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Where Do All Those Leaves Actually Go? Everybody in Central Ohio knows fall leaves clog gutters. That part is no secret. What most homeowners never think about is what happens to the leaves that don't stay in the gutter — the ones that wash down the downspout, into the drain line, and out of sight. Out of sight is where the expensive problems live. THE TRIP A LEAF TAKES A whole leaf usually gets caught in the gutter. But a leaf that's been rained on for a week breaks down int

Just Bought a House? 6 Gutter and Drain Checks to Make This October If you closed on a home this year, congratulations. Now here's the part nobody mentions at the closing table: you have no idea when those gutters were last cleaned, whether the downspouts drain anywhere useful, or what's buried in the yard. A home inspection covers a lot of ground, but it doesn't tell you much about the gutter system, and your first Ohio winter is a rough way to find out. Here are six things

The Two-Week Window: When to Clean Your Gutters This Fall Every October our phone rings with some version of the same question: is it too early to clean my gutters yet? It's a fair question, and the timing matters more than most homeowners think. Clean too early and you'll be doing it again in a month. Wait too long and you're scraping frozen sludge out of a gutter in December. WHY TIMING MATTERS Around Columbus, the leaves don't all come down at once. Ash and walnut tend to

Why Do Your Yard Drains Need Regular Flushing and Timely Repairs? When most homeowners think about protecting their home from water, they think about gutters, and they should. But your gutters are only half the system. Every drop of water they catch has to go somewhere, and for many homes around Columbus, that somewhere is an underground yard drain. If that drain is clogged, cracked, or crushed, all the work your gutters do goes to waste. The water backs up, spills out at th

If it feels like the rain comes down harder than it used to, you're not imagining it. Ask anyone who has lived in Central Ohio for twenty years. The storms we get now tend to dump more water in less time. Instead of a steady all-day drizzle, we get two inches in ninety minutes, then sun by dinner. That change matters more to your house than most homeowners realize — because a gutter system that handled the old kind of rain may not handle this kind at all. YOUR GUTTERS HAVE A

Fall Gutter Cleaning: Your Questions Answered Every October the phone starts ringing with the same handful of questions. Here they are, answered straight. Why is fall the most important time to clean gutters? Because of what comes after it. A clogged gutter in October is annoying. A clogged gutter in January is expensive. When leaves pack your gutters, water can't drain — it sits there. Then Ohio does what Ohio does: freezes overnight, thaws by afternoon, over and over all wi

We get asked this one almost every week. Someone sees an ad promising they'll "never clean their gutters again," and they want to know if it's true. Here's our honest answer: gutter guards make a real difference — but the marketing oversells them. Let's break down what they actually do, what they don't, and whether they make sense for your home. What gutter guards actually do A gutter guard is a cover, screen, or filter that sits over your gutters. Water gets in. Leaves, twig

Central Ohio gets its fair share of heavy rain — and every time it rolls through, your gutter system is working overtime. Most homeowners don't think about their gutters until something goes wrong. By then, the damage is already done. We put together some of the most common questions we hear from homeowners so you know exactly what to watch for and when to call. Q: Do I really need to worry about my gutters after a heavy rainstorm? A: Yes — and sooner than you think. Heavy ra

Living in Central Ohio means dealing with whatever the weather throws at us — and sometimes that means waking up to a yard full of downed branches, snapped limbs, or worse. If a storm has left your property looking like a disaster zone, you're not alone. And you don't have to deal with it by yourself. At AllDone Gutters & Drains, tree cleanup is part of what we do. We know most people think of us for gutters and drains, but when storm season hits, we're out here hauling, chip

Most homeowners in Columbus don't think about their gutters until water is pouring over the side during a storm. But by the time you're watching that waterfall off the corner of your roof, the real damage may already be happening — underground, where you can't see it. 😬 Your gutters have one job: move water away from your house. When they're packed with leaves, shingle grit, and sludge, they stop doing that job, and all that water ends up in the worst possible place — right