Green building is a buzz word in our society today. I hear many agents and builders discussing green building and I run into clients who wish they were buying a green building.
Despite there being considerable controversy over the whole topic of green building and just how environmentally beneficial it is anyway, there is a type of green building that involves no controversy at all. We see this one frequently in the northwest and we can all agree that it is not a green condition that you want to have going on at your own house.
That is a gutter that is stained green on the outside. You do not have to be a home inspector for very long to spot that one. In most instances, if there is that much green, algae, lichen and dirt, on the outside of a gutter, the inside is going to be full of debris.
That greenish tint to the outside of the gutter, in the majority of cases, is the result of the gutter overflowing. Good household maintenance, including cleaning gutters a time or two a year depending on the number of trees in the vicinity, is a good start at keeping the house in satisfactory condition.
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We do not have the rain you do up there. However, we know we have to clean out our gutters.
Steve, Then we need some green with envy to go along with your green gutter system. Then some green backs to have the green sweep show up and clean up : ).
Well, Mason, the more debris the gutter contains the less work to clean up below. When you own your first house you will understand the benefits of that!
Around here that over flow stain tends to be black not green. Must be from the leaves.
James,
It is kind of both around here. I think you east coasters are dirtier and we are more green.