As soon as the thermometer starts to dip, Long Island homeowners begin to think of protecting their chief asset from winter’s arctic blasts. Energy conservation often tops the list of homeowner concerns when winterizing their houses. While installing weather stripping and other heat loss protection products are important, do not overlook your home’s gutter system when preparing for winter.
Gutter system? Isn’t that something you have installed ‘off the shelf’ from a home improvement warehouse, pay for once and forget? Or believe that an aftermarket metal mesh gutter cover tucked under your shingles and resting atop your gutter will suffice? When the leaves turn and fall from our trees, they can clog many inferior leaf systems necessitating the time consuming and often dangerous chore to remove debris from your home’s gutter system. And as many homeowners in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Counties have discovered, the inexpensive gutter guard system they purchased in pre-cut sections from their local home improvement warehouse can easily dislodge and often blow away. The result? Gutters that are clogged with leaves, twigs, bird nests, insect hives and more. Clogged gutters are ineffective gutters. Ineffective gutters can cost homeowners thousands of dollars in damage and repairs.
What is the solution? A permanent Leaf Protection System solution custom-fitted on site by Island Gutters. Island Gutters offers the finest quality products and has professionally installed over 1000 systems locally. For your peace-of-mind, Island Gutters stands behind their work with a 25-year warranty. Island Gutters is the Alcoa Preferred Contractor on Long Island and installs the Alcoa Leaf Relief™ system. This patented system allows rain to flow off your roof and down your drain spout where it is conveyed to drain a safe distance from your roof and foundation, preventing winter ice-dams and costly structural damage. It cannot be breached by animals, twigs or leaves and other debris. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call Island Gutters today at (516) 922-0044 (Nassau) or (631) 979-8866 (Suffolk).
If you are a do-it-yourselfer you’ll have gained a few precious weekend hours for another more enjoyable activity. If the semi-annual chore of gutter cleaning has been performed for you, your system will pay for itself in a very short time. Most important, you’ll be protecting your single-most important investment –your home- from expensive roof, foundation and ceiling damage for many years to come.
