As a homeowner, it’s important that you are catering to the needs of your home. You already maintain the interior of your home, take care of your lawn, pull weeds, check carbon monoxide detectors, wash windows, and more.

Other important things like maintaining your gutters and/or installing modern ones are often overlooked. Gutters in Lynchburg are no different than the rest of the country and companies like BTB Construction are here to help.

The Dangers of Not Maintaining Gutters

There are a variety of problems that come from not maintaining your gutters after hiring a company to install them. This includes but is not limited to the following.

• Worsening allergies due to mold
• Pests making homes, causing cracks and holes in the foundation
• Structural damage
• Not pretty to look at
• Potential of violating your home warranty

How to Hire The Best Contractors For Gutters

Hiring the best contractors to maintain your gutters in Lynchburg is a very crucial task. There are many things that can go wrong, so do yourself a favor and keep reading. Once you finish reading, you will be informed enough to make a proper decision.

Pricing

This is going to be the first thing on everyone’s mind so it can’t be overlooked. The price of gutter maintenance and installation will vary depending on the volume of work and location, so we can’t provide exact estimates in this post.

Take a look at a few companies near you using search engines like Google Maps. In advance of contacting these companies, write a note for yourself to look at. In the note, write out your perspective of the work involved, the size of your home, how urgent you need the work completed, and anything else that someone completing the work should know. If you can’t explain it in your own words, how will they understand?

Also, add a note to yourself about the amount of money that you’re willing to pay. You don’t need to mention this during your call, but it will come in handy as you call a few different companies, ask for quotes, and get some different pricing.

Keep in mind that sometimes companies will act in their self-interest by giving homeowners a low quote to secure the job. Then once they complete the job, they will charge you a higher price and talk about how it was harder and longer than expected, things weren’t accurately described by you, etc. This leads to our next section.

Ratings and Testimonials

When searching Google and Google Maps for gutter companies in your area, make sure that you look for ratings. When looking at a company’s website, be careful. Sometimes companies will include ratings and testimonials of past clients but only feature the best of the best and not feature low ratings.

With that in mind, you will need to do your due diligence by focusing on third-party ratings. Ratings on Google Maps can’t be adjusted by the company owner so this is a great place to start. Yelp is also well known for ratings but it’s becoming less common to use.

This isn’t to say that all companies who feature customer ratings and testimonials on their website should be overlooked. If you are willing to do so, feel free to contact some of the companies that you are interested in hiring and ask them about their recent jobs. See if they are willing to provide contact information from any of their past clients so that you can give them a call and verify their positive experience. Commercial customers are more likely to be offered as a point of contact for a reference.

Everything Else to Be Aware Of

Ask the companies that you’re interested in a variety of questions. Things like how long they have been in business, their experience with gutters, proof of insurance for personal liability, and property damage coverage.

Avoid companies who request payment or cash advance upfront. Also, companies that pressure you to quickly sign a contract are often only looking out for their own interests.

Making a Decision

Gutter installation near Lynchburg is best catered by BTB Construction. We have been in business for over 25 years, which speaks in and of itself about our success, not to mention our A+ rating by the BBB and the fact that we are locally owned. Get a free quote today.