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Back to Home >  Living > Home > Home Improvement > Exterior > Saturday, Oct 26, 2002

Gutters





TOP STORY  

   Clean gutters from the ground
The house I'm renting has a warren of gutters, and I spent several hours balanced on a ladder, scraping years of leaves, muck and roof grit out of them.
Al Heavens / The Philadelphia Inquirer

FOCUS ON GUTTERS  

Do high-tech rain gutters really work?
They shed leaves, but let water in. Do high-tech rain gutters really prevent clogging by leaves and help eliminate such problems as wet basements, roof leaks and paint failure?
Gene Austin / The Philadelphia Inquirer

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SPOTLIGHT  

   It's time to clean home's gutters
Failure to do this properly could result in serious damage to your home.
Nick Harder / The Orange County Register

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Q. I have aluminum rain gutters that are held in place by long aluminum spikes through the tops of the gutters. The spikes keep working loose, and the gutters sag. How can I fix this?
Q. We want to replace or fix our rain gutters after another autumn of digging out leaves to prevent the gutters from clogging. We want something that will keep the leaves out and eliminate cleaning. What are the options?
Q. After it snows, ice dams form on my rain gutters. Is this the fault of the gutters?
Q. You mentioned a vacuum-cleaner device, sold at Sears, that can be used to clean rain gutters without getting on a ladder?


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