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After the last leaves have fallen, it’s time to schedule gutter cleaning to make sure your roof is prepared for winter weather. When your house is surrounded by pine trees, you will need to check your gutters. Though they don’t turn colors, they do shed needles.
So why clean gutters? The rains flush fallen leaves to the gutters, which soon clog. Your gutter becomes a traffic jam of leaves, which means they no longer are carrying water away from your roof and your house. When snows come, and melting occurs on the roof’s surface under the snow, the water doesn’t have a place to go. Thus, full gutters contribute to ice dams. The water will melt, run down to your full gutters, and refreeze, building up an ice dam. Then, one day, the level of water is such that the pond of water behind the ice dam begins seeping under the shingles, down and into your home. Ice dams can lead to you needing roof repair, even interior repairs.
Cleaning takes less than two hours for most houses. All you need is a ladder and a margin or drywall trowel (a rectangle of metal with a handle at one end). You could even use a burger flipping spatula from your kitchen to scoop them clean. Use a hose to blow the downspouts clear. Spring clean again if you have maple seedlings falling. Gutter cleaning at least twice a year can keep your home dry and your roof in great shape.
Steven Briesemeister
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Roofer911 says:
September 29, 2013 at 4:26 PM
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