Gutter Cleaning in Warren, OH

9/18/2017 (Permalink)

Checking and cleaning out your gutters for leaves at least once a week lowers your chance of interior or exterior water damage to your home.

Fall is finally upon us which means leaves begin to change and we can enjoy the fresh foliage.

However, with foliage comes falling leaves. Not only do leaves cover our lawns but they also cause gutters to clog. Although clogged gutters can be an annoyance at times they can also be harmful. Gutters are meant to prevent water damage to the interior or exterior of your home. If gutters go untouched, there is a strong chance rain water can leak into your home. 

Have you ever cleaned your gutters before? If not, here are a few helpful tips to make the process a lot easier.

• Wear long sleeves and gloves. You never know how dirty the leaves actually are up there!
• Use a sturdy ladder. Self- explanatory. You would be surprised how many people are harmed from falling off ladders while cleaning their gutters! Also find a ladder with a standoff stabilizer (also called ladder horns). Certain ladders can damage and bend gutters and using ladder horns lowers the risk for damage.
• Scoop it up! Don't feel like using your hands? Pick up a child's sandbox shovel from the dollar store.  
• Make clean-up easier by using a plastic tarp. Raking and throwing away leaves is already a time consuming task as it is. Take the leaves from your gutter and throw it on a plastic tarp. When you're done gather it up and throw it in a large trash bag.
• Rinse, Rinse, Rinse! You might think you're done after you remove the leaves from your gutter but you actually aren't! Take a garden hose and rinse out the gutters and downspouts to get rid of any excess dirt. Doing this also helps you spot any leaks in your gutters!