Gutters and Downspouts in Clarkston

A roof's job is to move water. Gutters finish that job. Without them, or with gutters that sag, leak or overflow, rain pours off the edge and lands right beside the foundation, splashes onto walls and soaks the wood at the roof edge. Over time that can mean wet basements, washed-out beds and rot along the eaves. So when we look at a roof, we look at the gutters too. Here is what makes a gutter system work. Size, first: a large or steep roof sends more water than a small gutter can carry in a heavy downpour. Pitch, second: each run needs a slight slope toward its downspout so water does not sit and drip. Placement, third: downspouts belong where water can be carried away from the house, not dumped onto a walkway or into a corner that floods. And seams matter. Seamless gutters come off a forming machine in your driveway as one continuous length, which leaves nothing along the run to drip. Under Clarkston's tall trees, leaves clog gutters quickly, so we talk about outlet sizes and debris too. Many homeowners replace gutters at the same time as a new roof, since the drip edge and gutters work together. We can also replace gutters alone when the roof is still in good shape.