Monthly Archives: November 2014

Preparing Your Home For The Holiday Season

By rempferconstruction
Nov-28-2014
Damage Prevention, Gutters, Roofing
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Preparing Your Home For The Holiday Season is a big task. With traveling, shopping and more it can make your head spin. We’re here to help you whip your home into shape so if your expecting visitors you’ll have no worries about being disorganized, at least when your home comes into play. The first thing we suggest you do it CLEAN YOUR GUTTERS! This is not only important to prepare for the incoming winter weather but it will prevent ice dams, leaks and slick spots on your walkways. If you know that you have no time to DIY please call a professional to take care of it for you ( such as Gutters & Guards, Inc) that way it will be off your honey to-do list and you’ll not have to worry about gutter problems on those cold winter months. Rake the leaves, if you haven’t already. This will help your yard look well-kept and when snow begins to fall it will leave less of a mess. Bring out the welcome mat. Give your front entrance a cheerful holiday look by adding a festive mat, wreath and lights! To learn more about hanging lights on your home please view our recent post! Make your home seem like a winter wonderland even if there is no snow on the ground. Slip proof your home. This means fixing those loose steps, handrails and walkways. We also suggest using a double-sided tape for that slippery rug in the foyer. It might be a good idea to stock up on de-icer as well. Light the way. Make sure your outdoor lights are in perfect working order and are on before your guests leave. That way no one is tripping over their own feet. Other little things that you can do when preparing Your Home For The Holiday Season is: Changing the batteries in your CO and Fire alarms Updating your 1st aid kit Check your fire extinguisher and making sure it works. Having jumper cables on stand-by in-case a visitor’s car battery decides to quit. making sure your bathroom is stocked with plenty of hand towels and toilet paper. Adding more hangers to your coat closet and having a place for guest to place their muddy shoes. Quick Cleaning Tip When Preparing Your Home For The Holiday Season: Every week tackle a single room or area by applying four key skills to organize your home – eliminate clutter, organize, clean and plan for the holiday decorating touches that will make your home look amazing. In the early stages of the plan, focus on your personal spaces, which make it easier to plan for the approaching season and give you the organized space you’ll need for decorations, craft gifts, wrapping and more. If you need help on gutter cleaning or other gutter related issues, please give us a call and we’ll be happy to help. For a free estimate on gutter cleaning, repairs or adding gutter guards, call us today! Our experienced team will take the guess-work out of the process, and ensure that your home is protected. Connect with us for daily inspiration, updates and information: Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

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Fast Facts About Gutters

By rempferconstruction
Nov-26-2014
Fast Fact, Gutter Guards, Gutters
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50 Fast Facts About Gutters and more. 50 Fast Facts About Gutters.Over the past year we’ve shared a weekly fast fact about gutters. Repair suggestions, what to do with clogs, installing gutters and other gutter goodies. We’ve decided to stop at 50 and we’ll be launching a new weekly fact list about gutters soon. So keep your eye out for our new list! Have any questions or concerns, ask up. We’re here to help. To learn more about gutter cleaning or to get an estimate on gutter cleaning by us please contact us! Please share and enjoy all of our previous fast facts on our Good To Know Pinterest Board! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us! For a free estimate on gutter cleaning, repairs or adding gutter guards, call us today! Our experienced team will take the guess-work out of the process, and ensure that your home is protected. Connect with us for daily inspiration, updates and information: Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

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Thanksgiving Home Prep

By rempferconstruction
Nov-24-2014
Event, Inspiration
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Thanksgiving Home Prep It’s the week of Thanksgiving and that can mean a real busy schedule, especially if you are hosting a dinner this Thursday. If you are not hosting and being a visitor this Thanksgiving, you might want to contact your host to see if you can help out by bringing a dish or something. Also plan out your traveling. If you have pets make sure it’s okay that you bring them along or plan to board them. If you plan on hosting Thanksgiving this year, we have a few tips to help you get through the week. Week Of Plan your menu/cooking schedule. This will help you plan out your morning of Thanksgiving better and allow for you to pick up all that you will need at the supermarket. We suggest 2-3 days before the day that you shop for perishables. That may include your turkey depending on if you found one before or not. Day Before Tidy up the house. Mainly just the rooms that your guests will be in the most. You could recruit some help from your family to make it go a little faster. Make sure you give that bathroom a good scrub down and check your toilet paper levels to assure that you have plenty. Decorate if you haven’t already. Sweep your entrance way and maybe add some cute crafts or decor to get everyone in the Thanksgiving spirit. Here is a great board from All You Magazine that will help get your home in the spirit. Enjoy and have fun with it! Set the table. This includes the kids table as well. You can place all the dishes, placecards, flowers and anything else that will be fine sitting out on the table overnight. Prep your serving dishes. Find all your serving dishing and have them ready to transfer the cooked food into the next day. It may even help to have them in the order you will need them as your follow your cooking schedule. Thaw out anything that may take some time to unthaw, such as your turkey. Day Of Start with the turkey. It takes the longest to cook thoroughly. Have sink filled with soapy water so you can wash dishes as you go. After everyone gets their first plate make sure to cover all the leftovers until you place them in Tupperware to keep in the fridge. This will prevent food-borne illnesses. Enjoy your company! For a free estimate on gutter cleaning, repairs or adding gutter guards, call us today! Our experienced team will take the guess-work out of the process, and ensure that your home is protected. Connect with us for daily inspiration, updates and information: Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

