Most of the time you don’t notice eavestrough problems until they damage your home. We help homeowners in Etobicoke who only found out about their eavestrough problems after seeing water stains on their siding, cracks in their foundation or mold in their basement. The problem with eavestroughs is they are high up on your roofline where most people don’t look closely at them very often. If you see water where it shouldn’t be, your eavestroughs have probably not been doing their job for a long time.
When it rains or snows your eavestrough system has to deal with a lot of water. We are talking hundreds of gallons that need to flow smoothly through channels and downspouts and carry water safely away from your home. When eavestroughs crack, sag or get clogged with leaves and debris the water has to find another way to get to the ground. Unfortunately it usually runs down your walls, collects against your foundation or backs up under your roof shingles. It costs a lot more to fix water damage inside your home or problems with your foundation than it does to keep your eavestroughs clean and make small repairs when they need to be made.
We at Professional Roofers Toronto have seen every kind of eavestrough repair problem you can think of. One of the most common problems we see is sagging sections. When the hangers that hold your eavestroughs to your fascia board get loose, rusted or were never spaced close enough together in the first place the eavestroughs sag. Once the roof starts to sag the water can’t drain properly towards the downspouts. It doesn’t flow away it just collects in the low spots which makes the sagging worse and eventually causes the water to overflow. We have seen badly sagging eavestroughs pull completely away from houses taking damaged fascia boards with them and making repair bills that are much higher than they would have been if the problem had been fixed right away. Another common repair need we see is seams that have come apart. Most eavestrough systems have joints where different parts come together and over time those seams can come apart. When the sun shines the metal heats up and when it gets dark it cools down. This makes the connections weaker. In the winter when ice builds up those seams can break all the way. When we fix seams that have come apart we do more than just put caulk on them to hold them together. We look into why the separation happened in the first place and make sure our repair fixes the root cause so the problem doesn’t happen again next season. Our flat roof repair services address leaks and damage quickly to maintain lasting protection.
Depending on how bad the damage is rust and corrosion can be hard to fix in different ways. It’s often possible to clean, treat and seal small rust spots before they eat all the way through the metal. But when rust makes real holes patching them up can be hard and might only work for a short time before the problem comes back. We tell homeowners the truth about whether repairs are worth it or if buying a new one is a better long term investment. Sometimes spending a lot of money on repairs for an old eavestrough system just puts off the replacement for a year or two.
Because your eavestroughs and roof are connected we always check both systems when we come to your house. When eavestroughs overflow they can send water back under your shingles which can cause the roof decking to rot and leaks to form inside your home. People have called us because they thought they needed Roof Repair but fixing their eavestroughs fixed the leak completely without any roof work. But roof problems can also hurt eavestroughs. If the drip edge is missing or broken water will run down behind the eavestroughs instead of into them. This will cause the fascia to rot and the eavestroughs to come loose over time. Professional Roofers Toronto uses top quality materials and the right methods to fix roofs that can withstand the weather in Etobicoke. We know repairs need to last through freeze-thaw cycles, heavy rainstorms, high winds and the weight of snow and ice. Cheap fixes might seem fine at first but they often don’t work when you need them most like in bad weather. Checking your eavestrough system for problems that are getting worse is part of regular roof maintenance that helps protect your home. We recommend you check your eavestroughs at least twice a year, usually in the spring and fall. These checks find small problems before they become costly emergencies. We give you honest estimates, do good work and make repairs that really fix problems instead of just covering them up for a short time.
