Gutter guards for longer life gutters
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Gutter guards are almost as much a grudge purchase as life insurance - but at least you can see gutter guards every once in a while to see if your purchase is paying off.
Maintaining and cleaning your gutters is an important part of extending their life, and gutter guards help you do this. They'll save you the time and hassle of getting up the ladder and cleaning the gutters yourself - or even paying a handyman or cleaning company from doing it for you. Leaves and organic matter in your gutters can also be a fire hazard so it's also a safety issue to either clean gutters regularly or have some gutter guards installed.
Gutter guards help gutters to be better at their job - taking water off your roof.
What happens when gutters get clogged?
- If your gutters get clogged, you stand the risk of flooding in your house.
- If water settles in the gutters you'll also increase the chances of rust and corrosion which means your gutters won't last as long as they should.
- Even if water still runs off but runs a little more slowly than usual, you can experience mould that grows in moist conditions in your ceiling space or even damp in your walls.
- Large pools of stagnant water in your gutters can attract pests - especially mosquitoes, and no one needs a mozzie pond that close to their home!
So, gutter guards (or regular cleaning of your gutters) helps with lots of things!Reducing wear and tear on your gutters, preventing pests and mozzies, reducing a fire hazard and preventing mould and flooding.
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If you haven’t used a gutter guard before, I would definitely use Gutterglove gutter protection. I installed it on my home because it keeps out all the leaves, pine needles and even roof sand grit from entering your gutters because it uses a very fine micro mesh for filtering all debris out. I don’t have to climb a dangerous ladder to clean out my gutters ever again. Yahoo! You know they also got the highest rating in a national consumer’s magazine from testing numerous gutter guards. I just wanted to recommend them and pass on this tip.
over a year ago by Bruno
No more gutter cleaning!
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