Personal Pertection, Is Maintaining Your Own Gutters Worth It?

Maintaining your gutters on your own can be a dangerous or expensive task, depending upon whether you handle the maintenance personally or hire a professional gutter cleaning service. This is why many people turn to gutter protection. Specifically, Leaf Slugger™ can keep your gutters free of debris, allowing you to avoid both do-it-yourself accidents and hefty cleaning bills.

Gutter protection insulates your gutters from the elements. Day after day, leaves, twigs, tree needles, birds, insects, and other items make their way into your home’s gutter system. Over time, this debris can build up and significantly limit the ability of your gutters to perform. When this occurs, the gutters become clogged and can overflow—resulting in damage to your home’s foundation, roof, windows, doors, landscaping, and more.

Open gutters, which are gutters without protection, have to be cleaned regularly. This can range in cost from $75 to $500, putting a substantial bit of strain on your budget. More importantly, cleaning gutters is a dangerous job. Oftentimes, someone must climb onto the roof by using an extension ladder or even scaffolding. This in and of itself is highly dangerous, but gutter cleaning requires even more daring stunts. Once at gutter level, you must either climb onto the steep roof and maneuver your way around the house without falling or constantly move your ladder. As a result, you put yourself or your gutter cleaners in harm’s way.