When a puddle of water mysteriously appears on the basement floor, or water seeps into a house and leaves an ugly yellowish-brown blotch on the wall or ceiling (a prime breeding ground for mold), you might look for a leak in the roof, or cracks in and around the walls, windows or doors. BUT, that water entering your basement or any area of your home can quite often be traced back to clogged gutters. Gutter cleaning will resolve this issue before it starts.
One inch of rainfall on a 1,000 square foot roof sends more than 600 gallons of water into your gutters. Properly installed and maintained gutters and downspouts take on all that water and send it away from your home and property; when they’re clogged, the water cannot flow through the gutter and downspouts and away from the house. Some of the rainwater will find another path and end up where it will do extensive damage to your house and property.
Maintain your gutters and downspouts and you will avoid many conditions that undermine the integrity of your home including:
- Flooding
- Foundation damage
- Pest infestation
- Roof damage
- Warped and rotted window frames, siding and doors
- Mold
Repairing structural damage to your home is far more expensive than maintaining your gutters and downspouts. And a recent survey found that 30% of homeowners and renters who had issues with mold spent more than $5,000 to mitigate the damages.
Learn how important your gutter is from the top of your house to the bottom and you will never take it for granted again!
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