How gutter cleaning improves your home’s energy efficiency

Cleaning your gutters comes with many benefits for your home. This can help with protecting your roof, walls and also your home’s energy efficiency.

If gutters become clogged, they cannot drain away water the way they’re supposed to. Instead, the rain water can overflow and end up leaking into the walls of your home and affect the foundations. Damp walls and surfaces often take longer to dry which can then lead to heat loss from your home, affecting the natural insulation. This is very common in the winter months where heat gets absorbed quicker by the water and damp, leading to walls feeling colder. This will then cause your heating to work twice as harder to warm up the house, costing your more on energy bills.

Ensuring your gutters are clean can stop moisture from building up within the walls and help your home stay naturally insulated.

Another risk with blocked gutters is a build up of debris. This can ultimately lead to trapped moisture in and around the roof causing damage under the roof materials and damp in the loft insulation. This can make your home less energy efficient when there is damage or damp within the insulation.

Having your gutters professionally cleaned all year round can help keep your insulation free from damp and damage, and improving your homes energy efficiency. IF you don’t maintain your gutters, this can lead to costly repairs in the future and impact your home’s energy performance.