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4 Reasons to Clean Your Gutters
December 7, 2021
- Ensure Proper Water Flow: Gutters play a very important part in the integrity of your home. They are used to irrigate and divert all water runoff away from the foundation of your house. If your gutters are clogged, overflowing and not able to properly divert the water away from your home, it can lead to costly repairs down the road.
- Prevent Structural Damage: Just like above, if the gutters can not properly divert water away from your home, soaking mud around the foundation can erode over time and cause damage to your home's foundation. Not only can clogged gutters cause harm to the foundation, but we have seen homes where gutters have been neglected and have so much build up the sitting water caused the frame work of the house to rot and ripped the gutter and fascia away from the house.
- Ice Dams: Here in Southeastern PA through the winter, it is possible for clogged gutters to freeze over night in the winter months and cause a water filled clogged gutter to become frozen. The weight of a completely filled and frozen gutter has been known to rip away from the structure of the home.
- Save Money: Preventative maintenance, while it can be a couple hundred dollars once or twice a year, can save you money in the long run. The average price to rehang a gutter is 4x the cost than if you were to have them properly cleaned before it becomes a bigger problem.
It is always better to be proactive, than reactive.
If you are a do-it-yourselfer, please reach out to us and we will gladly help with any advice on cleaning your gutters safely. But we highly recommend
hiring a professional who is properly trained and insured to take on such work.
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Blue Water Power Washing is trained and a Certified Applicator from Deco Product s to clean, sand and seal. We follow their recommended process when cleaning to prepare for sanding and sealing. The process takes multiple steps to achieve a professional result. -First we start by applying an algaecide to kill all organic growth to make cleaning the pavers with higher pressure easier. -Next step is to use a high pressure turbo nozzle tip from a safe distance to blow out all the old sand in between the pavers to get rid of any unwanted moss and weeds but without damage to the stones. -We then follow up with a professional grade surface cleaner to ensure a uniform clean on all the paver stones. -Next is to apply a neutralizer to rebalance the pH of the stones, followed by more heavy rinsing -Our preferred method is dry sanding, so after 24-72hrs of cleaning the stones we will return to complete the sanding and sealing -We use ASTM-C144 joint sand. We broom in the sand (color of customer choice) and follow up with a leaf blower to get an excess sand out and make sure there is about 1/8' below the chamfer of the stone. -After all sand has been replaced and leveled, we use a joint stabilizing sealer to protect the pavers from moisture getting in and stabilizing the joints by creating a rock hard seal that won't allow the pavers to move due to natural erosion. This process should be completed every year or two to maintain the integrity of an outdoor paver area. However yearly clean and seals are much less expensive then having to relevel a whole paver area after years of erosion have washed away sand creating a ungulated area
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