Gutter Cleaning Service

Gutter cleaning is one of the most essential home services that should be routinely carried out in order to protect a home from damage.

Unfortunately, to their determent, many homeowners often neglect this critical aspect of property maintenance.

Gutter cleaning is often disregarded by homeowners because they either underestimate its importance or because they don’t have the means or capability to carry it out themselves.

In this article, we’ll explain the role that having clean gutters plays in protecting your most vital investment, your home.

We’ll also highlight how Fine Touch Window Cleaning’s expert service technicians can carry out this often dangerous and tedious task for you using our professional gutter cleaning gear and equipment.

If you’re thinking about cleaning your gutters yourself please make sure you use the utmost extreme caution. Gutter cleaning can be a very dangerous job for the untrained or inexperienced.

If your gutters need cleaning this season, we highly suggest that you give us a call today and we can arrange to come out and do it safely, effectively, and affordably while you relax inside your home.

Gutter Cleaning Service – Table of Contents

• Why Should You Have Clean Gutters?
• Top Reasons for Clean Gutters
• Why Hire us to Clean your Gutters?
• Included in the Gutter Cleaning Service
• Our Gutter Cleaning Process
• Our Gutter Cleaning Crew
• Fine Touch Gutter Cleaning Service Area
• Gutter Cleaning FAQ

Why Should You Have Clean Gutters?

There are many reasons to have your gutters clean, most important of them being to protect your home and roof from acquiring severe damage.

A home’s gutter system is its main defense of redirecting rainwater from the roof to designated areas on the ground. If the system is obstructed, the water builds up in gutters and causes damage.

When water builds up in clogged gutters it no longer flows down the downspouts as designed, but rather starts to waterfall or cascade over and spill out at various points around your home.

Because downspouts are built to allow water to flow out at strategic spots on your house, having water spill out at unintended places can cause severe damage to your property.

Besides damaging the property the water spills out on, overflowing gutters can also flood your lawn, basement, or walkways.

If ground-level damage wasn’t bad enough, the damage clogged gutters can cause to fascia boards and roofs can range in the thousands of dollars to have repaired.

The good news is that home and property damage from clogged gutters can easily be prevented with routine maintenance.

Top Reasons for Having Clean Gutters

There are numerous other reasons outside of property damage that you should consider why it’s important to have your gutters cleaned.

For instance, think of the aesthetic appeal of a home that doesn’t have weeds, leaves, moss, dirt, or other debris visibly sticking out of the gutters compared to one that does.

Below is a list of some of the most important reasons why you should always make it a top priority to ensure your gutters are clean and free of obstructions. Prevention is key to defending your home.

• Prevent severe damage to your roof and fascia board from mold and rot.
• Prevent costly damage to your home and property from flooding and leaks.
• Prevent irreversible damage to the gutters themselves from being weighted down.
• Eliminate the possibility of paying thousands of dollars in repairs from damages.
• Maintain a sanitary environment by preventing bacteria buildup in stagnant water.
• Provide an aesthetic view of your home and increase your real-estate value.

Why Hire us to Clean your Gutters?

As most folks know, gutter cleaning can be one of the most time consuming and dangerous aspects of home maintenance.

Because gutters can be ten, twenty, thirty or more feet off the ground, cleaning them requires being able to work at extreme heights.

To add more difficulty to the situation, dirty gutters often tend to be clogged to the brim with debris requiring up-to several hours of working at dangerous heights to clean them out.

Most homeowners don’t have the experience and required tools to safely and effectively clean out their gutters without either causing damage to their home or themselves.

What many people don’t know, some until they learn the hard way, is that ladder and roof falls are one of the leading causes of emergency room visits in the United States.

Working at dangerous heights using the right training and proper safety equipment to get the job done is where we come in.

Fine Touch Window Cleaning has years of experience in working at extreme heights. Most of the services we provide require us to be high up on either a roof or a ladder for extended periods of time.

Because we value safety, we always ensure to take every percussion and use only inspected and functioning equipment on our jobs. When you hire us you’ll be sure the job gets done safely and fully.

What’s Included in the Gutter Cleaning Service?

Our professional gutter cleaning service is a full, complete, and thorough package that leaves your gutters functioning and flowing as if they were brand new.

When we come out to clean your gutters we have one goal in mind, to provide you the best service, at the best price. Our years of experience and investments in the right equipment allow us to do just that!

Since every home is different, and every gutter situation is also unique, our service is always custom-tailored to meet your needs.

That means as soon as we hear from you and about the gutters that need to be cleaned, we get to work right away making a game plan for the best method to achieve your results.

Below is a summary of what’s included in our gutter cleaning service based on your needs.

• Work might be carried out on the roof, from a ladder, or with a gutter vacuum.
• We either vacuum, hose, or hand clean the debris that’s inside your gutters.
• We thoroughly remove debris, leaves, dirt, etc. using a method above.
• If the downspouts are clogged with de-clog them and flush them out.
• We take before and after pictures on jobs where doing so is needed.
• We collect and dispose of the debris that we clean out of your gutters.
• A leaf blower may be used to clean if the conditions allow it.

