Why should you invest in Gutter Guards?
A gutter guard over your new or pre-existing gutters helps to reduce the amount of gunk and debris from clogging them up and helps reduce time spent on your roof performing gutter maintenance. If you hire someone to do the maintenance, they will have to come out less and depending on the vegetation growing around your house and the in ground drainage system you have, gutter covers could certainly save you money as well. We will highlight below the reasons to go with a gutter guard system as opposed to cleaning them yourselves or contracting it out.
A failing gutter is worse than no gutters at all to your home or business foundation. Foundation repair costs can be astronomical so the small cost of adding gutters to your structure will certainly pay for itself a hundred times over if you have to repair your foundation even just once if your gutters overflow from clogging.
For the do-it-yourself type, the time and hassle of gutter cleaning more often without gutter guards may be more than you anticipated and without the proper knowledge you may not know what to look for maintenance wise and you certainly run the risk of having a slip and fall. Also, there is cost involved in performing this function yourself. Remember you will need to buy a ladder tall enough to safely do the job, proper gloves, buckets and when you’re finished you will need to dispose of the often smelly debris.
If hiring this project out, you will need to find someone you trust to be on your roof to do a good job and look for the issues that may arise and this process can be a hassle as well.
One of the most important reasons you will want to do your due diligence when hiring someone is that you do not want to have the risk of being responsible for a serious injury to the person you hire, who could suffer from a fall or some other injury like climbing into the power line to your house. Hire someone like us with liability and worker’s compensation insurance if you need these services performed!
Less maintenance also means less scratches and dents that may occur during cleaning over the lifespan of your gutter system.
If your roof is not steep often times it’s easier for you or a contractor to clean the gutters by standing on the eaves of the roof. In this scenario, the foot traffic on your roof could lead to premature roof wear due to the extra traffic on your roof. Shingles are not made to be walked on! The cost of repair from this traffic could certainly cover the cost of a gutter guard/cover system if heavy traffic on your roof ends up leading to roof damage. The less traffic on your roof the better.
A gutter guard primarily needs to keep out the larger debris: toys, sticks, acorns etc. which clog a gutter quickly, while still letting most of the rainwater pass through with minimal maintenance. Also, it is important to have a larger outlet so the water can flow freely without constriction from a small opening. We offer a wide selection of gutter guards. If you’re needing guards added to your current gutters or would like to discuss the install of seamless gutters as well as a gutter guard system, give us a call today at (405)-767-4100 or request a Free Estimate online and we will have someone out soon!