December 30th, 2008 by Sock Woodruff
Is your house equipped with rain gutters made of copper? If so, congratulations-in many ways, copper may be the ultimate material for rain gutters. It is stronger than aluminum, has a beautiful finish when new, withstands the effects of weather well, does not deteriorate under the attack of UV rays from the sun, and gradually develops a beautiful green or gray patina over a period of years. In addition, copper rain gutters can last for 75 to 100 years or more.
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December 23rd, 2008 by Sock Woodruff
Almost every home is equipped with rain gutters. These rain troughs or eave troughs, usually made of metal, hang below the eaves of your roof to catch rain (or melting snow) as it runs down your roof. The rain gutters collect the water, then direct the water to downspouts, and finally direct the water on to splash pads that sit on top of the ground. This system prevents water from running down the fascia board, from possibly wetting the outside walls of you house, from collecting on the ground near the foundation (maybe leaking into the basement where it can do further mischief), and dropping onto the ground, possibly starting an erosion ditch in your yard.
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December 16th, 2008 by Sock Woodruff
For hundreds of years rain gutters have been used in house design. Many different materials have been used over the centuries starting with stone, later zinc and wood, and today aluminum, galvanized steel, or copper. And as long as there have been rain gutters, there has been the need to regularly clean out the gutters because they have always collected and filled up with leaves, twigs, seeds, and other debris.
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December 16th, 2008 by Sock Woodruff
For years people have been exploring ideas on how to prevent rain gutters from collecting deposits of leaves and debris. Often driven by the desire to avoid the necessity of cleaning the gutters two, or three, or even four times a year, various different ideas have led to the creation of gutter guards, gutter covers, and gutter screens.
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December 9th, 2008 by Sock Woodruff
There are many different kinds of gutter protection systems available today. The different basic types of systems include gutter guards, gutter covers, gutter screens, or gutter filters. All of them are intended to let the water drain into the rain gutter while keeping possible debris (leaves, tree flowers, seeds, seed pods, twigs, etc.) out of the gutter.
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December 9th, 2008 by Sock Woodruff
As part of your seamless gutter business, you are probably already offering gutter protection systems such as gutter guards, gutter covers, gutter screens, and gutter filters to your customers. While there are many different types and styles you can offer your customers, the least expensive is a simple cover made of PVC or a screen of expanded metal construction made from aluminum. Each type has its advantages and features. However, they all have one thing in common. There were all made by someone else. You material cost includes their material cost, labor content, overhead, and profit.
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December 3rd, 2008 by Sock Woodruff
Just about every house is equipped with rain gutters. They hang there below the roof eaves, just waiting for rain to fall so they can collect the water and direct it away from the walls and foundation of your house. You probably don’t think about them very often…unless you don’t have a gutter protection system installed. Then you have to clean out the gutters now and then-sometimes two to four times per year.
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December 3rd, 2008 by Sock Woodruff
The fall and spring seasons cause many homeowners a lot of work every year. At these times, nature rains down stuff on our homes other than rain. This could include a lot of detritus from trees, leaves, pine needles, twigs, spring flowers off the trees (birch, oak, maple, cottonwoods, etc.), seeds and seed pods, not to mention things like the ball one of the kids threw up on the roof. All of this can accumulate in your gutters.
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