After months of shopping for a new home, you are probably eager to get started setting up. Yet, there is still one more thing to do before you get started slapping up coats of new paint. Your roof protects everything inside of your new home, and noticing any of these eight warning signs means that it is time to make getting it repaired your first priority.
Gutters play an important role in protecting your house from water damage by directing rain and melting snow away from the exterior walls and foundation.
Summer is moving season, but if you move into a new home in summer, you may have some surprises waiting for you your first winter in the new home. Maybe the house isn’t as well-insulated as it looks, or maybe the roof is prone to ice dam leaks. Some roofs tend to get a lot more ice dams than others.
Gutter guards are one of several gutter upgrades intended to help gutters function better with less work from you. Of course, you’ll have to choose between types of gutter guards such as the mesh or colander-style screens or the helmet or spike styles. But on the whole, gutter guards can make it much easier to take care of your roof, gutter, and drainage system.
If you’ve owned your own home for a while, you probably know the basics of what you need to do to care for your roof year in and year out. But with work, family life, and all the other home maintenance required, you may not have the time you need to give the roof all the care you’d like.