Sunday, April 21, 2013

Living in the Gutter?


     Rain Gutter Cleaning is one of those necessary household chores that most of us hate to do.  Gutter cleaning was once a nasty, dirty, and unsafe home maintenance chore that was not a fun way to spend your Saturday afternoon. However, if you don’t keep gutters clean there is no way they can function as designed. The purpose of rain gutters are to collect rain water as it runs off the roof and channel it away from the foundation to keep your home from settling, while keeping the siding, windows, doors and fascia from molding and rotting. It still amazes me how many homes across the country do not have rain gutters for home protection.
     We all know that our gutters need cleaned when we see water pouring over the edge of the gutters splashing mud all over the house and the wife’s flower beds are being flattened by the heavy amount of water landing in her garden. If you don’t clean them out after the rain the water stagnates, starts stinking, and breeds mosquitoes (West Nile and Dengue Virus), roaches that carry 33 various contagious diseases, mold, mildew, along with allergens, contaminants and God only knows what else. When it rains again, the overflowing water could back up into the eaves, rot out the fascia boards and roof edge, as well.
     Time to drag out the ladder, find some gloves, googles, a scoop, a bucket, get up on the roof and hope you don’t fall, Getting those high-hard-to-reach gutters or other areas around the home that you use a  ladder to accomplish, can be very dangerous and even cause death from a fall. Lots of fun when you would much rather be fishing or in the case of the lady of the house, shopping. Why do the leaves always have to fall right when you have a thousand other chores to do and no time to do them?
     To save money, time, energy and your personal safety, consider a DIY safer and easier method of cleaning. Upon review of the various methods and equipment available on the market today for the DIY home owner and professional cleaning companies, we recommend you do some research to find the best means for your needs.
     After years of Inspecting and Cleaning roof valleys, eaves, gutters, barns, garages, factories and business premises, as well as other high exterior regions, we suggest you review some cleaning attachment tools that adapt to your wet/dry vacuum with the design to both ‘vacuum’ and/or ‘blow’ dust, dirt, leaves, cobwebs, insects, water and other debris as needed. We recommend that the products be Made in the USA which will be ‘lead-free’, durable, efficient, and designed specifically for safety and multiplicity.

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  3. What an interesting article

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  4. I learned a lot about how to stay safe while cleaning my gutters!

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  5. Wow...it works...how great is this!!!!

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