Stripes On My Gutters

 Its late you go to bed you wake up grab a cup of coffee go walk out side think of things you are about to do for the day and look up to see lines going down your gutters.

You think for a minute then walk back inside get ready for work get in your car and back out the driveway as you pull out you look up still strips on your gutters, well you think hmm it will go away.
You drive home from work and still you see stripes on your gutters.

So what is this stripes down the gutters well, lets take for example a cold glass of water it sits on the table for a while after times passes a little it begins to sweet or condensate well this is exactly what is happening to your gutters condensation happening cleaning one line where it runs down the face and leaving the other spot dirty.

How do you clean this?

Well there is a way but it will always come back to haunt you it all depends on the geographical location of your home also the amount of trees you have how shaded your home is how much pollen and sap comes off the trees.

Sap will build up on the exterior of the trough of the gutter and the will run down the face of it cleaning a strip every morning and ever night if its in the shade this can happen lot more often as it is in a cooler section of the home


How to clean this well this is not easy I would suggest using one cup of bleach to 5 gallons of water adding some dish detergent and using one cup of vinegar mix together get a nice brush scrub it on let it sit and wash it off.

In some cases if you have waited to long the paint on your gutters will be stained and will not come clean even if you paint over this it will come through the paint and come back it is an endless battle.

I would also suggest the next time you install new gutters to use a powder coated gutter this will stop this problem of the paint being stained and not coming clean but you will still have to clean your gutters at least once per year.

Thanks I hope this was helpful if you have any other questions just email Mr Gutter USA


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