gutters: Keep your gutters clean...here's how
- 03/10/11 06:17 AM
Cleaning Rain Gutters Clean gutters to protect your siding and landscape plantings, and prevent thousands of dollars of damage to your foundation. Leaving debris in your gutters can damage them and force freezing water under your shingles. Image: Stacy Gold/Getty Images In a downpour, a clogged roof gutter sends a cascade of water down the side of your house, making canyons of your flowerbeds and saturating your foundation. Clean gutters of leaves and debris to help prevent damage to your landscaping and siding, and to head off expensive repairs to your foundation that may cost $10,000 or more. How often to (9 comments)