Window Genie of Loudoun strongly urges homeowners to stay on top of cleaning their gutters regularly to safeguard their properties against damage and avoid spending their savings on repairs. This service comes at affordable prices, and we quickly and thoroughly perform every cleaning to ensure you get the best possible service experience and results. We never compromise work quality or risk damage to your gutters, siding, and other home components. Builders and contractors put gutter systems on homes to control and carry away water flow from your roof, keeping it clear of siding and foundation. Many issues can happen when your home’s gutters can’t effectively carry water away from your roof. As water pools around your foundation, seeps into your house and floods your basement, various disastrous issues can develop and require time-consuming and expensive work to resolve them. Some common issues homeowners deal with when their homes have clogged gutters include the following:

• Flooded Basements – Clogged gutters are basement water damage’s leading cause. Rainwater rolling off your rooftop that can’t pour into and flow through your gutters will find another path. This alternate path is usually in your soffits and siding, and the water travels down to your basement.
• Cracked Foundations – When water settles around your home’s foundation, it can freeze, causing a problem called frost heave. This condition commonly causes severe cracks in the walls of your foundation.
• Rotted Wood – Moisture that gets trapped in your wood fascia with a lack of air circulation can lead to wood rot that destroys your home. These rotting areas in your wood fascia can worsen and spread issues when your gutters aren’t clean.
• Insect Breeding Ground – Gutters filled with debris and stagnant water attract a wide array of insect species. Wasps, mosquitos, termites, and other wood-destroying insects can set up their homes in your gutters, consequently working their way into your home’s indoor spaces.