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Hanging Lights On Gutters Part 2

By rempferconstruction
Nov-20-2014
Gutter Guards, Gutters, Inspiration, Roofing
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hanging lights on gutters With the holiday season right around the corner, homeowners are already hanging lights on gutters. We already posted a blog about hanging lights on gutter guards which you can still ready up about if you’re looking for ways to just attach them to your gutters, if you don’t have gutter guards on your home and the fascia board is much too low for your tastes. We suggest using all-in-one gutter clips. They will hold the lights and firmly attach to your gutters. They’re also light so your gutters will not be strained in any way. Before you start hanging gutters it’s important to plan. Choose the style and colors of lights you want to use. LED lights not only save energy but you can connect up to 25 strains. This could save you a lot of time, money and planning on where to plug in all the extension cords you’d need. With Incandecent lights you can only connect 2-3 strains. Next you need to choose where you want to place lights. We suggest drawing and outline of your home and marking where you want lights. Popular places to hang lights are: Rooflines/Eaves Bushes/ Trees Pillers/Posts/Railings Window/Door Frames Driveway/Pathways Planters/Window Boxes Choose 2-3 places and plan if you want to use regular bulbs or icicles. Also if you want to use colored, white or a mixture. Just don’t overdo it. Check your lights to make sure they’re in working order before you hang them. Do not use lights with frayed wires. This is a fire hazard. Make sure to have a helper to help it go faster and to help you keep it straight. Ladder safety is also an important part too. To learn more about ladder safety check out our ladder safety post. After you get all your lights set make sure to use a timer. That way you’re not wasting energy during the day and you don’t need to keep your lights all night. If you follow these few steps, hanging lights should be a breeze this year. Just make sure to choose a night, dry day. Also make sure your gutters are clean before you start hanging lights. If not this could cause problems and a big mess to clean up. For a free estimate on gutter cleaning, repairs or adding gutter guards, call us today! Our experienced team will take the guess-work out of the process, and ensure that your home is protected. Connect with us for daily inspiration, updates and information: Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

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Fast Fact #50 – Gutter Cleaning With Garden Hose

By rempferconstruction
Nov-18-2014
Damage Prevention, Gutters
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Gutter Cleaning With Garden Hose Gutter cleaning is a messy task and it can be time consuming as well, so when gutter cleaning with garden hose might sound like a good idea to clean your gutters fast. It’s a bad idea. It can lead to bigger problems such as downspout or underground downspout clogs. These clogs are a lot hard to unclog and can do some serious damage if you think all the debris is gone. So take the time and clean all of the bigger debris and sludge out of your gutters before you take a garden hose and run some water through your gutters. To learn more about gutter cleaning or to get an estimate on gutter cleaning by us please contact us! This is our last fast fact! Please enjoy all of our previous fast fact on our Good To Know Pinterest Board! For a free estimate on gutter cleaning, repairs or adding gutter guards, call us today! Our experienced team will take the guess-work out of the process, and ensure that your home is protected. Connect with us for daily inspiration, updates and information: Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

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Fall Home Maintenance To Do List

By rempferconstruction
Nov-14-2014
Damage Prevention, Gutters, Roofing
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Fall Home Maintenance To Do List Winter is approaching at super speed and your fall home maintenance to do list has slipped through the cracks. View our list and get all of the important tasks taken care of! Check foundation for cracks & caulk around areas where masonry meets the siding where pipes/wires/vents enter the home and around windows/doors. Look for blistering or peeling. This indicates that the existing paint film is failing. No longer protect the siding of the building. If left the siding will deteriorate, leading to expensive repairs. Look at your shingles to see if they are curling or cracking. This indicates that your shingles is at the end of it’s life-cycle. Your roof will be more susceptible to leaks especially when snow is sitting on it for a few days. Clean your gutters! We cannot stress this enough. It is so important to clean out your gutters and downspouts before winter hits to prevent clogs from making a mess of your home. If you are short on time, hire a professional (such as Gutters & Guards) who can take care of it for your before it’s too late and you’re paying more to get home repairs. Weatherstrip your garage to keep cold air from leaking and small animals going in. Inspect your driveway & walkways for cracks. Repair it before winter hits and it only gets worse. For a free estimate on gutter cleaning, repairs or adding gutter guards, call us today! Our experienced team will take the guess-work out of the process, and ensure that your home is protected. Connect with us for daily inspiration, updates and information: Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

