Powell River Home And Yard Care Services » watering http://westviewhomeandyard.com Your Home Maintenance And Landscaping Professionals Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:55:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://westviewhomeandyard.com http://westviewhomeandyard.com/wp-content/plugins/maxblogpress-favicon/icons/favicon-26.ico Powell River Home And Yard Care Services Gutter Cleaning Season Begins http://westviewhomeandyard.com/exterior-maintenance/gutter-cleaning-season-begins http://westviewhomeandyard.com/exterior-maintenance/gutter-cleaning-season-begins#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:55:35 +0000 Robin http://yourhomeandyard.com/?p=1812 Micro Mesh Gutter Guard

A gutter guard that really works! Micro-mesh gutter guard is installed on a home surrounded by leaves and pine trees. Check out its performance and how it compares to other common gutter guards that claim they keep gutters clog free. Shows why this micro-mesh gutter guard offers the only 100% money back warranty in the industry!

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Yesterday was the first time this summer that I had to get up on a clients roof and try to clean out the gutters.  The early rains and winds had been a worry to her and she was right to be worried.  With a huge fir tree right beside the house, needles constantly drift down onto the roof and the rains wash them all towards the down spouts.  In no time at all these gutters can and do clog up.

I’m sure I could be up on that roof almost everyday trying to clear out the gutters and they would still clog up shortly after I got back down on the ground.  There seems to be no end to it.  The tree is a beautiful shade giving feature in the backyard but it is an enemy of the roof and gutter system.

I love trees.  Unfortunately, they can cause lots work for homeowners or expenses for homeowners to keep their home in good condition.  I get lots of calls in the fall to clean out gutters.  Some are packed full of leaves, evergreen needles, dirt, granules from the shingles, twigs and even bones and shells that were dropped in there by birds.  It is amazing what can be found in them.

Gutter cleaning is something that you have to have done at least once a year and more likely 2 – 4 times a year depending on what you have around your home ie. trees.

It is not a fun job but those gutters have to be kept clear to keep the water flowing through them and then down the downspouts to the perimeter drains and away from your home.  It’s gotta be done one way or another.

Over the course of the past few years I have come across different types of screens or covers that some homeowners have put in the gutters or had installed over them to keep them clear.

Well, they only seem to sort of work some of the times.  The screens are large enough to let a small twig the size of a pen get through them along with all the pollution that comes down in the rain and the granules from the shingles.  The metal cover types usually have holes that are large enough to let evergreen needles to pass through them and they get clogged easily.

Whether there have been covers or screens on, you still need to get those gutters cleaned out because stuff still gets through them and clogs the downspouts.  And now it takes  2 – 3 times long to clean out the gutters because you have to fight with those covers by taking them out or off and putting back in place.  Oh what fun it is!  Yeah, right.

So, up until now there hasn’t been anything that has jumped out at me as being worth the money to go through the hassle of having covers installed only to have them partially work.  If you’re gonna put covers on then they should keep everything out except the water from the rain.

In the video below you’ll see a gutter cover which looks like it was well designed and a lot of thought went into it.  It really seems to work. It looks like they figured out a way to keep all the debris out and just let the rain water in.  Amazing!

If you’re tired of cleaning your gutters or having someone else clean them for you, then this might me a solution that you might want to seriously take a look at.

As for me, I’m off to clean out some clogged gutters.  These torrential rains that we’ve been getting this week are overflowing one of my clients gutters and causing quite a mess on the outside of his home.

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Katie asked:

I am trying to find information about watering your lawn. I have found information about watering your lawn at night and such. But cannot find anything about how much water your need to water your lawn in the middle of the day and how much water is wasted.

The project that I am working on is trying to BAN watering your lawn in the middle of the day because it wastes water.

If you have any information about watering your lawn or any interesting facts please let me know.
This is for a Student Congress Resolution for school.

I dont try to save the rain forest on my days off


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Leisa asked:

I’ve planted grass seed on my front lawn over 2 months ago and now there are areas of the lawn that have brown spots. Do I use more fertilizer on my lawn to elimate these brown areas? I water my lawn twice a day (live in hot New Mexico) at 15 minutes a piece. Once in the morning and the second time in the evening. Please help.


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Annie anne asked:

I live in a ground floor flat (appartment). I have a tiny back garden, with a very small lawn. I moved in about 4 years ago, when the flat was newly built, however there have been various buildings in this area for at least 200 years. When I moved in the lawn looked lovely, but over the first winter most of the grass died off. Since then, I have reseeded the worst patches, reseeded the whole lawn and laid new turf. I’ve also spent lots of time poking holes inthe lawn with a garden fork and filling these with sand to improve drainage, and have dug compost into the soil. Nothing seems to work, each time, all the grass has died. the plants growing in the garden (in the same soil) are doing well. Grass grows between the paving slabs next to the lawn. The neighbor’s lawns look fine. Lots of moss and clover grows on the lawn and there are loads of worms.
Any ideas? or shall I give up and put paving down?
I water it regularly during dry weather. Hosepipes are currently banned in this area but it’s so small it’s easy to do with a watering can.


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