Abstract: A gutter protection assembly includes a gutter and a gutter protection. The gutter includes a front wall, a bottom wall and a rear wall, the rear wall having a crimp protruding outwardly from an outer face of the rear wall of the gutter. The gutter protection device includes a front portion engageable with the front wall of the gutter, and a rear portion. The rear portion includes a gutter wall-engaging section having an outer downward segment provided with a hook. The hook is configured to engage with the crimp to provide a support for the gutter to hang from. The gutter assembly is securable to a supporting structure through an outwardly extending section projecting upwardly from the gutter wall-engaging section and extending above the rear wall of the gutter when in the gutter protection assembly, with the gutter hanging from the gutter protection device.

Abstract: A gutter guard for retaining a gutter and for covering an opening of the gutter provided. The gutter has a front wall and a rear wall and the opening is defined by a top edge of the front wall and the top edge of the rear wall. The gutter guard includes a front portion for operatively engaging the front wall of the gutter, a rear portion having an upwardly and rearwardly extending hook member for retaining the rear wall of the gutter and an upstanding member fastenable to an upstanding support structure, and a central portion extending between the front portion and the rear portion and having a plurality of throughholes formed therein. The gutter guard may be multi-layered, having a first sheet member and a second sheet member that are spaced apart and having non-aligned throughholes. A gutter guard kit can include at least one gutter guard and a gutter that are operatively engageable with one another.

Abstract: A gutter cover, the central portion of which comprises a plurality of spaced-apart deflectable fastener-receiving flaps hingedly connected at a junction with the rear portion, the deflectable fastener receiving flaps being pivoted into the trough, below the adjacent section of the central portion, upon insertion of a mechanical fastener therein and into the rear wall of the gutter to secure the gutter to the supporting surface. The rear portion of the cover may also comprise a fastener-abutment extending in the trough, below the central portion, and defining an oblique angle with the rear wall of the gutter, when the gutter cover is engaged with the gutter. The fastener abutment and the rear wall of the gutter are configured to receive a mechanical fastener therein to secure the gutter to a wall, the fastener abutment maintains the mechanical fastener in an oblique angle with the rear wall of the gutter.

Abstract: A gutter cover is engageable in a rain gutter channel to close a top opening of a rain gutter. The gutter cover includes a sheet of rigid and resilient material, the sheet having a pre-formed curved profile along a widthwise axis thereof, two opposing longitudinal edges, and a plurality of throughholes formed therein, the sheet being substantially flexible to modify its pre-formed curved profile for insertion into the rain gutter channel. A gutter assembly includes the gutter cover inserted in a gutter and in a method, the gutter cover engages with a gutter.

Abstract: A gutter assembly comprising a gutter cover and a gutter cover for covering an opening of a gutter having a front wall, a rear wall and a bottom wall defining a gutter channel, the gutter cover comprising: a front portion operatively engageable with the front wall of the gutter; a rear portion operatively engageable with the rear wall of the gutter; a central portion extending between the front portion and the rear portion and having a first panel and a second panel, the first panel extending above and spaced apart from the second panel, the first panel having a first set of throughholes and the second panel having a second set of throughholes being at least partially offset from the first set of throughholes.

Abstract: A gutter protection assembly includes a gutter and a gutter protection. The gutter includes a front wall, a bottom wall and a rear wall, the rear wall having a crimp protruding outwardly from an outer face of the rear wall of the gutter. The gutter protection device includes a front portion engageable with the front wall of the gutter, and a rear portion. The rear portion includes a gutter wall-engaging section having an outer downward segment provided with a hook. The hook is configured to engage with the crimp to provide a support for the gutter to hang from. The gutter assembly is securable to a supporting structure through an outwardly extending section projecting upwardly from the gutter wall-engaging section and extending above the rear wall of the gutter when in the gutter protection assembly, with the gutter hanging from the gutter protection device.

Abstract: A gutter protection assembly includes a gutter and a gutter protection. The gutter includes a front wall, a bottom wall and a rear wall, the rear wall having a crimp protruding outwardly from an outer face of the rear wall of the gutter. The gutter protection device includes a front portion engageable with the front wall of the gutter, and a rear portion. The rear portion includes a gutter wall-engaging section having an outer downward segment provided with a hook. The hook is configured to engage with the crimp to provide a support for the gutter to hang from. The gutter assembly is securable to a supporting structure through an outwardly extending section projecting upwardly from the gutter wall-engaging section and extending above the rear wall of the gutter when in the gutter protection assembly, with the gutter hanging from the gutter protection device.

Abstract: A gutter guard for retaining a gutter and for covering an opening of the gutter provided. The gutter has a front wall and a rear wall and the opening is defined by a top edge of the front wail and the top edge of the rear wall. The gutter guard includes a front portion for operatively engaging the front wall of the gutter, a rear portion having an upwardly and rearwardly extending hook member for retaining the rear wall of the gutter and an upstanding member fastenable to an upstanding support structure, and a central portion extending between the front portion and the rear portion and having a plurality of throughholes formed therein. The gutter guard may be multi-layered, having a first sheet member and a second sheet member that are spaced apart and having non-aligned throughholes. A gutter guard kit can include at least one gutter guard and a gutter that are operatively engageable with one another.

