Video: The True Cost of Missing Gutters

SAN MATEO — Host, Sarah Rutan: If your roof doesn’t have a proper gutter system, you may be surprised to learn how it can impact your home. Today we’re in San Mateo with Diamond Certified Expert Contributor William Young of Edge Roofing to learn more.

Diamond Certified Expert Contributor, William Young: Yes. The importance of gutters is to properly divert water off of your roof and away from your home. Oftentimes, here along the Peninsula and in San Mateo I see a lot of roofs without gutters. And what happens is, water runs off of your roofline onto the ground, and it makes kind of a trench around your home. And it actually diverts water close to your foundation, which causes undermining of your foundation. And then in the spring and summer months, the dirt dries up, and it allows for the foundation to sink, crack. So, ultimately, the cost of installing gutters on your roof now is far less expensive than costly foundation repairs later down the line. In conclusion, I think people spend so much on their roof, they don’t want to go the extra mile to do the gutters. And that’s a big mistake.

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