Back on the ladder
We hear it on almost every walkaround. Bad knees, shaky balance, a spouse holding the ladder. Twenty feet up is no place to be scooping a gutter.
What homeowners tell us
A house does not stay clean on its own.
Every week we walk properties across Connecticut, and we hear the same stories. Maybe one of these sounds familiar.
The gutter guards did not fix it
Fine silt slips through the mesh and packs into the downspout elbows. You cannot see it from the ground until the gutter overflows.
Lichen eating the shingles
Those spots are alive and feeding on the roof. They cannot be scraped off without tearing up the shingle, and left alone they keep spreading.
The corner nobody can reach
Leaves pile up in a roof valley or behind a vent pipe and hold moisture against the house. By the time anyone looks, the wood is soft.
The green came back
You paid to have the house washed a couple of years ago. Now the shady side is green again and you are right back where you started.
The dryer vent nobody checks
Lint packs in out of sight. The U.S. Fire Administration reports failure to clean as the leading factor in home dryer fires.