When McCook gutters fill up
Trees common in the region include broadleaf bur oak, silver maple, cottonwood, green ash, hackberry, eastern red cedar, and ponderosa pine. Spring releases light cottonwood fluff that quickly mats inside your gutter, followed by ash seeds and dirt blown by plains winds. Leaf drop usually peaks in mid October, filling roof channels with heavy fall foliage. Freezing nights happen throughout winter, making ice dams in gutters a real local threat when trapped water freezes hard. Snow build-up on trapped debris creates heavy stress along rooflines. We recommend cleaning at least twice a year, spring and fall, to keep channels open before winter temperatures set in.