embodiment the guard shell 20 is molded as an integral unit from plastic vinyl aluminum or other water resistant material also in a preferred embdiment the mesh screen 30 is made of stainless steal however it will be obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art that the mesh screen can be made from any sturdy water proof material fig6 a top view of the guard shell 20 and fig6 b is a bottom view of the guard shell 20 referring to fig6 a the guard shell 20 is comprised as three adjoining portions 21 22 and 23 portion 22 is sandwiched in between portions 21 and 23 in a preferred embodiment portion 22 has a larger width than portions 21 and 23 portion 22 is machined to form louvers 24 referring to fig6 b the louver 24 slats are on the back of portion 22 referring to fig5 the mesh screen 30 is affixed to the guard shell 20 above the louvers 24 and is secured in place using pittsburg seams in one preferred embodiment there is space left between the guard shell 20 and the mesh screen 30 referring back to fig5 portion 21 forms a high wall 27 the high wall 27 creates a hinge point 31 or prebend which can be used for installation of the gutter guard 10 portion 23 uses a pittsburg seam to form a.