Roof gutters are essential in regions where rain falls regularly in significant amounts. Although you could probably do without them if you lived in a desert region on steeply sloping ground.  We explore the reasons why you could be wise to have a decent eavestrough system in Calgary, and what might happen if you did not.

How Eavestroughs Make a Difference in Calgary

Eavestroughs are more than just a pretty feature rounding off your roof. That’s because they protect your foundations, and help prevent water eroding through your garden. But that’s not all. Our seamless aluminum gutters also help keep your basement dry and your walls and windows clean. Please read on if you need to know more about the reasons.

Eavestroughs Keep Foundations Secure

Your house is built on solid foundations, but these spread their weight on the earth below. However if water were to flood around them, the ground could become slushy and less able to support the structure above. This is the number one reason for structural cracks in walls, and sufficient reason to have a decent set of gutters.

Eavestroughs Protect Your Walls.

A decent eavestrough system includes surface channels to cope with rainwater that comes tumbling through down spouts during cloudbursts. This prevents the water pooling on the surface, and gradually. but perhaps inevitably exposing the foundations. This is the second major reason for walls cracking vertically.

Eavestroughs Preserve Calgary Gardens

A house without eavestroughs in Calgary deposits concentrated water on the garden below. From there, it flows away in trickles, which become larger flows that start eroding the garden and damaging plants. A controlled flow from carefully-spaced channels makes the situation manageable. Now you have three good reasons to speak to us!

But the Reason’s Also in the Basement!

As rainwater  trickles down through the earth, it eventually dams up against any basement wall below. The persistent presence of moisture eventually seeps through the structure, unless the builder had the foresight to seal it properly. This completes our four reasons how eavestroughs could pay their way, including if you have a basement.

Include Valiant Exteriors in your survey if you are considering new, or replacement eavestroughs. We are the privately-owned waterproofing and roofing business, with the great reputation for quality in Calgary. Please contact us when convenient for a confidential survey and quotation. There will be no obligation whatsoever on you to proceed.

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Damp in a Basement During Construction (Construction Projects BY CC 2.0)