When Findlay gutters fill up
Trees common in the region include broadleaf red maple, white oak, hickory, tulip poplar, sweetgum, and eastern white pine. In spring, oak catkins drop directly into open channels. By fall, around mid October when leaf drop usually peaks, broadleaf leaves, acorns, and spiky sweetgum balls quickly clog open troughs. Freezing nights, heavy snow, and ice dams pose serious winter problems in Pennsylvania when trapped water expands inside a clogged channel. Trapped ice bends metal and pulls hangers away from the roofline. To protect homes from freeze cycles and severe storm runoff, we recommend gutter cleaning at least twice a year, during spring and fall.