A corro saddle is a special part used by gutter guard installers across Australia, there are many manufacturers of corro saddles. We have a massive range of corro saddles to choose from.
What is a Corro Saddle?
It’s a piece of steel that’s used to clamp down the gutter mesh onto your corrugated roof. It acts a bit like a washer, to spread out the screw pressure so the gutter mesh isn’t torn during installation. Also corro saddles help press the mesh down onto the low parts of the corrugated roof sheet.
On corrugated roof sheeting, there’s approximately 13 roof ribs per metre, and corro saddles are used on every second roof rib. So you normally need at least 6 saddles per metre of gutter guard.
In some more complex areas like valleys and corners, more saddles are used.
They’re called saddles because they are shaped similar to the saddles used in horse riding. They “saddle” the corrugated roof ribs.
The term “corro saddle” has been used by gutter guard installers since the early days. Famous gutter guard inventors, like Michael Sichel and Thea Groom of Leafbusters used corro saddles way back in the day.
There’s currently many different suppliers of different brands of corro saddles in Australia and New Zealand. Corro Saddle technology has even been exported to USA by various Australian gutter guard operators.
Legal history of Corro Saddle
In November 2020 Richard Jelacic of Leafstopper made the odd decision of trying to trademark the words ‘corro saddle’ in an attempt to monopolise the term for himself. He claimed to have personally invented the words ‘corro saddle’. The gutter guard company Grayson’s successfully opposed this with an IP Australia Opposition. Jelacic still couldn’t accept his mistake and very stubbornly appealed IP Australia’s decision in the Federal Court. During the evidence stages of the appeal and led by Grayson’s, a number of reputable members of the Gutter Guard industry stepped forward to present further evidence proving that Jelacic’s case was utterly frivolous. The appeal was eventually dismissed by Jelacics own lawyers because it was blatantly obvious that he couldn’t possibly win.
Contact us today for more info about corro saddles: info@corrosaddle.com.au
