Gutter cleaning is essential to avoid many water and mould-related problems in your home. Clean gutters ensure healthy water flow. If your gutters are clogged or dirty, they limit the water flow.
But what time of year is best to have your gutters professionally cleaned to avoid the common problems that come with a clogged gutter? Let’s find out in today’s blog. To learn more about the benefits of gutter cleaning, how often you should clean your gutters, and what regular gutter cleaning will prevent, read on.
Benefits of Professional Gutter Cleaning
There are many benefits to gutter cleaning. Dirty gutters can make your home or business building appear unsightly and unkempt. Clogged gutters can cause structure problems and damage to your home. Let’s take a further look into the benefits of regularly having professional gutter cleaning:
First Impressions Count
First impressions count, and dirty gutters filled with dirt and debris creates poor appearance.
Studies have previously shown that it takes a 10th of a second to form a first impression in humans – this is the same for buildings too.
Taking time to book appointments for professional cleaning, such as professional window cleaning, gutter cleaning, driveway cleaning and so on, will increase your chances of creating a great first impression.
Saves Your Time
A professional gutter cleaner has all of the equipment and products needed for a successful gutter clean. Therefore, the service only needs to be carried out twice a year. If you clean your gutters yourself, you likely won’t have the equipment required to clean the whole gutter.
This means that you’ll have to clean your gutters more regularly, as they’ll become clogged quicker. Save your own time by investing in a professional gutter cleaner.
How Often a Year Should You Clean Your Gutters?
We recommend that you clean your gutters twice a year. However, this depends on the environment and area where you live, depending on whether you have high wind, rain, or pollen count. High wind will cause more leaves and branches to make their way into your gutters, clogging them much more often.
The best time of year for you to have your gutters cleaned is in late autumn after most leaves have fallen. This is to avoid the leaves freezing in place once winter comes. You should then get your gutters cleaned again in early spring to remove seeds, blossoms and pollen.
What Does Regular Gutter Cleaning Prevent?
Regular gutter cleaning will prevent several problems from occurring in your home or commercial building. But what are they?
Reduces the Risk of Mould
Dirty gutters can cause mould growth and mildew to grow inside of your home. Damp and water-damaged areas are the perfect breeding ground for mould. To avoid mould growing, you should get regular gutter cleaning.
Structural Damage
Clogged gutters filled with dirt, debris, and water, will lead to your gutters becoming heavy and unable to hold the weight. This can lead to your gutters becoming damaged, or in the worst-case scenario, ripping off the wall completely.
Water Damage
Water is unable to flow through freely when your gutters are clogged up. When the water has nowhere else to go, it will eventually seep into your home.
Damaged Gutters
When your gutters are clogged with leaves and branches, over time it will begin to weigh your gutters down. Pressure from excess weight on your gutters often results in them tearing off your walls and damaging your bricks. This will likely lead to water damage inside your home, which can later result in mould if not treated properly.
Wildlife Nesting
Leaves and branches on your gutters make a perfect nesting place for wildlife and insects. They will eventually make their way into your home if they are not moved along. Wildlife nesting in your gutters can also weigh your gutters down, causing damage down the line.
Gutter Cleaning With Total Gleam
At Total Gleam, we specialise in professional exterior cleaning, delivering exceptional services to our clients. We offer gutter cleaning for domestic and commercial properties, alongside a wide range of other professional cleaning services.
Our gutter cleaning will restore the flow into your system, with the help of our state-of-the-art vacuums. We believe that your cleaning experience should be as straightforward as possible – so we have simplified the process into three simple steps.
Get in touch to receive your free no-obligation quote. Don’t worry about finding a time that suits you – our team is prepared to work around your schedule. Whether that means us visiting your property early morning, late evening, or at weekends, we will do it. Please don’t hesitate to contact us to learn more about our gutter cleaning services.
