Regardless of where we hail from, many of us grew up with the idea of the American Dream. This set of ideals include the freedom for everyone to have an equal opportunity for prosperity and success, in addition to achieving upward social mobility for your family and offspring, which can be achieved via hard work in a society. Over time, however, these ideals have largely ended up being graduating from an Ivy League university, holding a cushy job, being married to a wonderful spouse with beautiful children, and owning the best that life can give you materially – including a lovely house with a perfectly manicured lawn.
A house is often considered as one of the most expensive investments that one can make in one’s lifetime, where much research and consideration would need to be done before having to deal with bank loans and interest rates. Hence, purchasing a house is more often than not followed by a second major problem – maintaining it. Home ownership is far more than just ringing up a list of purchases from Ikea or another furniture shop and filling it up with your favorite furniture. Apartment owners have their own set of challenges to deal with, but house owners will have to look into a variety of upkeep issues such as the lawn, plumbing, termites,peeling paint, broken shingles on the roof, and of course, the all-important gutter maintenance.
It would not be remiss to say that there are plenty of other maintenance tasks around the house that are more fun than caring for your gutters. In fact, regular gutter maintenance can be said to be one of the least “fun” activities to do, although it sure ranks higher than watching paint dry. Unfortunately like regular exercise, having clean and unclogged gutters are crucial to maintaining the health of your house. Gutters can be equated as the arteries of your roof – having them clogged up with leaves, dirt, and other kinds of debris could lead to disastrous consequences.