Abstract: A gutter assembly comprising a gutter cover and a gutter cover for covering an opening of a gutter having a front wall, a rear wall and a bottom wall defining a gutter channel, the gutter cover comprising: a front portion operatively engageable with the front wall of the gutter; a rear portion operatively engageable with the rear wall of the gutter; a central portion extending between the front portion and the rear portion and having a first panel and a second panel, the first panel extending above and spaced apart from the second panel, the first panel having a first set of throughholes and the second panel having a second set of throughholes being at least partially offset from the first set of throughholes.

Abstract: A gutter protection assembly includes a gutter and a gutter protection. The gutter includes a front wall, a bottom wall and a rear wall, the rear wall having a crimp protruding outwardly from an outer face of the rear wall of the gutter. The gutter protection device includes a front portion engageable with the front wall of the gutter, and a rear portion. The rear portion includes a gutter wall-engaging section having an outer downward segment provided with a hook. The hook is configured to engage with the crimp to provide a support for the gutter to hang from. The gutter assembly is securable to a supporting structure through an outwardly extending section projecting upwardly from the gutter wall-engaging section and extending above the rear wall of the gutter when in the gutter protection assembly, with the gutter hanging from the gutter protection device.

Abstract: A gutter cover, the central portion of which comprises a plurality of spaced-apart deflectable fastener-receiving flaps hingedly connected at a junction with the rear portion, the deflectable fastener receiving flaps being pivoted into the trough, below the adjacent section of the central portion, upon insertion of a mechanical fastener therein and into the rear wall of the gutter to secure the gutter to the supporting surface. The rear portion of the cover may also comprise a fastener-abutment extending in the trough, below the central portion, and defining an oblique angle with the rear wall of the gutter, when the gutter cover is engaged with the gutter. The fastener abutment and the rear wall of the gutter are configured to receive a mechanical fastener therein to secure the gutter to a wall, the fastener abutment maintains the mechanical fastener in an oblique angle with the rear wall of the gutter.

Abstract: A panel assembly covers a bearing surface. The panel assembly includes a panel and a plurality of panel supports. Each one of the panel supports includes a mounting plate, first and second panel edge engaging portions and a protruding rib engaging portion. The panel includes a first edge region, an opposed second edge region, a covering portion extending between the first and second edge regions, and at least one rearwardly protruding rib extending between the first and second edge regions. The first edge region, the second edge region, and the at least one rearwardly protruding rib of the panel are respectively engageable with the first panel edge engaging portions, the second panel edge engaging portions, and the protruding rib engaging portions of the supports. The panel assembly is translatable with respect to the panel supports when engaged together.

Abstract: A gutter cover is engageable in a rain gutter channel to close a top opening of a rain gutter. The gutter cover includes a sheet of rigid and resilient material, the sheet having a pre-formed curved profile along a widthwise axis thereof, two opposing longitudinal edges, and a plurality of throughholes formed therein, the sheet being substantially flexible to modify its pre-formed curved profile for insertion into the rain gutter channel. A gutter assembly includes the gutter cover inserted in a gutter and in a method, the gutter cover engages with a gutter.

Abstract: A panel assembly covers a bearing surface. The panel assembly includes a panel and a plurality of panel supports. Each one of the panel supports includes a mounting plate, first and second panel edge engaging portions and a protruding rib engaging portion. The panel includes a first edge region, an opposed second edge region, a covering portion extending between the first and second edge regions, and at least one rearwardly protruding rib extending between the first and second edge regions. The first edge region, the second edge region, and the at least one rearwardly protruding rib of the panel are respectively engageable with the first panel edge engaging portions, the second panel edge engaging portions, and the protruding rib engaging portions of the supports. The panel assembly is translatable with respect to the panel supports when engaged together.

Abstract: A gutter protection device is engageable with a gutter. The gutter includes a front wall, a bottom wall and a rear wall defining a trough, and the front wall having an upper rim defining an inward recess. The gutter protection device has a front portion, a single plate central portion, a rear portion and a longitudinal median line, the front portion being configured to contact the front wall of the gutter, the gutter protection device including, solely in the front portion thereof and forwardly from the longitudinal median line, a lower perforated section vertically spaced-apart from the single plate central portion and extending forwardly thereof and an upper perforated plate extending above the lower perforated section and being spaced-apart therefrom to define a water draining chamber in between when the gutter protection device is engaged with the gutter. The gutter protection device may be part of a gutter assembly.

Abstract: A fascia and soffit system having a fascia component, a soffit component and a soffit support structure, the fascia component comprising first and second members which are adjustable with respect to each other to permit different heights, the soffit having a plurality of apertures formed therein to permit air passage, the soffit support structure comprising first and second members which are retained in position by an interlocking system.

Abstract: A facia system for use in a building structure, the facia system having first and second members, a first member having a portion thereof secured to a roof and a drip edge, a second portion being adapted to extend generally vertically and having first cooperative locking section associated therewith, the second member being a facia member which has second cooperative locking arrangement at an upper portion thereof such that when the first and second cooperative locking portions hold the facia member in position, the second member also having an inwardly extending flange arrangement to abut and adjoining soffit.

Abstract: A gutter shield for protecting a gutter from the gutter shield having a mounting member secured to the gutter, a guard member with an elongated configuration and having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough to permit water drainage into the gutter, the mounting member also having a flexible sealing element extending outwardly therefrom, the flexible ceiling element being designed to seal against either the side of the gutter or a structural element. The device is suitable for many different sizes of gutters.