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It’s all too easy for homeowners to adopt an “out of sight, out of mind” mentality when it comes to cleaning their gutters. But in reality, an accumulation of debris can cause clogs and blockages, which leads to runoff water falling near a home’s foundation, where it can do significant damage.
Read Full ArticleThere are plenty of good reasons to try to boost your home’s value. Perhaps you are thinking about putting it on the market soon. Or maybe a higher home value will allow you to borrow more money against it. Or you could just want to improve the value of your most expensive asset. Whatever the reason, it’s not a bad
Read Full ArticleThere are plenty of good reasons to try to boost your home’s value. Perhaps you are thinking about putting it on the market soon. Or maybe a higher home value will allow you to borrow more money against it. Or you could just want to improve the value of your most expensive asset. Whatever the reason, it’s not a bad
Read Full ArticleIn order to save yourself the time and hassle of cleaning out your gutters, you’re thinking about investing in a gutter protection system. You’re off to a good start. While there are some products that will let you do it yourself, most systems recommend or require professional installation. That means you should do a little digging into which company you should
Read Full ArticlePrior to October of 2012, the majority of Americans living in the northeast really had no concept of the power of hurricanes. That’s because outside of beach and coastal areas, most residents had never experienced the devastation of a superstorm. But in late October, Sandy taught this region a lot of new lessons about what a superstorm can do.
Read Full ArticleRoofs and gutters are more than just a channeling infrastructure for runoff rainwater and snowmelt. They are also a “canvas” of sorts for the creativity of holiday decorators. With Christmas lights, holiday accessories, electricity, and some imagination, any homeowner can turn his or her domicile into a yuletide work of art using only his gutters and roofs. Here are seven of the
Read Full ArticleCleaning your gutters can be a thankless chore, and not everybody can afford to pay a professional to have it done twice each year. However, there are some tools that will help expedite the gutter cleaning process, so you can spend more time relaxing instead of laboring high up on a ladder. Here are five of the most popular:
Read Full ArticleFalling off of a ladder can be funny in a slapstick comedy. But to those who have actually had it happen to them, it can be a harrowing and painful experience.
Read Full ArticleSuperstorm Sandy took many homeowners by surprise. Even though people all across the eastern seaboard were warned well in advance of Sandy’s arrival, many of them weren’t properly prepared for the damage and the mayhem that Sandy’s wind and rain (and in some cases snow) caused. The result was billions of dollars in damages and a lengthy recovery process for
Read Full ArticleHave you taken a really close look at your gutters recently? Maybe during the last rain storm, you could tell that your gutters were not channeling runoff water away from your home the way that they should be. Upon closer inspection, you may have noticed that there were numerous holes, cracks, and ugly rust spots all along your guttering. There
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