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Fast Fact #49 – Prevent Ice Dams This Fall

By rempferconstruction
Nov-12-2014
Damage Prevention, Gutters
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Prevent Ice Dams This Fall Prevent ice dams this fall by following a few easy steps. By cleaning out your gutters in the fall after the majority of leaves have fallen you can cut down on the chance of ice dams. Ice dams have nothing to do with your gutters but your gutters can be a part of it. If your gutters are clogged this is causing more water to be in your gutters and not allowing water to flow like it should. So when it gets cold enough water is freezing in your gutters and it will build because of the constant freezing and melting during winter. So save yourself some trouble and clean your gutters today. You might also want to look into adding more insulation in your attic to prevent warm air from escaping. To learn more about ice dams and how they form check out our other post. For more fast facts check out our Good To Know Pinterest Board! For a free estimate on gutter cleaning, repairs or adding gutter guards, call us today! Our experienced team will take the guess-work out of the process, and ensure that your home is protected. Connect with us for daily inspiration, updates and information: Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

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Fall Gutter Cleaning Tips

By rempferconstruction
Nov-10-2014
Damage Prevention, Gutter Guards, Gutters
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Fall Gutter Cleaning Tips Fall Gutter Cleaning Tips. With a cold morning like this morning it reminds us that winter is coming. If you haven’t already it’s time to clean your gutters! If you hired a gutter specialist they should be able to tell you how your gutters are doing. Any repairs are necessary. DIY kind of person then you will need to look for problems such as rust spots, holes, sagging and more. Also now all of the leaves have fallen. It allows for less to get into your gutters before the first snow. Worried about gutter clogs this winter, invest in some gutter guards for your home. Call us for a free estimate on installing gutter guards on your home, or if you seem to have a gutter problem that needs a professionals touch. For a free estimate on gutter cleaning, repairs or adding gutter guards, call us today! Gutters & Guards experienced team will take the guess-work out of the process, and ensure that your home is protected. Connect with us for daily inspiration, updates and information: Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

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Gutter Cleaning Safety Tips

By rempferconstruction
Nov-6-2014
Damage Prevention, Gutters
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Gutter Cleaning Safety Tips From Professionals Gutter Cleaning Safety Tips to keep you safe this gutter cleaning season, if you decide to DIY this year. Choose your ladder wisely. Use a ladder best fit for the job and if you have to use an extension ladder use the ladder safety tips blog we posted last year. Don’t set ladder against gutters or siding, set it softly against fascia board to prevent damages. Above all make sure to that you feel safe before climbing up the ladder. Keep the ladder level and never attempt to clean your gutters on a windy or wet day. Work with a partner so you can keep a 3 point stability on the ladder and it will also help to have someone hand you tools or the garden hose when you need it! Use the garden hose after you have removed all of the large debris and sludge. This will wash out all the dirt and let you know if there is a clog in the downspout or a leak. Make sure to wear safety goggles and rubber sole shoes to protect you for slipping or getting something nasty in your eye! Remember if you ever have a feeling that this task is too daunting. Out of your element or you just don’t have the time, call a professional, such as Gutters & Guards, Inc. They will get the job done and it will be 1 less worry. For a free estimate on gutter cleaning, repairs or adding gutter guards, call us today! Our experienced team will take the guess-work out of the process, and ensure that your home is protected. Connect with us for daily inspiration, updates and information: Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

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Fast Fact #48 – Gutter Drainage Problems

By rempferconstruction
Nov-4-2014
Damage Prevention, Fast Fact, Gutters
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What To Do With Gutter Drainage Problems Gutter drainage problems can be one of the hardest issues to solve. Clogged gutters and overflowing with water. The first place to check is in the actual gutter themselves. Make sure that they are clean and free of debris. Clogged gutters after cleaning means the clog is in your downspout. This calls for cleaning and unclogging the downspout. If your downspouts and leaders are free of debris. The problem is somewhere underground. Clogged underground downspout to possible damage. A professional needs to handle this. It can be pricier than just cleaning out your gutters twice a year (which we suggest). If you want to avoid gutter clogs it might be in your best interest to invest in gutter guards. They will protect your gutters from getting clogs and they will cut down the times a year you have to clean your gutters. For more fast facts check out our Good To Know Pinterest Board! For a free estimate on gutter cleaning, repairs or adding gutter guards, call us today! Gutters & Guards experienced team will take the guess-work out of the process, and ensure that your home is protected. Connect with us for daily inspiration, updates and information: Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

Tags: Construction and Maintenance, damage, Debris, Downspout, fall, fall gutter cleaning, fall weather, Gutter Guard, Gutter Guards, Gutters, Gutters and Guards, Lynchburg Virginia, Materials and Supplies, Rain, Rain gutter, Virginia