Gutter Cleaning

Horizon Gutter Cleaning Protects Your Investment

Clogged gutters can cause damage to your home and attract unwanted pests. Horizon’s Gutter Cleaning Service protects your home from foundation problems, basement leaks, rotting windows, rotting fascia boards and soffits, mold and mildew.  It also reduces infestations by mosquitoes and other  insects that breed in standing water with our New Jersey extermination services.  In addition sometimes animals such as birds and squirrels may become attracted to and build their nests inside or behind your gutters, which can also cause a clog or draw them in your attic.

Signs that your gutters need cleaning

Your gutters will not work properly if they are clogged.  Any of the following signs may be an indication that your gutters need cleaning: 

• Water coming over the top of gutters when it rains.
• Water in your basement.
• Water constantly dripping or  leaking from the gutters when it is not raining or hasn’t rained recently.
• Vegetation growing in  your gutters.
• Icicles accumulating on your gutters.

These are just the most obvious signs of clogged gutters, but sometimes the signs are not so easy to spot, which is why we recommend cleaning your gutters twice a year.

The Ideal Gutter Cleaning Schedule

We recommend cleaning your gutters twice per year:

• Late spring/early summer (May or June after all the seed pods, blossoms, and “helicopters” are done falling.) This natural debris will clog gutters as well as the leaders and any underground drains on the system. Seed pods will soon germinate, and you could  have trees growing out of your gutters!  Excess moisture near wood surfaces will attract termites and carpenter ants.
• Late fall/early winter (October/November/December, after most leaves are done falling.) This will help protect your gutters over the winter and prevent icicles and ice dams from forming, which could severely damage your gutters and roofline.

Click here to learn how Horizon Pest Control can help with your gutter cleaning!