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Cover your gutters before fall
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I sure have. The leaves are beginning to show slight color and many are already turning brown and falling. Last weekend I raked a half a Hefty bag of leaves from my fire pit area. And it’s only August. “Fall is definitely on its way and so are clogged gutters,” says Anthony Alberino, founder...
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The end of gutter cleaning
It may be hard to imagine, but in a few short weeks Cleveland Browns preseason football will begin along with the rumbling of school buses going down our streets. That means now is the time to make sure your gutter system can handle late-summer storms and be protected from upcoming fall leaves. Here in Northeast Ohio, The Gutter Boys is a...
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Keeping your gutters clean can be a real challenge, but The Gutter Boys can keep your gutter system flowing freely
Unless you’re a meteorologist, you probably don’t think much about how Lake Erie affects Northeast Ohio weather. It does so in two big ways. First, because the lake warms and cools more slowly than the land, it delays spring and fall. That’s one reason why late April can be so cold and early October can be so warm. Second, Lake Erie...
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Northeast Ohio is experiencing a bumper crop of spring debris, including oak catkins and maple seeds, destined to clog the area’s uncovered covers
Whether you call them curly Qs or cat tails, the pollen-filled catkins that fall from oak trees are on their way. So are maple seeds, whether you call them spinners, whirly-birds or helicopters. And this year, look for a bumper crop. “The past couple of years have been mild for maple seeds, but not this year,” says Anthony Alberino,...
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Avoiding the storm chasers
You have probably heard the term “storm chasers” from the Weather Channel—men and women who fling themselves headlong into severe weather events for the sake of good TV. But there is another storm chaser far more common. These are unscrupulous, out-of-state “contractors” who knock on doors in the wake of storms and sell low-quality...
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