Your gutter system plays the essential role of directing rainwater away from your foundation and exterior walls, helping prevent extensive water damage to your home. Even the most reliable gutter system, however, has an expiry date.
Years of hard and uncomplaining service may have taken its toll on your gutters. If you’re not sure if it’s time for a replacement, let trusted roofers in New Mexico like Goodrich Roofing help you decide. Here are some warning signs that indicate a failing gutter system.
1. Cracked Gutters—Your system won’t be able to do its job when it has cracks along its body. Large cracks can be alarming, but even smaller ones should prompt serious appraisal. These can worsen over time, which can leave your home open to water penetration while damaging fascia boards behind gutters and the shingles above it.
2. Peeling Paint and Rust—Other tell tale signs of a tired gutter system are peeling paint and orange flecks around it that can only mean rust. The early stages of rust indicate the presence of water on a regular basis. Your gutters might not be channeling water efficiently, or there could be cracks, splits, or other damage present.
3. Pooling Water—The appearance of pooling water inside your gutters suggests congestion or even a defect. Regardless, recurring pools of water can overflow, causing significant damage to your home’s foundation and walls that can lead to lengthy, expensive repairs.
4. Water Streaks Along Your Exterior Walls—Overflowed rainwater from a cracked gutter can form these, resulting in damaged soffit and fascia board.
5. Sagging Gutters—Added weight from trapped water and debris may cause your gutters to sag or pull away from your home. Sagging gutters will require considerable time and money to repair, and for this, gutter replacement is the better and lasting solution.
Upgrade your existing system by turning to Goodrich Roofing, your reliable New Mexico roofers. With our seamless gutters, we’ll maintain the structural integrity of your home. We maintain our own truck and crew, giving us the ability to fabricate and install seamless gutters on site. These are created to precise measurements, and are available in a range of lovely, low maintenance, and baked-on enamel finishes.
Choose Goodrich Roofing for your gutter replacement needs. Fill out our online form today for a free estimate.