Benefits of Cleaning Your Gutters

Maintaining your home throughout the year is a never-ending project. The exterior of your home is especially important to the comfort, security, and value of your home. A gutter system that isn’t properly maintained can lead to serious issues in other areas of the home. One of the best ways to maintain your gutter system is to clean it twice each year in order to remove any leaves and other debris that could block the flow of water. Keep reading to find out more about how cleaning your gutters benefits not just your home, but your bank account too! 

Preventing Water Damage

Gutters that aren’t cleaned won’t drain properly. As water starts to flood the gutters and pour over the side, instead of through the downspout where it should go, water damage can occur. Water damage from a dirty gutter system can happen in the basement as water pools around the homes foundation. Your attic and roof can also experience water damage since water can’t drain away from the roofs surface efficiently. Water damage is costly to repair, puts you at risk of mold exposure, and can cause damage to your personal belongings. 

Protect Your Landscaping

Flower beds and landscaping paths typically sit around the base of your home’s foundation. When water starts pouring over the side of your gutters, the landscaping below will likely get washed out completely or overwatered to the point that plants start to die. Adding landscaping features isn’t cheap, so seeing them ruined by water flooding out of your gutters is definitely something you want to avoid! 

Extend The Life Of Your Roof 

Gutters that don’t drain correctly will shorten the life expectancy of your roof. This is because water can start to sit on the surface of the roof and in the winter, ice dams will form. Ice dams occur when melting snow from your roof can’t drain down the gutters and refreezes near the edge of the roof. The result is excess water and snow left on your roof for an extended period of time, likely to cause damage to the shingles below. 

Extend The Life Of Your Gutters 

Gutters that aren’t cleaned regularly will last a fraction of the time as those that are cleaned. Cleaning your gutters lowers the risk of damage occurring to the gutters and allows you to identify any damage that does occur quickly. Repairs can be made as needed after each gutter cleaning and it will be many years before you need a total gutter replacement! For people who don’t clean their gutters, that total replacement will need to happen much quicker. 

Contact Us Today

If you need to clean or replace your gutter system this year, our team at Burke Roofs is ready to assist! You can contact our team today by calling us at (781) 246-5622 or by filling out our team’s online contact form. We look forward to hearing from you and assisting with your gutter installation needs!