Failing to clean your gutters will cause your gutter system to back up-rapidly! Picture in your mind a gutter filled with leaves. Now imagine a rain storm that fills gutter with water. As the water flows toward the downspout, it will begin to carry leaves and debris with it. Quickly, the downspout will become clogged and the water in the gutter will back up.
When water backs up in a Gutter cleaning near me filled with debris, several bad things can happen. If the rainfall is sufficient, the gutter will over flow, sending water straight to the ground-eroding soil near the foundation, destroying the landscape below and soaking the soil near the foundation wall causing basement leaks and water damage. Overflowing gutters can also send water back into the soffit-causing wood rot in the fascia area and water damage on the interior of the home as well.