After 20 plus years in this business, we have accumulated many helpful tips to share with our clients. These will change according to the season, so check back frequently.

Fall Maintenance

Make a visual check of your roof and flashings using a pair of binoculars. Clean gutters after Thanksgiving. It's OK to clean gutters once 80% of the leaves have fallen. Leaves are large and bulky and usually do not plug up gutters. So, if a few leaves fall into the gutters over the winter season, it's OK.

Holiday Lights

YOU CAN hang holiday lights on KGuard. BUT proceed with caution, purchase clear plastic hangers and put them into the small opening in the front of your KGuard system. You can then procede to hang your lights from the hooks. Happy Holidays from our family to yours!



 

Winter Maintenance

Icicles Notice this snow and ice would have been frozen solid inside your open conventional gutter. Yes! Its does make a little mess as it melts buts it’s a mess outside instead of inside on your ceilings and walls, creating roof damage.

Spring Maintenance

Clean gutters in the spring after the blossoms and seeds have fallen from trees and shrubs—usually mid-May through mid-June. Your gutters are always the last thing on your mind until a problem arises, so call us to set up a service contract ensuring a timely and routine gutter cleaning.

Make sure stairwell drains are clean and free of debris. It is going to rain a lot in the spring and these drains are critical to keeping the basement dry. If you have a sump pump, test the motor by lifting the cover off the sump area. Wiggle the float on the pump until the motor starts. If it does not, push in the red reset button found on most pumps. If it still does not start, call your plumber!

Summer Maintenance

Summer is the best time to inspect your underground drainage system. The best way to do this is to disconnect the drains at the bottom of the downspouts and flood them with a garden hose. Let the water run long enough to determine where the exit end of the buried drain is. Mark the ends of the drains for permanent record. Very often drains exist on the downhill edge of the yard. It is important that the exit end of the drain does not get grown over or buried. If a drain is clogged the first step to unclogging it is to use a pressure washer with a long hose. Snake the hose into the drain. Most drains have minor clogs and can be cleared in this way. If the drain can not be unclogged, then a professional with a cutting drain snake should be contacted. We have had good success with Roto-Rooter inside the beltway.