Fall Preparation

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

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

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