Let's hear for the boys!

By Patricia Nugent

June is a hopeful month spent watching the precious little seedlings you nurtured all spring unfurl and reach toward the sunshine. All well and good...except when the vegetation is sprouting from your gutters.

Thanks to a bumper crop of seeds and blossoms this year, if you haven’t had time to inspect your gutters yet, you might be surprised to find an arboretum growing in them.

“Last year the seeds froze in the spring before they could blossom, so 2016 was not a particularly messy year for gutters,” explains Ken Wilson, who owns The Gutter Boys along with Anthony Alberino.

“This spring, on the other hand, the trees have been more abundantly blooming. When we arrive at people’s homes, there are literally mini-trees already shooting out of their gutters.”

And the late leaf drop, in mid- to late-December last year, means that all of those leaves are still hanging around your gutters, gunking up the flow, clogging and potentially damaging the whole system.

Guards Pay for Themselves 
Anthony says that over the past decade in business, with more than 10,000-plus clients, they have seen countless faulty guard designs.“The balance always seems to be off,” he says. “They either let in too much debris, or don’t allow enough water-flow.”

The Gutter Boys researched the market and worked with manufacturers across the country until they found what they were looking for: Valor Gutter Guards.

Exclusive to Gutter Boys, these guards feature advanced micro-mesh design and a patented S-curve design that withstands even the heaviest rainfall, repels leaves and debris from entering the system and also prevents bugs and pests from setting up camp in your gutters. The sleek design also breaks water tension from high rain flow.

“These heavy-duty aluminum guards are the optimum size to protect your gutters for years and years to come,” says Ken.

“The average homeowner in Northeast Ohio will spend about $2,000 over five years for gutter cleaning. Yet for about the same amount they can have a top performing gutter guard system installed on their gutters that comes with a 20-year, no-clog warranty. This is a great year to give guards a second look.”

A New Model of Selling
“People often tell me they find our sales approach refreshing, and that’s exactly what we were hoping for when we created our business model,” says Ken. “We operate on a different level from the rest—no tricks or gimmicks. Our work is guaranteed and we have the most responsive customer service in the industry.”

Setting the standard of honesty and diligence high has led to a barrage of five-star reviews.

For instance, says Dan Y., of Cleveland, “They did a fantastic job of not only cleaning all the gutters, but they also flushed all the downspouts and did an inspection to make sure everything was working great. They actually alerted me to a partial clog that I wouldn’t have known about until it was a big problem. Now I can get it fixed before it’s an issue. Service was great and so was the price. I’ll have them out spring and fall every year.”

The Gutter Boys is headquartered at 8059 Lewis Road, Suite 301, in Berea. They are Better Business Bureau accredited, bonded and insured. Call 440-454-7040 to schedule a free onsite consultation and estimate, or visit TheGutterBoys.com for more information.