Clogged gutters can cause significant damage to a home's foundation, fascia, soffits, and roof by allowing water to accumulate around the home. Water that isn't properly drained away can erode and crack the foundation over time, damage fascia and soffits by collecting in clogged gutters, and cause the roof to rust and leak, potentially leading to a complete collapse. It's important to keep gutters unclogged to prevent these issues and ensure water flows away from the home as intended.

1. When water accumulates around your home, the foundation
is put at risk. Erosion weakens your home by slowly removing
layer by layer of foundation until it cracks and begins to leak.
Don’t risk the integrity of your foundation by allowing water to
back up and erode your foundation.
Mosquitoes Mold
Flooded basement Foundation damage
Heaving driveway Landscape erosion
When the rain falls and water
backs up throughout the gutter
system, you will end up with
water in areas of the home that
are meant to be dry and clean,
like your basement.
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Your soffits and fascia are the closest part of your home to your
gutters. When gutters become clogged, water will begin to
collect in your gutters. With nowhere to go, the water will begin
to eat away at your fascia and soffit, which could cause your
gutters to pull away from your home and eventually fall.
How much damage can clogged gutters cause?
CLOGGED GUTTERS
LEAVES PINE NEEDLES SEED PODS SHINGLE GRIT RODENTS INSECTS BIRDS SNAKES
Roof replacement and overall repair can easily cost thousands
of dollars. Clogged or backed-up gutters filled with debris can
allow rainwater to accumulate and cause your roof to rust and
leak over time leading to a complete collapse in.
SOFFIT & FASCIA ROT roofing damage
CLOGGED GUTTERS CAN BE THE SOURCE FOR
MANY DIFFERENT PROBLEMS THAT ARE BOTH annoying costly.and
LEAFFILTER PROTECTS AGAINST THESE COMMON GUTTER CLOGS
Water runoff will create pools of stagnant water that
can attract mosquitoes and other wildlife.
Clogged gutters also put you and your family at
risk for health concerns, as clogged gutters can
lead to the development of mold. These harmful
micro-organisms may cause serious damage or
evoke allergies in you and your family. If you can
ensure that the gutters on your home are clog
free, you’re also making a point to keep your
family safe.
If you have trees near your home, then you have complex root
systems growing all around your most important investment.
Roots go after water, so if your gutters are clogged and water is
accumulating around your home and around your driveway, that
complex root system can begin to grow in
areas it shouldn’t, causing severe and costly
damage to your foundation and driveway.
The purpose of a gutter system is to
control the flow of rain water AWAY from
your home. The possibility of erosion
damage becomes real when clogged
gutters mishandle the flow of rain water.
Water will begin to accumulate in your
flower beds surrounding your home,
ruining your landscaping and keeping
water where it shouldn’t be – sitting
stagnant around your foundation.
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LEAFFILTER HAS SERVED CUSTOMERS WITH ZERO CLOGGED GUTTERS.
LEAFFILTERHAS INSTALLED MORE THAN
20 MILLIONTHROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES
FEET OF GUTTER PROTECTION ON HOMES
3787 miles
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San Francisco
Hudson, OH
Maryland
Roughly following State
Route 50 from San Francisco
to Maryland, ending at
LeafFilter’s Corporate
Headquarters in Hudson,
Ohio equals 3787 miles.
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