Leaf guards are among the best methods to keep your gutters clean. The key is to find a gutter guard that is well built, easy to install, and will not allow debris into your gutters. Leaf guards can be made of metal or plastic. Metal leaf guards are heavier duty and more expensive but they … Read more
If you have work to do on the roof, you might find it hard doing it given the sloping nature of most roofs. While tasks close to the gutter are easy to work on, those at the top of the roof especially close to the apex are quite tricky. Your ladder can’t stay on the … Read more
Fascia boards are what holds gutters on most roofs. This is because they provide a solid and an easily-accessible surface to attach the gutters. They’re also easy to reach and repair when you need to make changes to the gutters. However, some houses don’t have fascia boards yet still need to have gutters installed. Thankfully, … Read more
With time, your roof gutters can get loose and pull away from the fascia board. This can be due to various reasons such as the weight of the rain, snow and dirt. Pure old age can also be the reason behind your gutters sagging. Without fixing them on time, you can easily lose them as … Read more
When it comes to controlling water on the roof, most people think of gutters since they are the most common features of roofs for this task. Another piece of structure to take note of is the rain diverter. As the name suggests, the rain diverter is meant to divert rain water away from a certain … Read more
A blocked downspout does not announce itself — it just quietly sends water where it should not go. Foundation soaking, fascia rot, basement seepage. All of it starts with a four-inch pipe full of compacted leaves nobody cleaned. Cleaning a gutter downspout takes 20–40 minutes per pipe. You need a garden hose, a few basic … Read more
Gutters perform an important role in that they keep rain water away from the foundation and the house in general. Left on its own, rain water can wreak major havoc on the house from rotting the roof, damaging the wall paint, weakening the foundation, flooding the basement and other issues. With gutters, you get to … Read more
During the winter, ice dams are one of the most destructive effects of having snow and ice on the roof. Ice dams form when heat from inside the house melts the snow on the roof into water. As the water flows towards the overhang of the roof, it’s cooled into ice since the outer parts … Read more
All gutters aren’t created equally since some are more durable than others while others cost much less than the rest. In terms of longevity, steel gutters last about the same time as gutters made of aluminum although they both last longer than vinyl gutters. As for the cost, aluminum gutters cost slightly more than what … Read more
Roof gutters are one of those features you rarely think of even when you can’t do without them. Unknown to most people, gutters play some of the most important roles on the house and that is keeping water away from the roof. It might look like a small task but it’s one of the reasons … Read more