Standing water will attract animals looking for a fresh water supply and is a breeding ground for mosquito larva. Fresh water, escaping heat, and shelter will attract bees, birds, raccoons, bats and rodents! Don’t make it more attractive by supplying water! Make sure your entire system is cleaned and inspected multiple times throughout the year. This includes all gutters, leaders and underground drains!
A home with a 1,500-square-foot roof sheds 1,000 gallons of water for every inch of falling rain. To prevent water from penetrating your home or damaging the foundation, it is essential that this water is gathered and channeled away from your home. Gutters and leaders serve just that purpose.
Gutters that are neglected will carry heavy debris which has accumulated over time, in addition to standing water. That debris and water can weigh as much as 370 pounds, and can destroy a gutter’s pitch! The pitch is the angle of the gutter which uses gravity to direct the water to the leader. If that pitch is destroyed due to excess weight, the water will not flow to the leader, and will instead sit still in the gutter. At that point the standing water can back up into the home. The only remedy is to replace that gutter.
Because of how important a properly flowing gutter system is to your home, it is crucial for you to keep your gutters clean and flowing, all year round.
All of our work is fully guaranteed and we carry full workers compensation as well as liability insurance. We are insured to do work on ladders at your roofline, which most “fly by night” companies or landscapers are not insured to do. A landscaper is insured to cut your grass—what happens if that same landscaper falls from a ladder and is not properly insured to work at your roofline? The answer is that a claim is filed against your insurance, or, worse, against you directly.
Heart problems require a cardiologist, dirty gutters require gutter cleaners who are trained, skilled and insured to do the work.
