Well, you do have to have a decent rain! We are getting rain today a bit slower just have half and inch so far, but Hubby diverted the flow to it wouldn’t go into the pool.
How much does it cost to have someone come in and clean out the gutters? We are talking about getting the mesh covers so that the leaves don’t even get into the drains. Hubby was going to check and see how much it costs. He does the clean out himself so far.
We just put gutters in last year in preperation for getting more water storage, before that we just had the rain barrels under the edge of the eaves where the most water came off the roof.
I have to go to Walmart today to pick up some tax software. May try to get Hubby to do it so that I don’t have to get out and be tempted to spend money.LOL
Our yard guys do it. During leaf season the grass does not need mowing so they blow the roof and gutters, then blow the yard. The season before we found them, the oak leaves were 3” deep over the entire 2/3 acre. That initial clean up was very pricey, but maintenance is reasonable. The first regular time when they were cutting grass, the extra for the roof and gutters was $10, but when they do not mow, it is included in the yardwork. We have an agreement to keep them working year round for a fair price year round. They are almost like family to us. Today was the first grass mowing of the year. It looks good again.
I have been working on a leaf muncher to chop leaves into small pieces so the are useful to compost. I inherited a BUNCH of Skilsaw blades that I am not going to use on saws, that I want to chop leaves with. I now have an electric motor that may be powerful enough to power it.
“We are talking about getting the mesh covers so that the leaves don’t even get into the drains.”
I had to replace a gutter across the edge of the roof over the lower deck so I had a larger gutter than before plus with a mesh screen over it. They are worth their weight in gold as just water goes into the gutter then into a downspout and I have a diverter in that downspout so I can divert it into a 55 gallon water barrel next to the downspout, if I need it. I would let the first dirty water off the roof stay in the downspout to the ground until I thought it was as clean as it was going to get, then divert it into the barrel. I have a Big Berkey water purifier to sanitize that water if I need it. That, of course, is prepper mode.