Gutter Guards Installation
Gutters play an essential role in the maintenance of your roof, so installing gutter guards takes the services they do for you to the next level. Gutters help drain water and snowmelt from your roof, preventing problems like erosion and flooded basements. However, debris like fallen leaves can build up in your gutters, meaning that you routinely have to clean them out so that they will continue to function as they should. You don’t want buildup to clog your gutters and cause them to sag or detach from your roof. A Gutter guard can prevent such buildup, allowing water to drain from your roof while simultaneously keeping debris out.
Key Benefits Of Gutter Guards
Gutter guard protect your gutters, and ergo, the overall structure of your home. Installing gutter guards helps to maintain the efficiency of your gutter system while also extending its lifespan. They’re especially helpful for properties with lots of trees or in areas that receive a lot of snow. Some of the key benefits of a gutter guard can include:
Reduced Maintenance
While you’ll still need to do maintenance on your gutters with gutter guards, gutter guards will reduce how often you’ll need to clear out the leaves and sticks and other such debris from your gutters, since they work to keep such things out of your gutters, so that water can drain easily with no clogs. The debris will get caught on top of the gutter guards rather than within the gutters themselves, which lessens the frequency that you need to do gutter maintenance.
Lessened Likelihood Of Ice Dam Formation
Gutter guards can alleviate some of the risk of ice dam formation through keeping debris out of your gutters so that the snowmelt can drain rather than refreezing. Since they help water to drain through your gutters and help to keep your gutters from clogging, this can reduce the likelihood of ice dam formation. While gutter guards alone won’t stop ice dams from forming, since they can keep your gutters clear, they can lessen your risk of them.
Fire Protection
If there’s a fire, embers can spread very far. If those embers catch on the debris in your gutters, this can ignite, causing a fire that can quickly spread to your home and surroundings. Gutter guards can protect your home from this risk by providing a barrier between any embers and any debris in your gutter system
Pest Control
With gutter guards, you don’t need to worry about standing water in your gutters, since they’ll help keep it moving right along. Standing water can draw the attention of pests and insects, leading them to breed and nest in your gutters. Gutter guards help prevent this by ensuring water won’t accumulate and become stagnant in your gutters.
Protect Your Home
When your gutters get clogged, this leads to damages both on the interior and the exterior of your home. Water damage can affect the very structure of your home in addition to staining your ceiling and causing your paint to peel. It can damage your roofing systems, and can even cause your gutters to give out from the weight of all that backed up water. Gutter guards prevent clogging, which in turn, helps to prevent damages to your home.
Gutter Guard Installation
If you’re looking for gutter guard installation, the experienced contractors here at Kanga Roof are the ones you’ll want to work with. We use Bulldog Gutter Guards for all of our installations. When we attach them to your gutters, you can protect them from incurring damages and increase their longevity. If you’re getting tired of having your gutters maintained so frequently, gutter guards will help you out, and even increase the value of your home, due to just how well they can keep your home in good condition.
Why We Use Bulldog Gutter Guards
Bulldog Gutter Guards are our preference due to their many advantages. Bulldog Gutter Guards are very environmentally friendly, made of 98% recyclable aluminum, and they’re made to last, so that you don’t have to replace them for a long time. They are not nailed to your roof, so you don’t need to worry about them damaging your shingles. Rather, they’re screwed into your gutters and your fascia board. Plus, they’re designed to go over your existing gutters, while also being virtually invisible due to their low profile design.
Bulldog Gutter Guards prevent animals and birds from forming nests in your gutters, and can handle rain in an excess of 14 inches per hour. Like anything else, they will get dirty over time, but the maintenance that Bulldog Gutter Guards require is little, and easily taken care of with a hose. This is especially true with their patented ribbed design, which lets airflow lift debris off the gutter guards, meaning that even a breeze can blow debris from your roof.
With their unique front and rear attachment, Bulldog Gutter Guards not only stay sturdy themselves, but also stabilize your entire gutter system.
Contact Kanga Roof today for your gutter guard installation! We are certified professionals who care deeply about making sure that each and every one of our customers has strong, functional roofs and gutters. We know how gutter guards can help with that. Let us help you reduce your gutter maintenance costs and increase your home value and protection with our premium gutter guard installation services.
