After installing Gutterglove for many years we are thrilled with the size of the holes in the screen mesh. The holes are 50 microns.

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Gutter Glove used a micro-screen filter to stop leaves and debris from getting into your gutters and causing a clog. The holes in the screen are only 50 microns, which means that virtually nothing gets through them except rain water. But exactly how small is 50 microns? A single micron is 1/1000th of a milimeter, but even that is hard to imagine without something to compare it against. Blow is a list of things small enough to be measured in microns.

  • 1-10 microns – diameter of a single bacterium
  • 3-8 microns – width of a strand of spider silk
  • 10 microns – size of a fog, mist, or cloud water droplet
  • 10-55 microns – width of wool fibers
  • 20-170 microns – width of human hair
  • 70-180 microns – thickness of paper

As you can see, a micro-screen filter with 50 micron holes isn’t going to let in even a grain of sand. Dust and pollen may squeeze, but there won’t be any risk of clogging and causing water damage to your home.

 
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