Keeping your gutters well maintained is essential if you want to avoid costly home repairs. Gutters perform the important job of directing rainwater away from your home. When gutters are clogged or leaky, water can damage your home’s foundation, your landscaping, and even your home’s interior. To prevent this from happening, Gutter Helmet® of Idaho gives some advice:
Gutter Maintenance Tips
Gutters need to be cleaned regularly to ensure they are functioning properly and to extend their life. However, climbing up a ladder and doing this can be a risky chore. Before jumping into it, make sure to follow these tips:
• Follow Proper Ladder Safety Procedures – Let someone know that you will be using a ladder and if possible, have them spot you. Inspect your ladder for any defects or loose parts before climbing up.
• Use Protective Eyewear and Gloves – Metal gutters and sharp screws can injure your hands and gutter debris can be a source of bacteria. For these, you’ll need to wear gloves and goggles or safety glasses.
• Wear Rubber-Soled Shoes – Traction is vital to prevent any accidents on the ladder. When you go up to clean your gutters, do it later in the day because roofs tend to be damp in the morning, which might result in a slip.
• Mind the Power Lines – Power companies advise staying away from power lines by a minimum of 10 feet. Position yourself and your tools away from the lines.
Cleaning your gutters is a very involved and tiring process. While many homeowners choose to avoid the risk and stress by hiring a qualified professional to clean their gutters, we offer an even better solution. Consider investing in a high quality gutter guards in Garden City ID, and the nearby areas. Our Gutter Helmet gutter protection system will eliminate your gutter cleaning needs.
How Gutter Helmet Helps You
Gutter Helmet works by blocking everything but rainwater from entering your gutters. Its patented nose-forward design utilizes the principle of surface tension to its advantage. Even though it completely covers your gutters, water curves over the edge and into your gutters while everything else slides off. With no leaves and debris in your gutters, there will be no clogs.
Gutter Helmet can handle up to 22 inches of rain per hour. That’s twice the heaviest rainfall recorded in the United States. No matter how strong the storm is, you can rest assured that our gutter protection system will direct rainwater right where it belongs.
In addition, Gutter Helmet comes in a wide variety of colors to match your existing roofline seamlessly. This PermaLife™ High Performance Coating will not crack, chip or peel. It also resists fading, ensuring that your gutter protection system will still look great over time. Finally, Gutter Helmet installs over reinforced heavy gauge metal brackets. These brackets can support and strengthen your gutter system.
Going up a ladder is a risky and exhausting chore. Save your time, energy, and resources by having us install Gutter Helmet on your home. We’ll clean, seal, check and adjust your gutters, and within a day, you’ll never have to worry about cleaning them again. With more than 17,000 satisfied customers and more than two decades of experience, you will definitely be in capable hands. Give Gutter Helmet of Idaho a call today to learn more about our services or to schedule a free consultation.
