Do you own a home in need of home repair? If so, you have gutters around the roof of your home that help to drain the rain during a storm. Gutters don’t always get the job done because of debris, leaves, pinecones and other objects could be blogging the downspouts and drains. This doesn’t allow for proper drainage of rain, which could lead to roofing problems, leakage problems inside your home and much more.

How do you know that your gutters are performing up to par? That’s an easy answer: grab a ladder, climb to the roof, and check for debris inside the gutter. Debris can include dead animals, leaves, pinecones and other objects such as baseballs and tennis balls. You never know what your children are doing when playing outside.

Hopefully this checklist will help you decipher whether or not you have bad home gutters in need of home repair:

• Dripping water inside the house. If you notice water stains on your ceilings or walls throughout the house, your gutters are not getting the job done, causing water to leak into the house. These leaks can also cause cracks in the foundation inside your house.
• Cracks in the pavement outside your home. Gutters usually drain water onto the grass and away from the sidewalks and driveway on your property. If gutters aren’t performing correctly, the driveway and the sidewalks on your property will have wet spots and will develop cracks from the constant running water.
• Black ice. If you notice that on your sidewalks and driveway there continues to be black ice even a couple of days following a storm, the cause could be poor drainage from your home gutters.
• Discovery of mold. If you discover mold anywhere in your home, this could be a result of poor home gutters. How so? Gutters that do not drain properly cause water to pool in bad areas, which can cause mold behind the walls of your home.
• Foundation of home is sinking. If the foundation of your home is sinking then you might have bad gutters. Yet again, water pools in bad areas, loosens the ground, and causes the foundation of your home to sink into the ground.

All of these problems are major warning signs that you have bad home gutters and should have them repaired or replaced with new ones. Please contact the expert home improvement staff of Global Home Improvement today for all of your gutter system repair or installation needs.