13/05/2019
✅5 reasons you shouldn't put off cleaning gutters.
When leaves, acorns, debris, pine needles, rodent nests and shingle gravel clog your gutters, here are five problems you may experience:
🚩Additional Exterminator Charges Due to Pest Invasion
Gutters full of debris are perfect petri dishes that allow mosquitos, birds, mice, insects and squirrels to build an entire ecosystem on your building.
🚩Mold and Pollen
Human sensitivities to mold and pollen are on the rise, especially among children. Residents will become ill and stay ill until the source is removed, so nip this problem in the bud. Increased medical costs are only a part of the issue.
🚩Foundation Damage
Full gutters cause water to run over, causing erosion, destroying plants, basement water infiltration and foundation damage.
🚩Ice Dams
When gutters are full, melting snow on the roof backs up and refreezes, creating ice dams. Ice dams cause dramatic and expensive damage to the roof. Many insurance policies do not cover this
🚩Siding Damage and Aesthetics
The water that runs over the gutter and behind your siding can literally rot your building from the inside out. It will build in window and door jambs and wall penetrations, even following piping and wire penetrations into the structure.
There’s simply no doubt about it: gutter cleaning should take place annually. The time, effort and money required to perform this simple maintenance job are more than worth it compared to the risks and costs of not keeping your gutters clean.
