Can Clogged Gutters Impact the Performance of My Roof?

Yes – clogged gutters can result in roof damage and leaks. Even short-term gutter clogs can lead to fascia board damage.

Although the Greater Atlanta area isn’t known for particularly cold winters, freezing can and does happen. If ice dams develop or are exacerbated by clogged gutters, it’s possible for ice to do considerable harm to your shingles and eventually to the ceilings and walls in your home when it melts.

Proper drainage is important for roof health, but that’s not the only reason it’s vital to drain water away from your home. One inch of rain on a 2,000 square foot roof equals about 1,200 gallons of water. All that water might just pool around your foundation if your gutters aren’t working. Long-term pooling of water around your home’s foundation will eventually lead to cracking and foundation instability.

Clogged gutters can also be hazardous to the health of your family. Gutter problems and standing pools of water around your home can create a breeding ground for insects. Everything from disease-carrying mosquitos to wasps are attracted to standing water and mud. Other critters might also find a haven in the decaying sludge of plant matter that gathers in neglected gutters.

Proper drainage keeps the area around your home dry. Clean gutters can help deprive insects of a refuge in or near your home.

You Don’t Have to Clean Your Gutters When You Invest in Gutter Toppers

Gutter toppers are one of those bafflingly obvious technological solutions to an age-old problem. It’s almost hard to believe gutters weren’t always constructed with some kind of topper that allows water to flow freely while also preventing debris from getting into them.

Gutter topper solutions aren’t exactly brand new, but they’re new enough that many homes in Atlanta still have uncovered gutters. Gutter toppers installed by Total Roof Solutions are custom fitted for optimal performance and flawless aesthetics.

We’re so confident in our Gutter toppers that we guarantee they’ll never clog for as long as you own your home. If they do ever clog, we’ll dispatch a crew as soon as possible to clean your gutters for free.

The Benefit of Seamless Gutters

Seams are inherently weaker, whether you’re talking about pants, cabinets, countertops or gutters. It’s not a huge surprise that gutter leaks tend to happen at the seams. Custom built seamless gutters – another relatively new innovation in gutter technology – eliminate leak-prone seams because they’re constructed from a single tube.

Because every home is shaped and sized differently, there’s no one-size-fits-all seamless gutter solution. Total Roof Solutions excels at crafting and installing seamless gutter systems that both look great and function flawlessly.

Businesses Need Good Gutters Too

Proper drainage is often doubly important for businesses since many have flat roof solutions like TPO. Even if you don’t have a TPO roof, property damage due to poor drainage is an avoidable expense that’s preventable with a properly designed and installed commercial gutter system.

Total Roof Solutions has extensive experience with all types of commercial roofs and commercial gutter systems. We create drainage systems that look great and provide worry-free drainage performance.



Are You Tired of Gutter Cleaning and Gutter Leaks?

Total Roof Solutions is committed to making gutter headaches a thing of the past for our customers. Gutter toppers attached to a seamless gutter system – plus our never-clog guarantee – means you’ll never need to worry about cleaning your gutters again. If your gutters ever do somehow clog, we’ll dispatch a team to clean them for free.

Gutters are easy to neglect. They’re one of those things you don’t think about until there’s a problem – and the potential damage clogged gutters can cause are real problems. Thankfully, gutter clogs are easily preventable with the right gutter solution.

Call our Atlanta gutter experts at 678-752-8668 for an estimate or to learn more about Gutter toppers or seamless gutter installation.