Time to Clean Your Gutters
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It is that time of year. All the leaves have fallen and your gutters need to be cleaned out. If your gutters are not kept clean and free flowing damage can be done to your roof and the interior of your home.
A lot of wet basements are caused by gutters that are not cleaned or pitched properly, causing them to overflow. This water does not drain away from your home. This means the water soaks into the ground close to your home increasing the chances of a wet basement.
If you have sidewalks beneath were the water overflows, in the winter it will freeze and make it hazardous to walk.
Holencik Roofing will clean and maintain your gutters.
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[…] Leaky gutters made of plastic, on the other hand, require less work as compared to metal gutters. Plastic gutters mainly leak around unions or joints that connect to the gutters to lead water downwards. In this case the most common cause of such leaks is the accumulation of dirt that forces the gaskets sealing the union to give way. […]