird-repellent sprays and gels that you can use.

Gutter covers

Installed leaf guards and other types of gutter guards don’t just repel leaves they also help to keep small animals like birds and rodents away from the gutters and help to prevent damages done by clogging.

Decoys

Just like how farmers put up scarecrows to keep their crops safe you can also use some decoys to help you out. Fake owls, rubber snakes, and other fake toys can work as visual scares and scare the incoming birds away. But you will need to keep your game up because birds are smart they will soon realize that it is nothing more than a decoy if you mash up the locations of the decoys regularly.

Bird netting

One other good way of keeping birds away is by using bird netting. They can prevent the birds from entering the gutters and creating their nests in there.

Where to find all these things?

For the decoys, you can go to toy stores, and it is fairly easy to find bird netting and bird repellent sprays online. Whereas in the case of Leaf guard installation you can reach out to the Efficient gutters. We have a team of experts at hand who can effortlessly install gutter guards and other gutter-related parts.