Dear Homeowner:

You may not he able to see it.  Not yet...but your gutters are slowly ruining your house.

Last winter, when we had all that snow, ice dams formed in your gutters, forcing water up under your shingles.

Maybe it didn't happen this year, but one of these winters that water is going to find its way into your home. Some night--out of the blue--you'll hear a "drip, drip, drip" and you'll wonder how on earth water could be leaking into your house when it's freezing cold outside!

And you probably won't be able to stop it. You'll just have to wait until the ice melts, and by then, it will be too late.

There will be water stains on your ceiling, water stains on your curtains, water stains on your walls, maybe even water stains on your floor.

And that's just a fraction of the potential damage conventional gutters can do to your home over time.

Much bigger and more expensive is the damage gutters can cause the rest of the year, beginning with Spring. Because even if you diligently clean and cover them with protective screening, gutters have an uncanny ability to attract leaves and debris. Like ants, somehow the rascals get in.

And when they do, all this can clog your gutters -- and your downspouts -- in no time at all. Then you're really in trouble.

Because just as it does in winter, the water backs up and overflows. And over time, dry rot sets in, eating away at your fascia board and everything else behind it.