Gutters

If someone were to ask you what place in the U.S. gets the most rain, you might guess the city of Seattle, Washington or another coastal town like Cape Cod, Massachusetts. But, if you were to guess Fredonia or Pittsburgh PA, you’d be a lot closer to the right answer! Seattle receives about 37 inches of rain per year. While Western PA get 42 inches of rain per year on average! (Just be happy you don’t live in Aberdeen, Washington where 85 inches of rain falls per year.) 

Here in Western PA, roofing systems better have properly performed good installation to go with them. In places like Fredonia PA, and wherever rain is prevalent, gutters are a critical part of protecting homes and buildings from rain and moisture damage.  

By channeling water off a roof and into the horizontal spans of gutter, then into downspouts, a properly installed rain gutter system saves property owners the expense and headaches of dealing with water damage to parts of their home’s wood roof framing, fascia, and soffits. But that’s not the only risk of not having gutters or neglecting gutter maintenance. When rainwater is allowed to flow freely over roof eaves, it causes erosion along its points of impact with the ground, potentially leading to seepage through the building foundation, not to mention adversely impacting flower beds and expensive landscaping. Our local rainfall levels are a little higher than the national average of 38 inches, but even far less rainfall averages can inflict the damage described above! Rain gutters installed by Liberty Roofing Pros can save thousands of dollars by preventing water damage. 

Here are some of the factors of not having a working  rain gutter system: