We all know the importance of keeping on top of our housework and not many of us would leave our house to gather dirt for months, or even years at a time. However, the outside of our homes are often neglected a little, with windows and doors being cleaned on a nice warm spring day but usually forgotten about in the colder months.

One of the most important areas of our homes in terms of hygiene and safety is also one of the places which is cleaned the least. The gutters on our homes are a major cause of blocked drains, yet quite often people do not get around to cleaning them.

When you think of the job that the gutter does, it is easy to realise how important it is that they are kept clean. Their main purpose is to catch all the water that falls from the roof, send it down the pipes and into the drains.

The problem is that it is not always rain water and dirt that falls in our gutters and we, as home owners, have no control as to what these things are. The most common cause for blocked drains from gutters is dead leaves from trees. Leaves fall off at an alarming rate and are light and floaty when dry, but when wet become almost like cement.

Quite often it is not a person’s fault when they suffer from blocked drains in their homes. If you move into a home you cannot be sure the previous owners have cleared their gutters, so you could be looking at years’ worth of blockage prior to you moving in.
When blocked drains do affect you, do not attempt to unblock them yourself. At IQ Plumbing Services our expert staff will have your drains sorted in no time, just remember to keep it clean from now on.