GUTTERS 

Most home own­ers don’t spend a lot of time think­ing about their gut­ters, but under­stand­ing their impor­tance may pre­vent cost­ly home repair bills in the future.Gutters fun­nel water off of the roof and away from the build­ing, which pro­tects your sid­ing, win­dows, doors and foun­da­tion from water dam­age. While that sounds impor­tant, many build­ing own­ers don’t real­ize how much dam­age can occur when their gut­ters are clogged, leak­ing, or bro­ken. When gut­ters aren’t func­tion­ing prop­er­ly, rain­wa­ter runs off the roof of the build­ing and col­lects on the ground near the foun­da­tion. Heavy rains can result in stand­ing pools of water, which can cause a mul­ti­tude of problems.