Gutter Brightening- What Is It?
If you don't often peruse pressure washing websites, gutter brightening might be a new concept to you. Gutter cleaning, of course, is an essential part of home maintenance, but what exactly is gutter brightening?
Gutter Brightening: The Basics
Gutter brightening is a service designed to aesthetically improve the exterior appearance of your gutters. While most gutter cleaning services are concerned with clearing out debris and inspecting your gutters for damage, they don't often focus on what your gutters look like from the outside.
Gutters can get pretty dirty, and because they're usually white, stains are especially obvious on them. Roof tar dripping down from your shingles is the most common cause of those streaky black stains on your gutters, but they can be caused by a lot of other substances too: bird droppings, algae, mildew, oxidation. The hot sun bakes these stains into the metal, making them very resistant to cleaning.
Getting your gutters cleaned on the inside so they can do their job is very important, of course. But what if you're sick of looking at those stains on your gutters? That's when you choose gutter brightening.
How We Brighten Gutters
Some people mistakenly think that gutter brightening means having your gutters painted. Gutter brightening is not that, however. Painting your gutters would just mean covering up the stains and corrosion on your gutter's surfaces, rather than removing the substances that caused them in the first place. Instead, we work on removing the stains so that the original clean appearance of your gutters can be revealed.
We treat your gutters with a special kind of cleaner that targets oxidation and sticky substances like roof tar. Once this treatment has had time to work its magic, that's where our pressure washing comes in. We carefully pressure wash the stains off of your gutters. If need be, we may do some manual scrubbing, but we can usually avoid this with pressure washing.
If you want help restoring the bright appearance of your gutters, call Power Clean Pressure Wash for a free quote. Just by getting rid of stripy gutter stains, you can significantly improve your home's appearance by making it look brighter and younger.
Bear in mind that the longer your gutters have been stained, the more difficult it will be to restore their original appearance. If you want to have the best results, don't waste any time scheduling a gutter brightening for your home!
