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With the spring rain and heavy wet snow we have been getting, many people are finding their gutters are filled to the top with debris. It is important to have your gutters cleaned when they need to be, not necessarily only in the autumn after the leaves have fallen. Depending on your landscaping this can be rarely or often. But, it is not worth letting this important bit of maintenance go unchecked because as insignificant as gutters may seem, they keep water out of your walls, your basement and help to keep your foundation in tact. They play an important...

Mother's Day, graduation parties, weddings and all the other spring celebrations are right around the corner.  Plus tradition brings thorough cleaning to many homes.  So either way, be it a party or preparing for the bursting forth of life as spring sets in, window cleaning is an important part of both.  If you have never had your windows professionally cleaned you will be amazed at the difference it makes in the atmosphere of your home.  Everything seems brighter, cleaner and fresher.  To some it is a critical necessity, but to others it is a rare sweet treat.  No matter which...

Spring is an important time to have your gutters cleaned to make sure the wet, soppy rain and snow flows away from your home and not toward your siding and foundation. Overflowing gutters can spill into your window wells, thus flooding your basement, and soak the ground near the foundation which can cause huge foundation problems. Water is never good near the base of your house and properly working gutters carries the water away from your home. Gutter cleaning is important maintenance that can prevent so many expensive problems. Give us a call.

A customer called in this week needing his gutters cleaned in a big hurry.  The gutters were full and all the rain we had was pouring over the gutters and splashing and seeping under the door.  The nice wood floors on the inside of the door were damaged.  Major bummer, but not nearly as bad as another customer whose basement flooded because of water pouring over full gutters into the window wells.  We naturally put them both on the schedule asap and got the gutters flowing properly.  However, it is always better to clean them before the rain overflows. Some...

It is so easy to let the years go by and put off proper maintenance of our homes.  If you have trees near your house, you will have full gutters on a yearly basis and most often more frequently than that.  With these torrential rains we have been having, if your gutters are full, the most common problem is that the gutters overflow and pour into the window wells which then leak into the basement.  If you have any cracks in your foundation, all that water pouring over the gutters right up at the base of the house is going...