Gutter Cleaning in St. George

St. George celebrates apples every September with its Apples Harvest Festival. If an apple or crabapple tree stands close to your house, expect fruit in the gutters as well as leaves. Fruit that lands on the roof rolls into the run and sits there. Windfalls rot into a sticky sludge that blocks downspouts, and they draw wasps.

Do not set the clean by the festival date. On the third weekend of September most leaves are still on the trees, so a clean then would miss the main leaf drop, which runs from late October through November. If your tree drops a lot of fruit, an early visit clears it, and a second after the leaves are down handles the rest. Check for wasps before anyone reaches into a run.

On a two-storey house with tall eaves, the runs sit well above the ground. We set ladders on firm ground, clear of fallen fruit that could make the footing slippery, and work in sections. Gutter cleaning starts from $125, and the free written quote spells out which runs and downspouts are covered. Freeze-up is the deadline, because a run full of wet fruit and leaves freezes into a solid trough.

What we plan for in St. George

• Fruit trees: we ask whether apple or crabapple trees overhang the roof, and plan two visits if fruit and leaves fall at different times.
• Wasp check: we look for active wasp nests in the run before reaching in, and tell you if one needs handling first.
• Downspout flush: we run water through each downspout to clear rotted fruit and leaf sludge at the bends.
• Ladder setup: we place ladders on firm ground, clear of windfalls that could make the footing slippery.

Questions from St. George homeowners

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