Gutter Cleaning, Maintenance And Repair by High Quality Home Maintenance
Getting your gutters cleaned by High Quality Home Maintenance comes with multiple benefits. Not only will your gutters be cleaned, but the experienced eyes of High Quality Home Maintenance will inspect your gutters, noting any issues, AND will also be able to observe overall signs of problems with your roof.
If you already know you have problems with your gutters, or a leak in your home, definitely let Marc or Mitchell know. This will alert them to look a bit deeper at the problem area.
Gutter cleaning is typically done in under an hour, upon arrival. The gutters are cleaned, and proper drainage of the downspouts are verified.
It is important to note that downspouts which carry water underground, can ONLY be verified free of obstruction for the part that is above ground.
I have really steep roofs, can you still clean my gutters?
Roofs with a pitch greater than 8/12 require using ladders all the way around the house.
Both terrain and landscaping can limit ladder access at times. If shrubbery or trees block access, or the terrain of the ground impact safety, that area of the gutters will not be accessible. The terrain in Cedar Rapids is very hilly in places, and homes built into hills many times have very steep sloped areas of yard and/or landscaping.
What is the charge to clean my gutters?
Our Minimum Fee to come out on a one story home is $145.00. This covers the first 100 feet of gutter. Each additional foot of gutter over 100 feet is an additional $1.45.
Our Minimum Fee to come out on a two story home is $180. This covers the first 100 feet of gutter. $1.80 each additional foot.
If your roof is an 8/12 or greater, then it is $210 for first 100 feet, with $2.10 per additional foot of gutter over 100ft.
If snap in / snap out gutter screens are present, then add $55 to the minimum of any of the above for the minimum.
If your gutter guards are the “Gutter Helmet” product, you will need to contact the original installation company. Sorry!
GUTTER GUARDS
HQHM can determine the best gutter screens for your application. We have samples for customers to view.
GUTTER REPAIRS
When water freezes, it expands. When water freezes in your gutters, the expanding ice expands your gutters. The expanding ice also can cause screws to be pulled out, or even the screws to get broken. Even on days that do not get above freezing, the heat from the sun on a sunny day can melt snow and/or ice, and then the refreeze can cause damage all over again.
High Quality Home Maintenance can repair the damage caused by expanding ice.
This is typically replacing damaged screws and repairing gutter corners. The damage to gutter corners are particularly prevalent.
Repairing a gutter corner, if done during a general cleaning service, is $75 per corner.
Front Stoops have a lot of corners, which leak from the damage caused by the ice. See the picture below of corners:
General other damage that need to be repaired would be on a case by case basis.
RE-SLOPE GUTTERS TO DRAIN PROPERLY
Gutters need to be sloped so that they drain because of gravity. From the high side to the low side. If your gutter isn’t sloped properly, it won’t drain properly. If there are sags in the middle, the gutter will hold water. And if this water freezes, it causes additional problems.
Re-sloping of gutters to drain properly is available as a service by High Quality Home Maintenance. The charge for this depends greatly on a case by case basis.
ADDITIONAL DOWNSPOUTS
If more downspouts are needed for proper drainage, we also add these. Cost is on a case by case basis.
White and Royal Brown are in stock – other colors have to be ordered.
High Quality Home Maintenace believes, “The bottom line is that no job can not be done. The harder it is, the more time, effort, and skill is required to achieve the desired results.”
Ready to get your gutters cleaned or have questions? Hop over to our contact form and let us know!