Our Gutter Cleaning Process

We believe in being transparent with our clients in regards to everything we will do on a job that we quote for.

That being said, not all homes require the same techniques, some require more, some require less. Factors that determine cleaning techniques are, how clogged the gutters are, and their accessibility.

When we quote a project we take everything into consideration that will determine the completeness of the job. Below is an outline of what you can expect of how most jobs will go.

As previously mentioned, some steps might be excluded if they are not required at your residence, or some additional ones may be added if need be.

• We receive your phone call or online request for a gutter cleaning quote. Our first step is to ask you a few questions about the requirements and history of the home.

• The next step is to either view the home through online satellite imaging or to come out in person.

• Based on the responses we receive to the questions we ask, and from viewing the property, we provide you a quote for the cost. We then set up a time and date for the job.

• We show up on time, ring the doorbell, warmly greet our client, and then go over the project with them.

• If there are any questions we answer them before we get started. Any additional services that a client desires can also be discussed during this time.

• Our next step is to survey the gutters. we check the downspouts, and for the level of debris contained within them. Depending on our inspection we determine the method for cleaning.

• Our main options are using a powerful gutter vacuum, flushing out with a hose, blowing off with a blower, or manually bagging by hand.

• After we complete the cleaning using one of the above-mentioned methods, we flush out any downspouts that were clogged to ensure water is flowing down them.

• If requested by the client or felt like it’s needed, we take pictures of the clean gutters that we can either email or text message to our client.

• Our last step is to collect payment and offer a professional recommendation on how often the home’s gutters should be cleaned out.

• We base our recommendation on experience, what we found cleaning the gutters, and the surrounding environment.

Our Gutter Cleaning Crew

Because gutter cleaning involves working on and around our client’s valuable property, we only hire and train reliable, trustworthy, and professional crew members.

We know that our staff directly represents our company. We greatly value the relationship we have withing our communities, that’s why you can always rely on our team to be professional.

For a crew member to be allowed to perform a gutter cleaning service job on a home or business, they must first pass strenuous in-field training with a supervisor of the company.

After the months of training, we shadow our employees at the job sites for a few weeks to provide them with feedback and further training.

Only after we feel a crew member is fully competent and professional will they be sent in the field to do work.

Because we wouldn’t want an untrained contractor showing up to do a job for us, we sure won’t allow one to show up to do a job for you.

When you hire Fine Touch Window cleaning you can rest assured that the job will be carried out by only the vetted best. Your trust and relationship mean the world to us.

Fine Touch Gutter Cleaning Service Area

We make it our best effort to include as many cities near us as we can into our service area. We are also often flexible with custom requests for services outside of our regular service area.

If you’re wanting to know if we service your area for gutter cleaning please refer to the chart below or give us a call if your city is not listed.

Knoxville, TN	Maryville, TN	Farragut, TN
Sevierville, TN	Oak Ridge, TN	Pigeon Forge, TN

Gutter Cleaning FAQ

Below are some of the most often asked questions about gutter cleaning in general, as well as questions relating to the gutter cleaning service we provide.

Because we’ve been gutter cleaning for so many years, we’ve been asked any question you can possibly think of. If the question you have isn’t addressed below, call us today, we will have an answer!

How often should I have my gutters cleaned?

Gutters should be cleaned at a minimum once a year and in some areas every three to four months. The main determinant in how often your gutters should be cleaned out is the location you live in.

Homes surrounded by deciduous trees often require the most frequent schedule of gutter cleaning. Inversely, homes that have zero or limited amounts of trees in the area can wait longer.

If I don’t live near trees do I need my gutters cleaned?

A misconception is that homes away from trees don’t require gutter cleaning. The truth is that it’s not only leaves that obstruct gutters. Another cause of gutter clogs is shingle and tile sediment runoff.

Sediment particles accumulate in the gutter and form a cement-like obstruction after a rain shower. It’s for this reason that every home should have their gutters cleaned out a least once a year.

Should I put off getting my gutters cleaned for next year?

Even partially clogged gutters that still allow for some water to escape down the downspouts can end up causing severe and costly damage to a home.

Water that slowly drains out of a gutter can cause the false sense of security that the gutters are functioning correctly. In actuality, even partially clogged gutters can spill over and cause damage.

How to prevent my gutters from clogging?

The best way to prevent gutters from becoming clogged is to routinely have them cleaned. Gutters that are maintained on a schedule won’t accumulate debris and thus won’t become clogged.

The more trees you’re surrounded by, or the older your roof is, the more often you should have your gutters cleaned.

How much do you charge for cleaning out gutters?

Fine Touch Gutter Cleaning offers the most affordable and fair gutter cleaning prices you’ll find. We base our gutter cleaning price on different variables such as height, debris, and accessibility.

To be able to give you the best price. We also offer discounts for routine service and bundled services. Give us a call today for a free quote!