Utility and Beauty of Gutters
When it comes to safeguarding your home, gutters are often overlooked. Gutters are channels, often made of aluminum, metal or copper, that collect rainwater from the roof and direct it away from your home's foundation. Gutters and downspouts are critical for preventing water from seeping into your basement, causing erosion, and damaging your home's exterior. It's important to not only get water off your roof, but also to keep it off your home exterior and get it away from your house. Gutters are one of the most underestimated tools to keeping your home safe from peeling paint, rotted wood fascia, and even structural issues in your house foundation.
New roof and gutters by Wellborne Roofing. Our customer wanted a monochromatic look that would pull together colors in their brick and siding. We installed this GAF Architectural Roofing in “Pewter” and 6” K-Style gutters in Grey.
Preventing Water Damage
Water is one of the biggest threats to your home's structural integrity. Without gutters, rainwater can pour off your roof and create a waterfall effect around your home, leading to several issues. First, water can seep into your basement or crawl space, causing flooding and water damage. This can result in costly repairs, mold growth, and damage to your belongings.
Additionally, gutters help protect your home's exterior from water damage. When rainwater pours off your roof without gutters, it can splash onto your home's siding, windows, and doors, causing water stains, rot, and peeling paint. Over time, this can weaken your home's exterior and lead to expensive repairs. Gutters collect rainwater and channel it away from your home's foundation and home exterior.
Preventing Erosion and Protecting Landscaping
Erosion is another issue that gutters can help prevent. When rainwater pours off your roof without gutters, it can create puddles and flows that erode the soil around your home's foundation. This can cause the soil to weaken, shift, and settle, which can result in foundation cracks, uneven floors, and structural damage. Gutters collect rainwater and channel it away from your home's foundation, preventing erosion and preserving the stability of your home's structure.
If you have landscaping around your home, gutters can also help protect it. Without gutters, rainwater pouring off your roof can create trenches and washouts in your landscaping, destroying your plants, flowers, and lawn. Gutters collect rainwater and direct it away from your landscaping, preserving its beauty and preventing erosion.
Maintaining Home Value
Having gutters installed in your home not only protects it from water damage but also helps maintain its value. Water damage and erosion can significantly impact your home's value, and repairing such damage can be expensive. By investing in gutters, you are proactively protecting your home from potential damage, which can help maintain its value over time. Additionally, it is often underestimated how much new gutters can impact curb appeal and exterior aesthetic.
Half round gutters in black, with round downspouts provide a beautiful outline to a light colored house, and give a touch of European aesthetic.
Beauty
Not only are gutters critical for their utility and functionality, they are often overlooked for their beauty. The right gutter system can transform the look of your home. For example, black gutters on a white home will give an sharp, defined outline appearance to your home, making it look more pronounced - especially when you use 6" oversized K-Style gutters. Perhaps you are going for a more European, Italian villa aesthetic? Maybe you should look into half round gutters with exposed hangers and round downspouts. If you are looking to give your home a little extra charm, you could try installing copper gutters that will patina over time, and add some gorgeous flares of color and character.
It’s very possible that you may have never even taken notice to your gutters. Or maybe, you just think they are ugly and wish they weren’t there. Wellborne Roofing would love to help you reimagine what your home could look like with new customized gutters. They could very well end up being your favorite part of your home exterior.
Wellborne Roofing offers a diverse range of gutter styles to suit the unique needs and preferences of their customers. We would love to help you design the gutter system that will not only give you protection for you home, but that also matches your home aesthetic, personality and style. Beauty matters. Give us a call today to get started with your custom design.