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Gutter Repair
CONSEQUENCES OF A POOR PERFORMING RAINWATER GUTTER SYSTEM.
Properly performing gutters are vital to prevent rainwater from damaging your home. If water is allowed to pour down the siding, accumulate in the ground around your home, and saturate the soil, then many unpleasant and expensive events will likely occur.
8 Problems You May Experience If You Don’t Perform Proper Gutter Repair:
(1) Siding Damage: Allowing rainwater to stream down the side of your home can cause serious damage depending on the kind of siding you have. It can cause wood to bulge, warp or rot; paint to prematurely peel and discolor; and brick, stone, and concrete to chip and crack.
(2) Siding Stains: We have all seen the minerals in water stain coffee pots, tea kettles, sinks, and bathtubs. All types of siding can be seriously stained when water, along with wind-blown dirt and debris, sticks to the sides of your home and is cooked into it by the hot Texas sun. These stains look extremely ugly and can significantly devalue a home. Just like stains in clothing or carpet, once they are set, they can be very difficult and expensive to remove. It is far cheaper and easier to prevent these stains from ever forming in the first place, with fully functioning gutters.
(3) Driveway Damage: As any aged sidewalk or roadway will demonstrate, running water will eventually damage concrete and asphalt, causing cracks and potholes. Runoff water from your roof can have the same effect on your driveway and walkways. Water can erode the ground underneath, causing your driveway and walkways to sag, bulge, or crack down the middle.
(4) Soil Erosion: While rain is good for your lawn and garden, too much water will cause soil erosion; that is, the organic material in the top layer of the surface of the earth that is full of plant nutrients is washed away. Once this happens, your grass will turn yellow and your garden will wither away and die, due to a lack of minerals and other nutrients plants need to grow. Moreover, too much water pooling around your home can drown your flowerbed, shrubs, grass, and any other plants.
(5) Leakage and Flooding: Experts agree that rainwater runoff from your roof must be channeled a “minimum of four feet” from your foundation to prevent leaks and flooding. The concrete foundation that surrounds and supports your home was NOT designed to be a dam that holds back thousands of gallons of rainwater from pouring into your home … gutters were invented for this purpose.
(6) Foundation Damage: The short-term consequences of excessive water saturating the soil around your home are bad enough, but the long-term consequences are much more severe. The accumulation of excessive groundwater can cause serious structural damage to your home’s foundation, possibly making your home unsafe and costing thousands of dollars to repair.
(7) Formation of Mold: Long before any noticeable cracks form in your walls, tiny cracks called micro-factures will form. These microscopically small, porous, and invisible cracks will let in small amounts of water. Every time it rains, this will cause moisture to accumulate inside your walls and vents. This dark and damp environment is ideal for mold to start growing inside your home. Over time, toxic mold spores will get into your walls and ventilation system and will be distributed throughout your home.
(8) Sick Building Syndrome: This condition is called “Sick Building Syndrome” and is present in up to 30% of all buildings worldwide according to research conducted by The World Health Organization (WHO). In the short term, it can cause many allergy-like symptoms like watery and itchy eyes, coughing, headaches, tiredness, sinus and nasal problems, or sneezing. Long-term exposure is linked to many respiratory problems and several other serious health problems.
For more information, see the Wikipedia (the free online encyclopedia) article on Sick Building Syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick_building_syndrome).
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR FREE GUTTER REPAIR AND SYSTEM INSPECTION OFFER
For all of these reasons, we strongly recommend you have your rainwater gutter system thoroughly inspected by one of our professional craftsmen at Rainy Day Roofing & Exteriors.
We will extensively examine your gutters to determine if you need gutter repair (i.e. if they have the correct slope for proper water drainage, if their seams, elbow joints, and all other joints are properly fastened together and are properly caulked and sealed, and if any cracks, holes, or other damage is present).
Contact Rainy Day Roofing & Exteriors today for a free consultation and and gutter repair or gutter installation quote.
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