We continue to hear from home owners who have installed screens and sponges on their gutters to keep them from clogging.  These products work well at first, but soon plug and cause rain water to spill off to the ground. Many of these products are made of vinyl or plastic and deteriorate from the Sun’s heat and ultraviolet rays.  Usually, within 2 to 3 years the homeowner has had to clean them several times and then removes them in frustration. LeavesOut dealers frequently are removing these  products so LeavesOut can be installed. With LeavesOut on the gutters the homeowner no longer needs to worry about glogged gutters. The Leavesout guarantee is that the downspouts will remain free flowing or we come to the house to clear them at no charge.

All LeavesOut dealers understand that properly working gutters protect the most valuable asset many people have…their home.   Some homeowners have gotten so tired of cleaning clogged gutters that they have taken the gutters off their house and think that solves the problem.  However, this creates new and potentially more serious problems.  The concentration of rain falling off the edge of the roof not only causes washout of soil and vegetation around the foundation, but leads to damp basements and crawl spaces.  Termites thrive and colonize where the ground is wet.  The added moisture around the house with no gutters encourages termite nesting.  The termites will then construct tunnels from the ground up the foundation and to the wood.  Our discussions with Terminix confirms that the termite problem around houses is greatly reduced when there is a proper rain carrying system on the structure.