Every home will eventually need a new roof — sadly, they don’t last forever. In the best-case scenario, a properly installed and maintained residential roof can last 20 years (or sometimes even longer). When you’re about to make the big investment in a new roof,...
If you’ve owned or maintained a home for any length of time, you already know that your gutters need to be cleaned. But knowing that you need to clean them doesn’t mean that you know how often to clean them. If you look around online,...
“If you ignore your teeth, they’ll go away …” This is what my dad used to say to motivate me to brush my teeth as a small child. And though that’s not quite true of gutters, you could say, “If you ignore your gutters, you’re...
Not only are they annoying, irritating, and really hard to avoid, mosquitos are also the most deadly animals in the world. This is because they’re very effective at spreading disease. Most of the dangerous mosquito-borne diseases are only truly problematic in tropical areas of the...
Replacing your home’s gutters is an exciting time! (Maybe not everyone gets as excited as we do.) But it’s a great opportunity to refresh a part of your home that is absolutely essential to keeping your roof, walls, foundation, and landscaping in their best condition....
For those of us in the part of the world that are lucky enough to have yards and neighborhoods full of gorgeous, deciduous trees, cleaning out our gutters is a seasonal reality. It’s also a task that can seem surprisingly daunting if you’ve never done...
Not everyone enjoys cleaning their gutters. Let’s face it. Very few people relish the task. We homeowners all do, however, need to keep our gutters unclogged. What do you do if you hate cleaning your gutters? One option is to hire someone else to do...
Your gutters are essential for a number of reasons. Clean gutters keep water away from your roof, and prolong the life of your roof. Clean gutters also prevent standing water from harming your foundation or causing mildew and rot. What can you do to keep...
Of course, you do not want your gutters overflowing the leaves. That much is obvious. But why do you need to get them cleared out by gutter companies in Cincinnati, even when they aren’t completely stuffed already? Here’s how clean gutters help you: You prevent...